O's game in Baltimore with the Weese Clan

During our Spring break this year we were lucky enough to have part of the Weese family come out our way. While they were here we met them in Baltimore for an Orioles game. Thanks to the Archibalds, we had some excellent tickets on the third base line. We had a great time and the weather was perfect. Braxton was even lucky enough to get a foul ball and the kids all got special treatment from the bird, bat girl and others around us.





We will all never forget our buddy, Mr. Stone, who let everyone around him know how to truly live:)

Easter 2009 - Full of family visits

We had a great Easter this year full of our typical traditions of church, easter egg hunts, coloring easter eggs. This year we enjoyed the added excitement of having family and friends in town to visit. Some of the Weese and Rich families and their friends, the Thurgoods, came to visit. We had a great time, including a trip to Baltimore for an Orioles baseball game, a visit to Princeton, a show in NYC and some good old fashion card games. It was great to have everyone here for those few days. Below is a slide show of some of the activities.

April Madness in Detroit

On a last minute whim, a few of us decided to take a trip to Detroit to see the Final Four. We all had a great time, along with the other 73,000 in attendance. Needless to say, we had to be very selective as to when we took bathroom and refreshment breaks. As fun as the games were, I think we all had more fun bartering for the extra tickets we needed. The Dr. among us, DH, is now rethinking his career path and may go into ticket brokering. Thanks to the Ellis family for putting us up and treating us all like kings while we were there. Looking forward to next year.....









Among other things, we even found some time to play a little ball ourselves, which proved to be a better game than the UNC vs. Michigan State game. It may take BJ and Jones some time to get over the loss Ellis and I handed to them. In fact, Jones went home right after and slept for 2.5 hours - he was so devastated:)




We all thought it was going to be a nice Spring day in Detroit, but instead, we received a few inches of snow on Monday just to keep things interesting.

Braxton the Artist!

Braxton is taking after his Uncle Ben in the art department. Braxton loves art and enjoys his art class at school. A couple of his projects have been selected for art shows. This was one project selected and displayed this past weekend. His art teacher was there and had wonderful things to say about having Braxton in her class (always good words for a parent to hear). Good job B!




Braxton and his Art Teacher




Braxton and his friend Lucas, who also had an art piece chosen for the show.

Hudson can't get enough of Playdough

We play with playdough a lot at our house and Hudson does not like having to smash and mix up all of his creations in order to preserve each individual color of playdough. So one day he asked if we could take a picture of it so we could show dad when he got home. Here is one of his favorite little people that he made clothes for. Pretty cute huh!

The Archibald's came to Visit!

We had a great weekend with the Archibald family in town. There is never a dull moment, whether it be Jake going from ball to ball, Annie showing us her new dance moves, Braxton, Porter and Hudson going non-stop or a great date night at Jose Tejas (where we were treated like royalty - right Jord).




Wouldn't be a night for Mike, without a pyramid picture




Porter and little Jake.



"bad britty" and Annie



Happy Birthday Jordan!

President's Day in the City

Here are a few pictures from our adventure in the city on Pres. Day. My friend Eliza and I thought it would be fun to go to the Museum of Natural History in the City and hit one of our favorite places for lunch The Shake Shack. So that is what we did. We all piled into Eliza's van and headed into the city. We hit the Shake Shack for lunch first to beat the rush and it ended up working out just perfect. One of Eliza's friends that lives in Brooklyn met us there with her three little girls. We had the whole basement to ourselves as we partook of the best shakes, burgers, and fries in the city. I am sorry to say that I did not get one photo of this experience. Then headed over to the museum. Unfortunately it was packed but that didn't stop us! The kids loved seeing the Dinosaur exhibits and many others. I have to say we were quite the sight in the city with three woman, two strollers, and 8 small kids among us, but we had fun and the Shake Shack is always worth the trip.



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