First day of school!

Joe Cool getting ready for his first day of school. Spoiler alert, he passed and is ready for 1st grade next year

We got to go with him for the first hour or so.

This is the last we saw of him.  No hug, no kiss, he took off running for the playground.

Shortly after getting back to MN Sam got to go to Nawlins ( New Orleans) for a work conference.  She got some sight seeing in.

Jack and his lady.

Mullet Man! He looks like he would fit right in in gator country.

Putting the feet up after a long day.

dc.

After Philly and NJ it was onto DC.  If you are asking me what to do in DC. 

1.) Monuments - Washington, Lincoln, Vietnam are all fairly close to each other. 

2.) Smithsonian

3.) Library of Congress

4.)  Supreme Court

568.) Arby's

Everyone has to pretend to hold the Washington Monument, right?

view from the WWII monument.

On our way to the Lincoln Memorial.

The Vietnam monument.  Underrated as far as monuments go.

Can't remember who this was, lets just call him Rory Calhoun.

Sam's old van made it to the Smithsonian.

Cool staircase in the Supreme court.  Wasn't planning on going in but it was a nice stop.  Plus it was about 95 degrees out and we had already walked like 5 miles.

I guess we are back to NJ.  Watched the ponies before the wedding.  None of them loved the slop.

Wedding photo.

Philadelphia Freedom

Our trip from Philly on our way to the Hovde wedding

Nothing in particular to see here, I just liked these trees.

A guy asked of if we wanted him to take our pic in front of this.  Sam pretended not to know me, that's love.

Can't remember what this building was, let's just say it was the Philadelphia branch of the Ghostbusters.

Independence Hall.  The only original item in the room was Washington's chair up front.  They were not happy when Sam climbed the rope and sat in it.

Checking the foundation on the Liberty Bell.

Terminal Market.  Basically I could eat there every day for the rest of my life.  There was a whole bunch of small restaurants, grocery stores, pastries, etc.  Good times.  We were starving when we got into Philly and decided to go here instead of the hotel first.  Ended up parking in a lot 1-2 blocks away.  I think we pay like $10 for an hour of parking.  Not a good start to the trip.  We went back to eat here but walked instead.

Who wants Falafel?!?!

NJ.  Night before the wedding.

BFFs!

Freehold, birthplace of the Boss.  Sadly, no wedding pics.  You'll have to trust me, a good time was had.

bday party -

Alright People we are going on about a year of inactivity.  Rachel will not and cannot stand take any more posting delays.  Without further ado I will try to catch up with the past year.  I will do my best to post details to the best of my recollection, but there is a chance that I will be lying 50% of the time.  No biggie, right?

Maxwell's 6th b day party at the splash pad.  It was very humid out and it rained a little, but not on our parade!

Hanging out with his friends from day care.

Spy gear, he was actually playing with this a few days ago.  He was helping the neighbor catch some kids who were vandalizing the neighborhood.  See what I said about lying?

Spider Man!

Celebrate and have a good time

 Hello friends! It's late on a Sunday night so I am going to keep this one short.  Onto the pics!

 Recreation of a picture.  I'll have to get Max's up here to compare but we had the same photo of Max and Otis in the Pioneer Press.  We will have to shoot for a double.

 Getting a pic for Jacks sports themed first b day party. 

 As you can see we don't like wearing shirts around our house. 

Cake turned out great.  High comedy. 

 Awesome mean face. 

 Birthday Time.

 Sweet new ride!

 Ready for some cake.  He was pretty wiped out by this time but was downing it like a champ.  He ate a good amount of it. 

 Is there something on my cheek?

 Our little Richie Tenenbaum. 

 Max reading to the fam.

 Simons B day party. 

 Gpa Lars getting worked in a water gun fight.

 Sweet ride.  Sadly going to sell it.  Let me know if you want it.  She still purrs like a kitten.

 Some old pics from Sams phone.  Fathers day celebration.

 We went to the Science Museum with Max and no Jack Friday and had a blast.  He especially liked looking at just about everything under a microscope. 

 Checking out the dinosaur bones.

BUY BUY, SELL, SELL!!!!

We also went to the MOA because I promised Max once he read 10 books I would take him there and we were well overdue.  Not pictured, the MOA picture from the log ride with Max and I.   He looked like he had seen a real life poltergeist.  It was awesome. If it wasn't $18 I would have gotten it. 

Youir summer jam of the week:

Probably the best song about taking pictures.