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Owen was pretty thrilled about this outfit he chose out and put on himself. Tip: If your three-year-old puts his shirt on backward leave it. Only the back gets dirty and you get another day's use out of the shirt by putting it on correctly the next day.

D.C./Baltimore

We took a temple trip in March that I never got around to posting so since everyone looking at this is probably just bored wasting their time avoiding tasks such as housework you won't mind my ramblings...

When we got to the temple Owen noticed this little crocus. It was our first sighting of a flower this year. He was excited.

Waiting for Dad. While Jeff was in the temple we went for a walk around the grounds. I thought I'd show how when Owen finds a stick he likes to break off all the little twigs on the sides. Is this a sign of OCD?
So we made it to Baltimore and strolled in inner harbor and then went to the Baltimore Aquarium. It was fun but a little crowded.We stayed overnight at the Olson's. They were great hosts....so great we imposed on them again last week when we went to the cherry blossom festival.
And the grand finale-the "Two Beths" as Grandma Hanson would say.

Popcorn PoPpiNg

Okay it was 10:00am and I was so tired. We'd talked about going down to D.C. to see the cherry blossoms since this was our last chance. We'd talk, talk, talked about it but we hadn't really decided. It was the moment of truth...we had to decide. Was it worth getting ready, 2hrs there and 2hrs back (with a baby who doesn't sleep in the car), and gas money? Well we took one look at these kiddos and decided they were happy enough. I took one look at myself...but I won't post that picture (I'd stayed up until 1am), and decided I was up for it. And Jeff said I could decide. So we were off! I called Tara right before we left and she was gung-ho and met us down there. This made it all worth it! We had so much fun. This is a must do for everyone before they die. The weather was to die for perfect. I love the Washington Memorial in the background.

Talk about beautiful!


Matthew and Owen hit it off better than our last visit.

Hannah hanging out in the sling.

Jeff assured me he had promied Owen a ride in a boat real soon so they decided to try out the paddle boats in tidal basin. Hannah and I stayed ashore because she didn't meet the weight requirement.

Jeff took a picture of us from the boat.


We couldn't believe the "popcorn trees." It was so so beautiful. And we had fun that evening at the Olsons. We're going to miss them!