Virginia Aviation Museum...

Last Saturday morning My dad took us to the Aviation Museum near the Richmond airport. It was such a beautiful day... and the museum was awesome... Caitlin and Will loved it!














i loved the colors on this plane...



They even had a little play area for the little ones... with lots of air plane toys!







After the museum we headed over to what the kids call "Chihuahua" (aka WaWa, a gas station on the east coast,) for Slurpee's...Mmmm! Thanks Papa for the 'cool' morning!

stOp, drOp. rOll

Grammy and Papa came to visit last week.
We had such a good time visiting and playing... making crafts and treats... reading books.
First on our list was a TOUR of the Henrico Fire Station!
My friend Angela from church got a group together so our kids could check out the fire station...
We had a GREAT time... (Thanks Grammy and Papa for letting me borrow your camera, and to Grammy for watching Baby Brinners!)

Papa and Will (Will's award winning mother forgot his sweater...)

Ambulance
Garage: (those yellow tubie things hanging to the right are for exhaust... they hook that up to the exhaust pipe on the trucks... and then start the engine and the tubie takes care of the exhaust... they can pull out of the garage... and the tube will slide on a track... and release all by it's self! Smart thinkin' those fire men....



Jared, Will, Ethan and Joey

I let will borrow my jacket... everyone called him Eskimo!


Fire man GPS on crack...



He put on all of his fire man gear... (I think Will wanted to hold his helmet... and was a little sad...)
They turned on the fire truck lights and sounded the sirens on the Ambulance!
And While i'm on the subject of fire... I'm reminded when the Scouts came over to our house at the beginning of June to inspect our house for Fire Safety... (as part of an Eagle project!) They left us with this awesome check list... and Justin put them to work- having them install smoke alarms in the bedrooms... (something we'd been meaning to do, anyway!)

Click below:
Home Fire Safety Inspection Checklist

It's good to go over these things a few times a year with your family members, roommates etc... (Family Home Evening is a good time for it, you can even call your local fire department and get a tour just like we did!) because you never know when a fire will start...and like the Boy Scouts always say... BE PREPARED!

Our First Date....

Friday October 13th, 2000

I got my license on Friday the 13th too...

perhaps it's a lucky day for me!!

Oh, Shenandoah I long to see you...

Before our camera broke, i did get a few pictures of our weekend get-a-way to the beautiful Shenandoah Vally!! Before we left we needed to get 'cool pics' of all travelers wearing their shades...




they pulled a switch-a-roo... on me. so cute.
We thought it would be fun to camp in Glen Maury park!! Over all, I'd say we had a good time. Caitlin and Will LOVED camping! Brinley was the party-pooper... but every party has one... might as well be the baby!





Caitlin and Daddy setting up the tent! (to this day, it remains our FAVORITE wedding gift! Thank you Cambridge Financial!)




supervising...