Family day in DC

We decided to go to the Natural History Museum since we live like 20 min. from DC. We are going to try to go to all the Smithsonian Museums while we live so close.

This is what Anthony got me just because he loves me. Ha, I wish! It's the Hope diamond. I forgot how many carats it is but it is HUGE!

Here are the boys near the Washington Monument.

And by the Capital Building.

More family day

They had a cute carousel in the middle of DC so I volunteered to take the boys. When I was little I never understood why my Mom didn't like to go on rides.....Now I know! I wonder if it's an age thing?

Braxton feeding me grapes.

DC trip continued

Daddy and Carmine at the fountain.

Amanda comes to visit

My friend Amanda came out for a work event and we were able to get together and meet up for lunch.

Me and Mandz. Thanks for lunch Mandz!

We were at the National Harbor and on the beach they had this sculpture that looked like King Triton coming out of the sand. It was huge and weired looking.

Look how big that hand is.

Huge hands

High Five!

I don't know if he was confused or if he thought it was cool. Braxton didn't what to get near it.

Our fun night!

It was a Friday night and we decided to have a FUN night with the boys. First off it was swimming!

Braxton in the elevator going down to the pool. I love this picture in his goggles. (the funny thing is that he loves to wear them.)

Laying out before we get in the pool.

This picture is random, but I had to put it in because Brax built this castle all by himself and he was very proud of it. I was too!

Not from your Dad!

Carmine loves to swim and is getting good at it. (but who wouldn't be able to swim with all the flotation devices he has on!)

He is kicking and paddling, so that's good. I am pretty sure he can swim better then Anthony now. Ha Ha! (that sounds mean, but I am really not joking!)

Carmine laying out before he got in the pool.

Not sure......

Me and my boys!

Braxton likes the water but he is still not sure about letting go of my hand and swimming by himself.

I was trying to let go, but as you can see he's holding on for dear life!

We love to swim!

3D Movie

Nothing like movie night with popcorn or "crocrorn" as Braxton says it and a 3D movie. The boys didn't really care for the glasses but they liked the movie. I rented Coroline, and it was cute at first then I think it was getting a little too scary for them to watch, so I turned it off. Carmine was not happy with me because he wanted to keep watching it. Oh well! We all did have a fun family night and can't wait to do it again!

YUMMY!

Dogs or cats?

Carmine and Daddy fell asleep together on the couch. I think it is so sweet.

One day Carmine and Braxton were pretending to be cats or dogs (I'm not sure which one) Anyways they were crawling around on all fours and making a whining noise. They came in the kitchen by me so I asked the puppy's if they were hungry and needed some dog food. They said yes, in their puppy like voices. So I got bowls and filled them with Kix and put it on the floor for the "puppies". They thought it was neat to eat on the floor.

The spray park

We went to a spray park with my ward playgroup. The boys had so much fun.

Carmine and Braxton taking a shower.

Carmine running through the water tunnel.

Bike ride

We took the boys on a bike ride last Saturday around a friends neighborhood. They love to ride their bikes.

Carmine and Daddy.

Carmine didn't like going down the hill on his bike, so he got off and walked it down the hill. At one point he got going so fast and was trying to keep up with it and then tripped over the bike and fell. Not to worry, he got back up and said; "I'm ok Mommy, I'm ok" He's so funny!

Homemade bread!

So I finally decided to find my inner "Mormon" baking side. I made homemade bread for the first time! It was really easy and I think it turned out good. Even Anthony liked it, and all of you who know Anthony and how hard he is to please with food. That should tell you how good it is.

Doesn't it look yummy? I was very proud of myself.

Waiting for Blueberries

First off I will apologize for having so many post this time, but we had so much fun this weekend and took a lot of pictures. Hope you enjoy!

This past weekend we went to visit our friends in Maryland. We all met up this place called Butlers Orchard and picked fresh blueberries. Carmine and Braxton were so excited.

Here he is waiting to fill up our buckets with blueberries. Barxton LOVES blueberries!!

On our way to the Blueberries

We had to take a tractor ride to the blueberry patches.

I love these two pictures of Braxton because you can just see in his face how excited he is.

And he is off to pick his berries!

Picking Blueberries

The blueberries were so fun to pick. They were soooo yummy and they were just so pretty.

Braxton and Carmine picking berries.