While in Lurray, we visited the Car and Carriage Caravan Museum. The Car and Carriage Caravan Museum exhibit is a tour of milestones in transportation, including authentically restored cars, carriages, coaches and costumes, dating from 1725 to 1941. The centerpiece of the collection is the 1892 Benz, one of the...
***UPDATED*** Lurray Caverns was discovered in 1878, by a photographer. 🙂 Beneath Virginia’s storied Shenandoah Valley, this “must see†U.S. Natural Landmark awaits. One hour tours, (we took two hours) from well-lighted, paved walkways lead visitors through cathedral-sized rooms with ceilings 10 stories high. Enormous chambers are filled with towering...
John was interested in a tour of Severn Gas Pumps, and so I asked Paul if that was possible and he agreed. He gave us a very thorough tour and allowed John to take photos. Severn Gas Pumps, Restoring America’s Past, restores old gas pumps and also has signs and...
When Cameron comes over, it usually gets called a “cammy day” in our household. This particular Cammy day, it was nice enough out to go to the park. Since John and I could stroll Rubí Miranda opted to bike the boys to the park.
Ocean City 2011, that is. This being John’s third visit to Maryland, it seemed way overdue to take him to Ocean City.
Unfortunately the trees in our yard (and there are many) are not in good health. Thanks to severe thunderstorms and harsh snow storms, branches easily get knocked down into our yard a lot. This day, John decided to teach Silas he could help out Daddy and collect sticks for the...
Despite nature’s best efforts, Ellicott City, which was founded in 1772 as Ellicott Mills, stands today with all the old-country charm of its early days. Preservation is key to the community of Ellicott City, and restoring historic landmarks is something the residents believe in. Indeed, the town itself seems to...
A few times when John has been here we have tried to go to Down’s Park, only to find it closed. This time, we picked an open day. While there, we met a swan… ..and a turtle. We also went to Chelsea Beach. It was nice to have a...
Miranda chose to celebrate her birthday at Laura’s workplace, the Texas Roadhouse.
John and I had a shopping day, then went to Glen Burnie Mall to see their Friday night car show. Later Miranda wanted to use her firepit and cook hot dogs and peeps.
Never having been to Philadelphia, and John who likes to visit zoos, we combined an outing and went to the Philadelphia Zoo and then decided to see the Liberty Bell in historic Philadelphia. What I did not know was that Philadelphia was home to the FIRST zoo in our country....
Even though the forecast was for showers, we went to the National Zoo in Washington DC. Before we left though, John and Rubi have fun on the comfy chair.
This is John’s 3rd visit to Maryland, and so, his third visit to Baltimore’s Aquarium. He likes it a lot (especially the Australian section). Since it was raining, we had to look for an indoor activity. John I don’t think would ever say no to a visit to the aquarium....
John arrived late last night, or even could call it early this morning. With two days travel and only a few hours night sleep, his day began with breakfast and…SILAS! Silas was surprised to see his internet web cam buddy that he has tea with each morning in our living...
Well even though Enric and Miranda moved into their own place upstairs a few months ago, we are still putting the house back together here on the main floor. One of the last things I put back to its place was my keyboard. Silas was most excited about it. Here...
Sitting in a box is great fun. Kids love boxes! But Mommy showing Silas how it can be a turtle’s home is also fun!
“What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?” ~Matthew 16:26 In our sermon Sunday, Pastor preached that people today live to gain the world. While he let us know that there is nothing wrong with “things”, it’s wrong to LIVE...
You can’t leave Silas alone for one second let alone TWO seconds. Two seconds alone in my room with my purse, and there we had it,”The Mascara Incident”
(Two cat posts in a row) There is a place in our neighborhood where it seems to be a haven for cats. They just live there. There is evidence that people bring things to them, I have even spotted a lady bringing a bag full of food from her truck,...
Rubi has actually been taking steps for a little while now. These occurrences are random, and we never know when they’re coming. Often I think they happen without her realizing it. Today, though, it seemed like she was actually TRYING to walk.
One of the most memorable parts of our last trip to Spain was a visit to Montserrat with Marta and Pepe. Montserrat is a mountain top monastery in Catalonia, Spain. Situated atop an unusual rock mountain, it is very popular among Catalans, and Catholic pilgrims come from far and wide...
SOMEONE gave the two little ones, Silas and Rubi bells to ring… 🙂 (Taken with my cell phone)
So these days, when I go into my living room, it often looks like this: Either one or both of my sons is playing MotorStorm for Playstation 3 The good part is, I got really tickled that my camera could take good photos off of the TV. The bad part...
The Moore Family came over for dinner yesterday! I’d like to think we fed them right! Afterward, there was dessert from Lisa, some “Risk” involved, and lots of time to enjoy the slide show of our Australia trip! Great fellowship with a wonderful family.
It’s fun to get the kids to myself, one at a time like this meant I got to enjoy Rubi one afternoon while daddy was playing his game.
With Aiden and Conner’s help, Silas gets introduced to hand-held games. They were just so cute! I had to take some pictures!
We went to Target some time ago, and I picked up these bunny ears, thinking they would be cute for Rubi. But it was Silas who truly wanted them! So we came home with bunny ears. 🙂
So Miranda loves to be comfortable. Which is just another marvelous way she fits well into the Lopez family. She had at one time what she felt was the most comfortable pajama bottoms ever made. Alas, they were wearing out, even the patches she put on them were wearing out....
We, along with Silas, were invited to Cameron’s 4th birthday celebration at Chuck E Cheeses. When I told John what we were doing, he said that was an awful name to give a place to eat for children. To an Australian, the name Chuck E Cheeses sounds awfully strange. So,...
A few days ago, Mom brought out her old 35mm camera which grabbed Silas’s attention for hours. He studied each button, figured out how to open things, learned where the film (does he even know what film is?) goes in and where it moves to. He learned how to work...
I have a grandmother who I never met. She passed away before I was born, in fact, she died very young while my own mother was just a little girl. Mom found a “Autograph Book” that belonged to my grandmother’s sister, Nina. (Laura deemed the book the early 20th century...
Rubi is our little “munchquinita” of our household. Saturday, she and her brother were left in my care. Silas was busy playing, then she was trying to hang on my leg for attention. I finally bent down with my camera and grabbed these…
I finally was able to put up all the photos of Embers for Ashes, (well not all as I took 700), but rather 40 photos of their last gig at Ram’s Head Live, Miquel’s last official gig with the band as lead VOX. You can see the photos HERE (2...
I loved the quote, “Now that I’ve been to WA, I know so much more what it is to be Australian.” Luke Webb & Desmond Neysmith’s musical journey inspired by Australia
Miquel officially ended his run with the band, Embers For Ashes tonight at Ram’s Head, The Shredfest 2011. It was an emotional night for me, because I have seen these young men from early on and watch them grow as a band, as close as watching them in my backyard...
We had a rain shower this afternoon. Ferocious winds, and some thunder. What to do with the kids?
Petra and Leoni arrived on a whirlwind, a day early, arms full of tulips. She was in the U.S. on official business but took time to visit family, meet RubÃ, and see the addition to the house. We did shopping, one of Leoni’s favorite things to do while here, we...
