VA trip

Last, but not least, we enjoyed a game of miniature golf in Winchester, VA.

Alex was quite the golfer. He rivaled his parents with his golfing abilities.

Grandpa did very well. I think he came in first place.

Dinosaur Land, VA

While in VA, we went to Dinosaurland! This little park feautured life-size models of all sorts of Dinosaurs (and King Kong). Alex loved it! Here are a few of the pictures we took below.

While in Virginia

Here are a few other activities we enjoyed while on vacation. I did pretty well with the pistol below. One of my shots nearly hit the bulls eye.

Here is Doug with Dad's pellet gun.

Alex with his Daddy in the tube that we pulled behind the boat. Alex had a great time.

Me... Water skiing! I love it!

Maryland / Virginia Trip...Continued

Next we were able to visit Grandma and Grandpa Wright in Northern Virginia. We rented some bikes and enjoyed a nice bike ride on a beautiful trail. Doug and I had to try and keep up with Grandma and Grandpa! They have become quite the bikers.

Here is Alex in his trailer equipped with snacks, books and toys He actually fell asleep during the bike ride.

This is the program Doug supports at work

Baltimore, MD

We were excited to take a family vacation this past month. Our first stop was Baltimore, Maryland where we toured the inner harbor area and went to the National Aquarium. Here is Alex and Daddy. We took a water taxi to Fort McHenry where Americans held off the British navy in the war of 1812. The battle inspired the writing of our National Anthem.

Alex is illustrating how the "rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air"

Here is Alex at his first Major League Baseball game. We watched the Baltimore Orioles play. He was given a certificate to commemorate the occasion.

We couldn't get Alex to look at the camera. This is take "10".

Elephant Butte and White Sands

We decided to get away for the weekend and went to Southern New Mexico. Here we are at Elephant Butte Reservoir. We stopped for an hour and let Alex play in the sand and get his feet a little wet. He especially liked skipping rocks in the water with his Daddy.

Here we are at White Sands National Monument. We had a great time. It looked like snow, and felt like brown sugar. The sand dunes are made of Gypsum which always dissolves in water and the only reason it is possible to have Gypsum sand dunes is because of the lack of rain in the area. We enjoyed sledding and building sand castles in the White sand.