Friday, September 28, 2012

McKaila's 2nd Birthday!

This past weekend, we went back to our hometown of Holland, for a family friends wedding. While we were home, we decided to have an early birthday party for McKaila, so people didn't need to travel the 12 hours to come here in October to celebrate.


McKaila loved all the sparkly stuff on the table
McKaila and her new friend Sydney McFarland
LOVE HER <3

Time to blow out the candles!

Now, time to eat cake!!

McKaila had a lot of fun running around with Sydney and visiting with all our family and friends!! Thank you to all of you who were able to come out and celebrate our little girls 2nd birthday!! We appreciate all the love and were so happy to see you all!!

Here are some other random pictures from our trip back to Holland

Boarding an airplane for the first time with Auntie 
We were lucky enough to meet up with Jody and Lily Correa before they left back to Maryland
Hugs between besties!! 
McKaila got to meet Martha's new parrot

McKaila and the beautiful bride, Gina
The kids had so much fun on the dance floor

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Septemember 11, 2012

It's now been 11 years, since the tragic attack on our nation. Like most of you, the moments that the planes hit the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, along with the grounds of Pennsylvania, are going to be etched in our minds for the rest of our lives. It's hard to forget something like that.


So, just like last year we headed to The Pentagon to show our respects to those lost there on that tragic day.  But before heading to The Pentagon, we heading to Arlington Cemetery. Courtney just found out that he has relatives that are buried there, so since we couldn't get into The Pentagon Memorial until after noon, we thought we would go to the cemetery first.

It was a very long walk to find where his Great Uncle was buried, since he was buried all the way in the back of the cemetery, but we finally made it. You can actually see The Pentagon from his grave site.

Courtney is actually named after his Great Uncle, Richard Courtney Delsi

Richard's Wife



Something else we have wanted to see at the cemetery is the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial. Luckily it was just around the corner from Courtney's Great Uncle

The Pentagon is just passed the trees

Our next stop in the cemetery was to find Matt Urban. He was from Holland, Michigan!! I remember trying to find it once when the whole family was here back in 1994, but I haven't seen it since then. The park that is down the street from my families house is named after him. It is a park that I spent a lot of time at growing up!



We could not go to the cemetery without seeing the Kennedy Family




On our way to The Pentagon Memorial, we decided to stop at the Air Force Memorial. We have always wanted to stop there, but never had, so since we were right there, we made a quick stop. 




McKaila taking a break for a snack

Now, finally it was off to see the Pentagon Memorial. 









It was a great day remembering all the people that risked their lives in the mist of the terrorist attack 11 years ago! 

9/11 NEVER FORGET

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Enjoying The Last Days of Summer

It's still been incredibly hot here in Waldorf, MD and am very ready for it to start cooling down and start seeing the leaves start turning colors.

Don't get me wrong, I love the warm weather, but some of the days that we've been having this summer are just unbearable. You can't step outside for just a couple minutes before you start sweating and feeling the brick wall of heat! This heat is just crazy!

McKaila loves the outdoors and with this heat, she doesn't even want to spend too much time outside. So, we've been getting up and getting ready for the day and spending some time outdoors, before the heat really kicks in.

For some reason, McKaila loves playing with the fake Roxy
Kisses from Roxy


Since the days are so incredibly warm, we've been spending a lot of time indoors coloring and playing with puzzles

Simon wasn't feeling good, so it was a cuddle day for him


Go Blue!



Last night, as many you already know, was the first game of the season for the Wolverines! The blue and maize were off to Dallas, Texas to play their first game against Alabama!

The game started at 8 p.m. so it was a little late for McKaila, but she was ready to cheer on the Wolverines from the start of the day! She had her pom poms out and her cheer outfit on! She was ready to go!





Roxy is ready to cheer on Michigan too!

Even though it was tough loss for Michigan, we will always say 
"Go Blue!!!"