Doc Severinsen

We were able to attend the rehearsal for Doc Severinsen and big band at the high school. what a treat to watch. This was a tribute to Pauline Snodgrass, who is 99 and still playing piano.

Bullies

We just saw a TV show called Green Screen Adventures. It is a show where kids write and draw pictures about anything they want. We watched a couple of the shows. The kids send in their story and the show puts it together as a play. The kids have written a large variety of subjects, from learning to tie laces, to jumping pizza man, to fantasy fairy tales. Ashlea decided to try her hand at it. We are going to submit it and see if her story gets picked to be put on the show.

3rd grade

Ashlea went and took school supplies and met her teacher, Mrs Hays. She has a lot of fellow students that she is happy to have in her class this year. I think it is going to be a GREAT year.

trolley in D.c.

We sat on this trolley for almost 2 hours.

White House

While we were in D.C. we were able to take a tour of the White House. Here is madam president.

Haigh Cousins

On the way home we stopped at Aunt Susan's. We were able to get all 8 of the Haigh cousins together for a little while.

Pittsburgh museum and Wendi's classroom

Back in Pittsburgh. We went to a musuem. We were able to see real mummies, and real dinosaur bones. Wendi is going to have a very nice classroom next year. Sci/Tech Academy. Congrats Wendi

More of Antietam

Ashlea climbed to the top of the tower to take a picture for me. Wendi took the picture of Ashlea climbing the stairs.

Antietam and a scarey spider

While on vacation we went to Antietam, Maryland. This was a site of a Civil War battlefield. For Clara Barton it was a beginning of what was to become the Red Cross. I collected rocks for my flower garden boarder. At Antietam I was looking under the shade of a tree for a rock and had a omg moment. The spider was huge.

Random pics of D.C.

The Capital several views, Washington monument, Rayburn statue. Native American museum. The Native American museum has no corners. While in D.C. we took a trolley tour of the city. The trolley broke down and the driver couldn't get the door open either. We were stuck on the trolley for nearly 2 hours. One block from Ford theater where Lincoln was shot.

More pics of natural history museum

grasshopper, Hope diamond, and an outside hands on garden where the kids could pump water and then water the plants. Oh and A huge elephant.

Smithsonian natural history museum

There was soooooooo much to see at the natural history museum. Please enjoy the video of the butterflies. There were double doors to make sure that when we left the room there were no hitch hikers trying to get out with us. Several of them landed on us while we were in the garden.

Bens chili bowl

while we were in D.C. we went to Ben's chili bowl. We sat at the same table that President Obama sat at the day before he became our 44th president.

Lincoln memorial and our hotel

Aunt Wendi and Uncle Joe treated us to a wonderful trip to Washington D.C. Ashlea was so impressed with our hotel room. She said "Mom this room even has tooth paste" The lobby was very nice and she just kept saying "Wow" Thank you Wendi and Joe.

Vacation

Where do I begin? I guess at the beginning of the trip. This is how I felt driving 1000 miles. Wendi treating Ashlea to the works at the nail salon. They got their toes polished to match for the trip to D.C.