June 2018

June was the end of Owen's school for the year.  He had a great year.  We will miss his teacher Ms. Ouaefa very much. Much of the month was helping my mom get things organized for her big move and otherwise selling of items. We had a couple fun evenings where all the neighborhood boys would play on the front sidewalk.  We have two other neighbors who have kids the same approximate age as Owen and Milton.  That gives us a total of 6 boys all living right next to each other.  Lots of trucks! We finished up my mom's wood rack which was fun to have Owen help out with the shingles

Milton is trying to cruise along furniture, but is not yet walking.  He says "mama" very regularly along with "dada". He loves playing the "how big" game and peak-a-boo. Whenever he wants something he will grunt until I give him whatever I have.

Owen is sweet as ever and still loves all his trucks.  Mid-month we went out to Wyoming where Owen is in absolute heaven with all the trucks and tractors. Owen loves Gwapa and Gwapa.

DelFest Bluegrass Festival, Maryland

The DelFest is a bluegrass festival held yearly in Cumberland, MD.  My dad wanted to go so we went in his honor.  After being there I don't think he would have liked it all that much.  It is mostly for people who want to camp there and party for the weekend.  There were a ton of kids around.  It was very hot so we didn't stay super long.  We saw a couple bands play that was fun to see up close.  Owen was most interested in climbing on the bleachers.

Wilmington, Delaware

We drove over to northern Delaware on my quest for NPS stamps. First, we visited the Beaver Valley Woodlawn Tract at Brandywine Creek State Park. It has beautiful tulip poplars and a fun wall that Owen liked running on top. Second, we went to the Old Swedes Church in Wilmington. It was consecrated on Trinity Sunday, June 4, 1699, by a predominantly Swedish congregation formerly of the colony of New Sweden. Lastly, we went to New Castle to see the courthouse and have lunch. We ate at Jessop’s Tavern which served delicious colonial-style food. Owen’s favorite part was the great playground and beach we found just a short walk from where we had lunch.

May 2018

Owen had his International Day concert on May 5.

This month we found out that Colton and Adrienne's baby is a girl. Adrienne put together a fun gender reveal thing with a volcano in my mom's back yard sand pit that the buys had fun playing with.