it was there the whole time!

On Friday I was introduced to a little beach that is only 30 minutes from my house in Baltimore County.  It's only $3 to park for each person in your car not in a booster, ample parking, long row of large trees shading picnic tables w/ grills, a great little sand area, and a roped off swim area with no waves.  Lifeguards are on duty, there is a bath house and grill.  I just wish I had known about this little gem.  All that time I spent wishing to be at the ocean I could have gone to this (much less exciting, but still) little beach area.  The kids could enjoy it more than the ocean.  Christian was able to walk all the way out to the rope.  Jack was halfway out too and trying to swim all over.  Anna wasn't a huge fan of standing or sitting on the shore.  (Her friend Hazel was trying to show her how awesome it was.  She just wasn't having it.)  But she liked floating in her little raft we have.  We had a really fun time discovering this new place.  Hope to go back lots more this summer.

Fun on the Fourth

For the Fourth we (as usual) headed down to Purcellville, Virginia to the cabin at Baker's Acres.  It was hot and humid and there were a record number of gnats this year but one of the most fun years so far.  Anna was all decked out in her patriotic gear.  We did some swimming where Jack and Christian surprised us with there ease in the water.  They had a blast getting thrown around in there.  We did some of our own fireworks when it got darker. It was just a really fun day. 

alright, alright, I'll take a mini-van...

We did it!  We got ourselves a minivan...that's right, a minivan.  I guess once we really started looking into what would work best and what we needed it just fit the bill.  Captain's chairs in the middle, leather seats, stow-away seating, automatic doors and trunk, and a huge trunk space.  We decided on a black 2007 Chrysler Town & Country Touring, bonus, only 23k miles!  

Our first ride in it down to Virginia quieted any doubts we may have had about purchasing it.  It was quieter, no fighting boys, no screaming baby (she was facing forward for the first time in her new seat and LOVED it), fantastic air conditioning, much better ipod attachment, just better.  

So, yes I am very happy to own a minivan.