Half day in DC

The fountain in Dupont Circle near our hotel we stayed at

The Mayflower Hotel

A Musuem

The backside of the White House

A statue near the White House

The Treasury Department building.

A beautiful building with a clock.

The capital building

The White House

Washington Monument

Dwight D. Eisenhower building

A statue near the Vietnam Wall. I believe it is of Nurses but am not sure. It was a beautiful statue.

Walking toward the Wall.

Krista in front of the Washington Monument.

Leslie A. Bellrichard-my cousin

the Wall

The statue by the Wall.

Us walking back to our hotel.

Lyssa Lou with the lion in front of a museum.

The Washington Monument

We arrived in DC after noon and drove around looking for the hotel. We first wanted to sightsee but could not find a place to park. So we decided to look for our hotel and to see if we could check in and then do a walking tour. We did check in and found out we were not far from the White House, Washington Monument, and of course the Vietnam Veterans Wall. So we set out on a walk. We walked about 4 miles on our tour of DC.

Going to DC by way of Frederick, MD

lyssa lou being a model

my linky lou

Me, Michael's sister, and 4 of my girls

Stephanie, linky lou & lyssa lou

my 2 babies looking cute

Michael 's sister and most of my girls

above and below my lyssa lou

above and the 2 below are my linky lou and the last one with her sister.

some of the beautiful woods in the Frederick state park.

my honey and his sister

Sarge who is a St. Bernard/beagle mix.

more of the woods

We went to visit with Michael's sister before we drove into DC for my dad's funeral. We had a very nice visit with her and did a little sightseeing while there. It was nice to be with family before I had to go and say good-bye to one of the most important men in my life.

I love this song and hope you do to.

TURN, TURN, TURN

Chorus:
To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time for every purpose under heaven.

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep.

A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones
A time to gather stones together.

A time of war, a time of peace
A time of love, a time of hate
A time you may embrace
A time to refrain from embracing.

A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time of love, a time of hate
A time of peace. . .I swear it's not too late.

Words from the book of Ecclesiastes
Music and additional words by Pete Seeger (1954)

I wish I could write something as profound...

The baby gets her hair cut

my sweet girl getting her hair washed.

Now onto the haircut.

Does she not look cute.

Is my baby not beautiful.

My oldest looking so cute.

Ta-ta and Cody.

My sweet little girl asleep in her chair.

She wanted me-ma to take her picture on the soda michael. So she got on and I snapped the picture.

My Honey is back in the States

Alyssa & her Opa. she was so happy to see him

The one thing he missed more than his girls. His motorcycle.

Daddy and his baby.

Well at almost 11 my honey was in Norfolk and home for a week. I am looking forward to him being here but not the reason for his trip. But it is just good to have him here for whatever reason. He said his flight was good but he was happy to be here. For him the day is full of Dr.'s appt.'s so he will be busy. Michael is home until Thursday the 28th as he can only be in US for 7 days. So once again I will have to say goodbye to someone I Love.

Peter Frampton at Busch Gardens

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Peter Frampton

Carla and her blonde doo

My 2 girls Stephanie & Carla

Stephanie above and below

Again the 2 sisters being cute

Our sound asleep baby on the ride home.

Well I went shopping with Krista to find her a pair of pants to wear to my dads funeral. We went to Sears and found a really nice pair of slacks for about $2 on clearance. So I really thought that was a great deal. So I have dressed all 4 of my girls at the house so that is done.I just need to figure out what I am going to wear it goes between a dress and slacks so I guess I will not know until I pack to go up there. We then went to Sam's to get some paper towels for the house as we are totally out of them. I got gas for $3.38 at Sam's woo-hoo. So I filled it up to the top and should not need gas for awhile.
At 6 Carla came and got us so we could go to Busch Gardens. I have wanted to see Peter Frampton since BG said he was coming before I left for Kuwait. So I asked Carla then if she would go with me and she said yes. It was also good to do something fun with all the sadness that is to come. So my concerts are done for the summer and I am still bummed that my Def Leppard is not coming this year. I have seen them for the last 3 years and they skipped us this year.
I called Barb to see how she was and got no answer so I left her a message. I had not talked to her since last Sunday. I also called my Auntie Linda to wish her a "Happy Birthday" but alas she was not home either so I sang the HB song to her on her answering machine. She called me back while I was at the concert so I told her I had to call her back. I really enjoyed seeing Frampton again as I saw him last during the Frampton Comes Alive tour back in the 70's. It was a fun night and I enjoyed myself and so did the girls.