Monday, June 16, 2008

Washington DC Trip

Edd's work called him to DC for a week. So, we decided to make a little mini-vacation out of the trip and keep Dad from having to spend Father's Day by himself in a hotel room. Michael and I flew up on Thursday. While Edd was hard at work Michael and I played in the capital city on Friday. We spent half of the day at the National Zoo and the other half of the day at the Air and Space Museum on the Mall. On Saturday we all drove out to Charlottesville and visited Monticello. Sunday we visited the "new" Air and Space Museum branch at Dulles airport before Michael and I returned home Sunday evening. It was a whirlwind trip and Michael is already talking about going back to see some of the things we didn't get to see. We did make two passes by the White House so now he's telling everyone he went to the President's House. Of course, you couldn't see everything in DC if you had two weeks to spend but I think it was a good introduction for Mr. Michael. He was worn out by the end of our day each day and happy to be back in the car or hotel for a "little rest". So many places, so little time. Enjoy the pics! By the way - a couple of pics at the beginning are Michael's self-portraits - I'm sure you can figure out which ones. He took those at the airport among others.


Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial day weekend was a crazy weekend. For one, Ginny got married. So, since we had to spend most of the weekend down there anyway we decided to go ahead and try and make a little trip out of it. Ginny's wedding went off without much of a hitch and they took off for the honeymoon. Edd, Michelle, Michael, Jarrett, Austin and I all spent Saturday together at NASA and at a little dirt track near there. It was fun and good to spend some time with the Wilbanks. We certainly don't get to do that enough. So, one wedding down, one to go - fingers crossed everyone. The slide show will include some pictures from the wedding and a few from NASA - enjoy!!!

Michael's Promotion Ceremony


At the Sloan School they make a big deal of every promotion. So, at the end of the school year they hold a "Promotion Ceremony". Each child receives a character award and a diploma for his grade. Michael received the Leadership Award because the teacher said he's always out there leading his friends to the next game, usually sports, and gets everyone involved. I'm not sure this is exactly what we were looking for when we sent him to this school but it's definitely true. Here is a picture of Michael with his Diploma. Believe it or not, in August, he'll be a certified 2nd Grader. I realize it won't be long before I'll have to post pictures of his graduation from High School.