School Day Photo Shoot

This morning it was so warm and beautiful I decided to take the kids out front and take some pictures. I had them dressed in new outfits that Grandma Jean had bought them.


All 3 ready for school
Thanks Grandma Jean for our cute outfits!

Enjoying the sunshine

Ready for school

Adam looking handsome in the rocking chair

More Silliness

Aren't they so sweet

Adalee watching her silly brothers behind me

Our Yard Sale

We had quite a busy weekend. I spent most of last week getting things ready for our yard sale. We decided to sell a lot of baby/children's items. We sold our old stroller, glider, baby bathtub (that all 3 kids used), our exersaucer, jumperoo, lots of baby necessities, toys, and lots and lots of clothes. We made about $900! We still have a few folks coming by to look at more clothes, so hopefully we'll make a little more. Abrahm doesn't really care about the money, he is just excited to get some stuff out of the house! :)

Some of the kids eating their ice cream for dessert!

Last night we met up with some old friends. We met Buck and Katie in Korea. At the time he was Abrahm's flight doc and they only had 1 kid. Fast forward almost 10 years. We now have 3 children and they have 5! They have moved to Clarksville now and we were able to have dinner and play. We had such a great evening and the kids really all got along. Thanks Buck and Katie for a yummy dinner and letting our kids terrorize your house! We had a great time.

Our dear friends, Monica and Jimmy, dropped this off at our house last night. When they found out that we were moving to France they found this and picked it up for us. The kids are really excited about learning French (and I am too!). Thanks so much guys for this amazing gift. We really appreciate it. We're going to miss such great friends like you! You better come see us!

The Griswolds' (DiMarcos') are Moving to...

Anyone ready to come visit?

We finally recieved orders today. We'll be leaving the US around the middle of July. We're very excited. We have a lot to do to get ready!

Outside Fun (and Space Shuttle Launch)

Adam riding his bike. He is doing a really great job. He loves to go fast!

Adam is doing really well riding his bicycle without training wheels now. He loves it!

Alden enjoying the slide this afternoon.

She looks so sweet

Cheese!

Adam at the top of the slide

Playing with the swing

Peek a Boo!

The other night the we watched the launch of the Space Shuttle. Alden dressed up in his suit and Adam got out his shuttle and pretended to be blasting off to space as well. They loved watching it.


Alden ready to be an astronaut

Waiting for the Space Shuttle to launch

Blast Off!

Adam flying his space shuttle with the actual shuttle

Our Trip to DC

Abrahm and I were in Washington DC from Wednesday until Saturday night. We went for the interment of Susie Healy into Arlington National Cemetary. Susie was our former Battalion Commander's wife. He actually returned from the deployment early because her cancer had spread to her liver. She had battled cancer for almost two years before passing away almost a month ago. We had attended her Memorial Service here at Campbell last week and decided to go to DC with several others from our Battalion for her burial at Arlington.

Overall we had a really good trip and were able to spend some time with the Healy family as well as spend some time touring Washington DC. The actual interment was very short, but afterwards we all headed to the Officer's Club at Fort Meyers for an amazing reception. Tim had provided lots of yummy food and drinks and we spent the afternoon laughing and sharing stories about Susie and the deployment. Susie loved to have a good time, so I think she would have approved of us celebrating her in that way.

On Friday, Abrahm and I took the Metro and ran all over downtown Washington taking in the sights and touring one of the Smithsonian Museums.

I want to say a special thank you to my Mom for coming up and taking care of my sick kiddos for those 4 days. We really appreciated you being here and the kids had such a great time with Grandma Jean.


Susie and her boys (along with Jen Walters) at her farewell from the Battalion back in September
(I had cut my hair for her farewell and dedicated it to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths Campaign in her honor that day)

All of the guys (and girl) at the hotel before heading to Arlington

All of the Soldiers from 6-101 after the interment
(LTC Healy is in the Blues)

The Whole Gang with LTC Healy and his son, Tyler, on our last night in DC

The Washington Monument

The Capital Building