The Cherry Blossom Festival

Yesterday was amazing. Here are some pictures.

It was the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. so we decided to take advantage and go downtown. We had heard that traffic was going to be pretty bad and recommendations were to take the Metro but we decided to chance it with the car. Well, I don't know where the traffic was but it wasn't on the freeway. We were downtown in about 15 minutes and somehow there were a bunch of handicap spots right near the Washington Monument.

In addition to the Cherry Blossom Festival they were having a Kite Festival at the Washington Monument. There were kites of all shapes and sizes everywhere. Brigham was very excited because he was bringing his Star Wars kite to fly. We wandered through all of the kites at the Washington Monument and then headed over to the Tidal Basin to see some of the blossoms. They did not disappoint. It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen and the pictures I have posted certainly do not do it justice.

We grabbed lunch and the kids had a great time playing on the grass. After lunch we headed back over to the Washington Monument to fly Brigham's kite. But when we pulled it out one of the sticks was missing (Brigham had gotten a little over excited and opened the package earlier). So we couldn't fly the kite. Brigham was devastated. He started yelling at me "You ruined my kite!." How'd I get blamed for this?

We finally calmed him, distracting him by pointing out the Space Shuttle, pirate ship, Spiderman, WW I Bomber and Superman kites. We were almost to the car when we ran into Brigham's old Primary teacher. She happened to have an extra kite so we put it together and after much effort (we are definitely kite rookies) we got the kite up thus grasping victory from the jaws of defeat.

It really was remarkable. If you are ever planning a trip to DC, try to schedule it around the Cherry Blossom Festival. You won't be disappointed.

Easter Egg Hunt and Wii Contest

Last week we had all of the Hales cousins over for an Easter Egg hunt. You can see pictures here.

It was quite the crew but everyone had a good time. Nikolai arrived a little early so he and Steve got to play a little Start Wars. After the big hunt everyone had a great time playing with the Wii. We played some baseball and all of the kid got to hit. Then we started boxing. The highlights were Elizabeth beating Steve and Holly and Mary going at it so intensely that they could hardly move afterwards (Mary was victorious in the end - she has a longer reach). Everyone had a good time and it was fun to get all of the cousins together.

What is your guess?

Holly is becoming a techno geek

Hi all!!  Greg is determined to make me "geeky" and help me take advantage of technology, so here is my first blog post!! I have some funny Brigham and Jacob stories to share, but I'll have to do that later.  I've got to get going today, so that's all for now...

ta-ta,

hol

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