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handsomes.
Just a few (ok, really a little more than a few) of my handsome boys on Easter Sunday. I really lazed-out this holiday and we had dinner at the country club. It was delicious, easy, no prep, cooking, or cleanup. Now that’s my kinda holiday!
This last one on the right is made while clicking his tongue. Should say something like “how YOU doin?”
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the dele family
My good friends Nate & Colleen (who we recently visited in Washington DC) indulged me and let me take a few pictures of their beautiful little family while we were sightseeing at Bull Run.
The girls were so cute (obviously) but the oldest one was so shy. She did warm up to me quite a bit and I think they both really loved the big boys, but when the camera came out she wasn’t loving me quite as much. I did sneak in a few though.
Love the red hair on the little one.
Gorgeous family.
And it’s just such karma that Nate has two little girls. So totally never saw that one coming.
Thanks for putting up with me and my camera and for the pizza party, and for letting us steal Nate so much over the weekend!! Hope you like the pictures.
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happy eastover!
Since we sorta celebrate both Easter and Passover here you get a little of both in the holiday name.
We dyed eggs.
We ate Matzah and tunafish sandwiches while watching The Ten Commandments on TV. (this is a real tradition here)
We had a seder. (These are pictures from Timmy’s seder at his school. We had a very, very VERY abridged seder here last night too with Grandma’s delicious brisket but after 4 shoots yesterday, I was too lazy to take any pictures. We only ask the questions we like, and always talk about the plagues. That’s about the extent of it, besides the eating. I usually make a seder plate but I never have all the stuff you need to complete it. I end up printing pictures of the stuff off of the internet and slapping those on the plate. Again, laziness got the best of that too this year. Sorry, Suzanne.)
And the Easter bunny dropped by sometime late last night with the biggest freakin chocolate easter bunnies. Ever. (Timmy’s just in the picture for scale).
We’re headed over to our country club for Easter dinner later. Can’t wait to see the boys dressed up in their easter best! Pictures on that later.
Happy Eastover, everyone!
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our nation’s capital
Although in our house, ‘our nation’s capital’ usually refers to Disney World, this time we went to Washington DC. Not quite the same as our version of the capital, but still fun.
It was a quick trip (just the weekend) so we only got in a little sightseeing this time. Tried to make it to new places that we didn’t see on our trip 3 years ago, but still have quite a long list for next time.
We took the Metro into the city from where we were staying in Old Town Alexandria (love it there). And once again Grandpa Ken fought with the ticketing machines. Last time we visited he ended up with like $40 in Metro tickets by accident cause he couldn’t figure out how to get change. At least the tickets were still good and we were able to use up that $40 of tickets this time that had been sitting in his wallet since then. You can’t see from the picture so much, but that Metro lady’s eyes were rolling! And that other building is the Masonic Temple on King St.
The White House. Tried to arrange a tour with one of Grandpa’s insider friends but with the whole health care thing going on, he didn’t have time to get us in.
The Washington Monument (saw it last time too, but not with all those people and kites. That was kinda pretty.)
Went to the Spy Museum with Nate (thanks Nate!!) which was great, interesting, hands on, and so fun. But they don’t allow photography (cmon, really??) so I got nothing to show you from there. Ford’s Theatre and the house where Lincoln died where the big boys surprised me with SO much information about the assination of Lincoln. So impressed.
A few shots around the streets.
Some beautiful cherry blossoms. So glad we were finally there in time for that. I really wanted to get down to the reflecting pool and take a shot of the trees lining either side but everyone was crabby and not feeling like walking, so I got what I could. Which was still pretty.
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bull run/manassas
Part of our trip to DC last weekend was spent over at the historical battlefield of Manassas. Which was great for the big boys since they are studying the Civil War in school, great for Timmy to run around, and great for me to take pictures!
We went with our friends Nate & Colleen and their little girls. (I did a quickie little shoot for them at the field too, that’ll be posted later this week or so). Nate’s great, great, great Grandfather fought at Manassas and actually won the Medal of Honor there. His uniform is the grey one on the right. Pretty cool, huh?
John really enjoys Nate’s company. He always has a good story to tell. Several, actually.
This shot of my mom reminds me of Ireland for some reason. Not that I’ve ever actually been to Ireland…
Hiding with his rifles, waiting to ambush the enemy. 
That’s a whole lot of land. 
Boom.
A few pictures from the morning we spent there. It was cold and misting, but great pictures none the less.