Skating party.

 Tomorrow MacKenzie turns 13!!!  So today we had a birthday party for her at the ice rink. Kenzie took a year of figure skating lessons before a snow storm caused our rink to collapse.  Last fall they finally finished the rebuild and opened again.  So in January she started up lessons again.  She really loves it so we figured it was a great place to have her party.  They have a very nice package that includes skate rentals and skating.  The only thing I had to bring was the cake.  So off to the rink this morning we went.  We all had a good time.  Kenzie and her friends skated for almost 2 hours and Cam and I spent quiet a bit of time on the ice too.  For either never having skated or only doing it a few times the girls did great and had a blast.  We couldn't have asked for a better party to welcome our baby girl in to her teens.

 

First tooth.

Cam lost his first tooth the other day.  That tooth has been wiggly for a while.  He couldn't wait for it to finally come out so any chance he had he was wiggling it more and more.  Finally after dinner this week he excitedly showed me that it finally came out.  Makes us sad to think our baby is growing up.

Baseball

I know it has been a year since I have posted here. Life has just gotten in the way so I am trying to start new and post more regularly.

Last night we took the kids to a single A baseball game. Potomac Nationals vs. Carolina Mudcats.  We are lucky because Woodbridge is the home of the Potomac Nationals.  We love going to baseball games as a family.  We try to take the kids to Baltimore when the Red Sox come to town.  It seems that we only get to go every other year due to scheduling conflicts.  So this was a great compromise.  The kids had a blast. We were treated to 2 Washington National's players doing thier rehab with the P-Nats.  The only downside was at the time of the first pitch, at 6:38 pm,  it was 103 degrees!  Talk about hot.  We drank tons and tons of water, a big ice cold lemonade and the kids got dippin dots and popcorn.   Once the sun went behind the trees it was a much more enjoyable night.  After the game was over (P-Nats won 4-3) they turned off the lights and we were treated to a great fireworks show  They really did put on a great show.  We didn't get to see a big fireworks show on the 4th so it was great to see a good show.  Then after the fireworks when they finally got the field lights to start to come back up the kids got to go on the field and run the bases.  The smiles on both of them when they hit home plate was priceless.  We will definately do that again.  And the best part?  15 minutes and we were home. If we find a house in the neighborhood we love the drive home will only take 7 minutes!

Sorry they are green the lights weren't fully up.

http://www2.insidenova.com/sports/2012/jul/08/drew-storen-gets-victory-as-potomac-beats-carolina-ar-2041885/