VA Beach with the LEWIS family

last Saturday we drove down to sandbridge beach which is near the main VA beach area but less crowded. It was a perfect day. We played from noon until 5ish. Ryan and Steve spent most of the day playing in the surf. Brandi and I choose to stay out of the water. We got to see dolphins and these super fast crabs. The girls had a great time together and caleb was great digging in the sand most of the day. WE all had a great day and it is so nice to have friends here in VA.

Kaitlyns T-ball camp

Kaitlyn has now decided she loves T-ball- Finally. Have months of trying to make her go outside and play catch she is bugging me!!! We are going to practice fielding according to her today.

Marathon

Its offical I have signed up and paid for the richmond marathon on Novemeber 14th- Call me CRAZY I know but part of me is thinking if I dont do it this year I will not do it- the other part of me is thinking of my sister-in-law and how hard she is working to simply walk that I need to push myself and work as hard as she is. I will be thinking of her every mile I train in the next 24 weeks of training, esp. in the richmond heat! http://www.richmondmarathon.com/

Our Fun adventure to BATH CO VA

Ryan and I did a triathlon this weekend together. It was great- well at the time didnt seem so great but now that is over it seems great. Unfortunely because we both did it we do not have that many pictures. We did get really lucky and got to stay at the famous Homestead Hotel built in 1766. We priced it out before we left at it was over 400 a night- wow we called the night of and got a room for $150 which was more than we had planned to spend but it was about 1 1/2 hours closure to the race and wow it was really neat to stay there. Ryans class mates did the race as well and they took group photos and when we get them I will post them. We would love for our kids to see us race next time but we were so thankful for Brandi and Steve to watch them for us. here is the link for the hotel- check it out! http://www.thehomestead.com/

caleb gets into trouble again

So last week one of kaitlyns jobs was to put the DVDs away in there cases. There was a pile of about 15 of them. I was making dinner some 15 feet away and kaitlyn comes running to say we have a major problem. Caleb put all the dvd's in and under all the cracks of the TV stand and under the DVD player to jam it. It tooks us about 15 min to undo what he did in 1 min. Kaitlyn also lost a few of her movies because they are so scratched.

Fun lighting bugs

Here are two videos of Ryan and Kaitlyn trying to catch the fire flies. It is hard to get them to light up in a jar. Fun memories of VA.

Day trip to WA DC

We had not ventured up to the DC other than the zoo about a year ago- We had a great time. We went to the air and space musuem and natural history musuem. Both kaitlyn and I loved looking at all the gems and jelwery. Wow the Hope diamond is huge. He got to see the captial, the monument and the reflection pool. The weather was great as well. The only thing that was bad was the 3 hour stop and go traffic on the way home!

Caleb and the Wii

This video just shows you how little boys love video games from the time they are little. Funny!

Our Last Friday night

We had so much fun- we had a sleep over with some of our special friends! They played all night and watched tinkerbell the movie- they all had parts and even made caleb into a part of the movie-

Swimming

It is so hard to get photos at the pools because I am always in the pool with the kids. Today we got in the pool at 1030 am and left at 130 for nap time. Both kids are so tired! It is now 4pm and they are both still sleeping!So the moral of the story is if you need your kids to take a nap and get some time by yourself to clean the house and workout-take them to a pool!! They both asked me to go back later today- I think might as well- it is free- good for them and they love it! Caleb is now starting to hold his breathe and swim under water. I will have two swimmers by the end of the summer.I