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This is going to be a catch-all message of various thoughts and news.
1) The remainder of our vacation was wonderful. I had hopes to send daily updates on our activities but by the end of the day I was so exhausted, emailing was about the last thing I felt like doing. Sorry. Day 2 we went to the National Air & Space Museum. They have 2 locations now. The original location which you may have visited in downtown DC and a new location next to Dulles Airport just outside the beltway. This new location is the one we visited. It is basically a huge hanger that houses various aircraft. When I say huge.....think bigger! Inside is the Concord, the Space Shuttle Enterprise, the SR-71 Blackbird (fastest plane in the world) and hundeds more. And there is room for many more! Lucas was on cloud nine! He saw all the planes that Lucas knew and got pictures of them all. While daddy watched "his movie called Imax" (as Lucas explains it), "we went up in the Control Tower" (aka Observation Tower) and watched the planes land at Dulles. It was a totally thrilling day for all of us. It is such a pleasure to watch your kids in shear joy. Day 3 we walked the Mall. Nope, no shopping; the mall as in the area from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial to the White House. By this day our pace was much much slower because 2 full days of walking with the added weight had me very tired. Eventually both boys fell asleep in the stroller and Matt and I were able to stop in the shade and rest a while. Day 4 was a lazy day of laundry, naps and playing at the hotel till we went to my aunt & uncle's for a wild, crazy and fun dinner (thats a long story).
2) We came home to find a message on our answering machine stating that Connor had won the weekly contest at Picture People! I guess they are having their yearly 'cutest kid' contest and it starts with each store picking a weekly winner which then moves on to the next round and so on. I've always thought my kids were the cutest but I am terribly biased so when someone else thinks he's cute too, it only builds my ego more. He (we) won a free pose (1-8x10, 2-5-7s, and a sheet of wallets) and a free sitting. Next round wins free portraits for a year!!!!!!!!!! Considering Matt is ready to create a line-item in the budget just for Picture People, that would be awesome!
3) After church yesterday we stopped by to see the twins! They are adorable and oh so tiny! I joked to Lucas that I think the baby in mommy's tummy is probably that size now (and I still have 3 months to go!) I got to hold Corban for a while although they were both asleep the whole time. Both Dave & Sabrina looked well too. A bit tired, but happy and proud!