Damage report

We had a freak storm come through Richmond yesterday.  I was at the hospital and we had to move all the patients away from windows and hunker down for just a few minutes.

At home Jen also had to herd the kids away from the windows where they wanted to watch the action.

We lost a few more trees.

Amazingly, this one came down right next to the shed but it doesn't look like even a branch hit the shed.  Even the fence and the bushes are still mostly intact under there.

Here we go again.

Summer time

Spencer wearing his crocodile costume, which was part of his end of the year Kindergarten play.

The kids try to keep cool in the backyard.

Having lunch on the deck. 

The garden's growing great.  As usual there is more zucchini than we know what to do with.

Laurel is 2 years old

Here are a couple more fun pictures of Laurel

Laurel is totally beyond bibs, but capes... those are pretty cool.

Clark's Baptism

Clark was baptized last week.  We are proud of him and excited about his decision.  Here are some pictures from the meeting:

Spring Break

There were lots of activities this week. The boys had their spring break and Scott took a week of vacation.

First, Clark and Spencer had their lego ninja themed birthday party.

We got passes for Kings Dominon and had a blast.

Spencer was fearless but a bit short for most rides. Clark had the height, but not really the nerve to try the bigger coasters.

We went camping in Shenandoah and did a 3+ miler down to the south river falls. There were several adult hikers up in the parking lot feeling exhausted from their hike. They felt pretty wimpy when they saw our three boys come hiking out of the woods with smiles on their faces.

We had fun hanging out in our family tent. Jen and Laurel's hair went crazy from the static electricity.

It got cold up in the mountains but we dressed for the weather.

The sunrise was gorgeous, but I had trouble convincing anyone to come and see.

We spent a day up in Maryland visiting our newest cousin, Lydia Lodowski. I didn't get any pictures of that, but Stephanie got plenty. We also got a visit from Grandad who stopped by on his way from Florida to Maryland.