An End to Remember!!!

Things have been busy around these parts.  We have had LOTS and LOTS of visitors, which has been fun but busy.  In what little down time we had between visitors, we managed to get in some fun, family time.  We went to Fifer Farm's strawberry festival!!  Though it was a little cold, we had a lot of fun.  The kids both got to ride horses and thought that was pretty cool.

 All the visitors we have had, have made continuing my little preschool for Beckham quite challenging.  But, somehow I managed to complete a full 9 months of preschool for my six sweet little students!!  The end of this school year for Beckham is very bittersweet for me.  I will miss my sweet boys so much. However, I will have more free time and no more late night setting up crafts and science projects for the next day :)

On Memorial day, we had our end of school year party and program.  I was so proud of all my boys. They sang their songs and recited their poem perfectly!! I gave each of them an award and their preschool certificate.  It was such a wonderful way to start the day.  I loved the huge smiles on each of their faces as I handed each of them their awards :)

 Here are a few darling pictures of my sweet students throughout our school year together!!

Sporting their safari hats...

 Helping make fruit salad for snack...

 Singing in our Thanksgiving program...

 Turning into apple trees...

 Making pudding together for snack...

 Beckham's first day of school...

 Craft time, making fish...

 Fascinated by a science project...

 Feeding our school pet "Goldie" the fish...

 Circle Time...

 Building arches...

I had a fabulous year teaching these boys and will miss my time with them so much :(  Even though it was ALOT of work, I would totally do another preschool.  I loved being able to watch my sweet little Beckham learn and grow every day!!!  I am so proud of him for doing so well in school!!! I will always have such fond memories of this year :)

A Visit from Grandma and Grandpa!!

It has been nearly two years now since we have been in Delaware!!  During that time we have had lots and lots of Harper family visitors!!  It was been so wonderful for us :)! However, Ryan was extra excited when we heard that his parents were going to come and visit us- the first visitors from his family.  Ryan's parents came a few weeks ago and stayed for a whole ten days.  We had many different adventures together and had a blast!!

We spend a whole day in Washington DC and literally saw just about everything!!  We did A LOT of walking but it was so worth it. We went to Ford's Theater, which was really amazing. 

Right across the street, you could see the very home where President Lincoln spent his last few minutes before he died.

There was a small Lincoln museum right before you entered the theater which was really fascinating!! Here is the very gun that John Wilkes Booth used to kill President Lincoln.

This is Lincoln's suit that he was wearing the day he passed and the stained pillow that he laid on as he died. It was so sad but truly amazing that they still had these items.

Inside the theater, you could see the booth in which Lincoln would always sit during shows.

Here are Kelly and I with Jane and Beckham in front of the Capitol.

While we were waiting for our tour of the Capitol, we stopped in at the National Botanical Gardens.  They are beautiful.  There is a kids garden that Jane and Beckham had a blast in.  They could fill up water cans with a water pump...

...and water the flowers!!

Jane and Ryan in the Bamboo garden.

One of my favorite things inside the Capitol was this statue of Brigham Young!! There was a statue of someone to represent each of the states.  Seeing Brigham Young's statue right inside the capitol representing Utah was really cool!! It made me proud to be a church member!!

This is a terrible picture...however, here are Ryan, Jean and Kelly in front of the White House (even though you can't see it at all :-/).

Here is the gang in front of the beautiful Capitol building.

While Ryan's parents were seeing the Lincoln memorial, we let the kids run around for awhile. There was a high school choir singing and the sun was shining. It was a beautiful day.

Another day, we went to Rehoboth Beach!! It was a little windy and cold but the sun was still shining and the kids were still having a blast in the sand!!

When Jane discovered how warm the sand was, she couldn't get enough of it:)

The rest of us just ate our french fries on a blanket while we watched the kids play.  It was really nice!!

We spent another whole day in Pennsylvania which started at Valley Forge!! This was truly an amazing experience :)

Here is a beautiful memorial to the soldiers who resided at Valley Forge.

These are replicas of the cabins they built for shelter.

This is the house that George Washington rented and stayed in at Valley Forge.  It was really beautiful and amazing to go inside and see where he slept and worked during such an important time in out history!!

Going to Independence Hall was another favorite for me.  Just knowing that we were in the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed was awesome!!

Here is the front of Independence Hall.

Later that day, we ate at a tavern where George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and other important people ate. It was a neat experience!!

Another day we spent at the Air Plane Museum near Dover Air Force Base.  Here are Jean, Jane and Beckham sitting inside one of the huge planes!!

A view from the radio tower at all the cool planes!!

Here's the gang inside the tower.

Ryan took us around to several different near by beaches and towns.  I just loved this picture!!

 

 

Jane and Beckham loved getting so much love and attention from grandma and grandpa!!  They bought Jane and Beckham these wind mills among many other goodies and treats:)!! They were so sad when the time came for Grandma and Grandpa to have to leave and go home to Utah:(  This trip created some wonderful memories for all of us.  Hopefully, we can make make more soon!! I am so grateful for Ryan's wonderful family. Thanks Jean and Kelly for making the trip out and for being so sweet!! We had tons of fun!!