Mount Vernon, one last time

On Saturday we decided to go to Mount Vernon one more time before our season pass from Memorial Day last year expired. We met up a guy that Michael works with and his family. We arrived early before it was too hot and didn't even have to wait in line to go through the mansion. We had a picnic lunch on the grounds, then went into the museum just when it started to get hot.

We really enjoyed being able to see Mount Vernon a couple of times over the past year. We probably won't go again for a while. Here is a flash back of all the family pictures in front of the mansion.

Memorial Day 2011:

December 2011:

Memorial Day weekend 2012:

(hmmm... Michael is wearing the same outfit... and Miriam is in pigtails again)

18 days

Eighteen days and I am just getting to our year in review for last year. Actually I just barely thought about it this week. I thought it would be fun to post all the pictures we took of our family last year. I mean, who doesn't want to see all those pictures?

 January

April (none for February and March - blame pregnancy)

May

June

July (lots of fun to be had during the summer)

August

September

October

November (I only posted one - lots more here)

December

2011 was an amazing year for us. I love looking back at the great memories we made. It is fun to see how much Miriam and Simon have changed. Look out 2012... here we come.

one year ago

The month of August was such a crazy time for us last year. So much has changed in our lives since last August. It has been a great year. I organize my pictures on the computer by year and then within each year by month. It is fun to look back at what things were like a year ago. Here are some fun examples of the changes in our lives.

Miriam (ages 1 1/2 and 2 1/2)
It amazes me how much she has grown up this year.

Simon - age 4 1/2 months
(we found out we were pregnant in August of last year)


Last August Michael was finished with school/CPA exam.
We packed up moved across the country.
Michael was preparing to start a new job.

This August we are settled into our lives in the "real world" as grown-ups.
We actually have an income.
We love the time we get to spend together as a family.
We look forward to what next year will bring.

Three Years of Wedded Bliss

Michael and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary today. It was a wonderful day spent together as a family. We hung out at home setting up our new Kitchen Aid and new computer. After dinner we headed to the Washington DC temple to see the lights (more on this later). We have had so much fun being together these three years and look forward to the future.

January 2, 2008 - on our honeymoon

December 28, 2010 - three year anniversary

Flashback Friday 2

Here are pictures from the giraffe exhibit at Hogle Zoo. The first one was back when we first started dating. I remembered we had taken that picture back then, so I decided to take a family picture there when we went a couple of weeks ago. However, the giraffe is behind me in the picture so you can't see him/her very well.

July 7, 2007

July 2, 2010

Flashback Friday

I have been wanting to do a post like this for a while. I think it is fun to see how much we have changed, especially Miriam. I will try to find pictures to do this again (but no promises). Here are pictures from the 4th of July last year, then this year (so patriotic!).

July 4, 2009

July 5, 2010