Go Nats!

On a bright sunny day a few weeks back we root root rooted for the home team, The Washington Nationals at their brand new ballpark.

Loretta liked the chili fries aspect of the game.

Henry the hillbilly liked running loose in the stadium.

It was all fun and games until we encountered a Tickle Monster on the loose! (Lauren)

And then Henry's head sprouted a metal pole. Uncle Kurt seemed nonplussed.

Photos are courtesy of Ben. You can see the whole album by going here. http://picasaweb.google.com/benjaminshaw/BaseballWToddOddAug32008?authkey=XxUT8lZjm-c

Beach Bums

So we headed off to Litchfield Beach, SC in late July for a little family vacation. For those of you playing the home game, you will no doubt remember that Todd got down on one sandy knee and proposed marriage to me on this very beach 8 years ago.

Henry wasted no time in hitting the surf.

He and Todd elevated body surfing into an art form.

The whole lovely trip was organized by Chris and Hiromi Lowber. We had a great time with them, and our kids had a major blast with their kids Sarina and Shoma.

Mama and baby soaking up some sun.

A Reel Adventure

Wanna' make a 3-year old's whole weekend? Take him fishing! Which is exactly what Todd and our good friend Wing did with Henry recently. They went out to Fletcher's Boat House and rented a rowboat for the day on the C&O Canal.

And caught some fish to boot!

Some fishes were as big as a boot!

A happy, silly fisherboy.