2011: Review in 50 Pictures

The Family
Summer 2011

The pictures below are in chronological order.

The only real snow we had all year was in the second week
of January. To get enough snow for a small snowman it had
to be transported from the alley into the backyard.

He's potty trained!!

No rockets' red glare--just numbing cold air. A late winter
visit to Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD.
War of 1812 bombardment site that inspired Key to write what
is nowour National Anthem.

Free Family Day at the Corcoran.

Three Years Old! Pooh's head had to
be eaten first.

Bike Seat: "Daddy, why can't you go faster?"

Cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin.

It is DC: trips to the National Mall and its museums year round.

Spring Kite Festival.

Playing at the park.

Atlantic Ocean

Outer Banks, NC

Bodie Island Lighthouse, NC

Jamestown, VA: first permanent settlement
in the New World.

Mount Vernon with a visiting cousin all the way from Japan.

Family Heritage 101: Prince William and
Kate's wedding.
(His first and basically only TV, ever.)

First church father and son camp out. Lots of fun even
with lots of rain later on.

Brothers horsing around.

In West Virginia visiting with great friends.
(The word is that they just got a new computer!!)

Cousins! Mud!!
June trip to Utah.

Timpanogos Cave and family, Utah.

National 4th of July Parade. For once it was not blazing hot!

The close beach--Sandy Point State Park, Chesapeake Bay, MD

The Water Front Park Carousel, Spokane, WA.

High School Reunion?! Still a great bunch of guys.

Fun times with family! Spokane, WA

Opa meets the newest member of the family.

Grandma B and the boys.

Beach time in the Puget Sound.

A sister's wedding! More family and friends in an August trip to Utah.

Birthday!

One year old and just walking!

Family Heritage 101: First trip into red rock country.

A break from the garden and workshop allow for a picture with
the Utah grandparents.

The boys conversing and cooling off during the DC summer.

Bartholdi Fountain, DC
(Designer of the Statue of Liberty)

Fun times with friends on a farm.

Harper's Ferry, WV

Fort Washington on the Potomac River.

A fun visit from Washington State family.

Fall Festival at George Washington's Mount Vernon.

Halloween--just in case an explanation was needed.

Fall colors at the National Arboretum.

And that's nothing--you should see how he
can get up on the roof!

More Halloween. (He's a dragon, of course--look at the shadow!)

A mild winter day at the US Botanic Garden.

Christmas at the Capitol.

Christmas Eve. The Nativity (this year with a donkey and a
camel--can you tell which is which?!)

Closing out the year with family visiting from back west.