Weller Family NC: April 2014

Singing "Happy Birthday" to Brennan at the National Zoo was definitely a highlight of the month of April 2014. We had a great time in DC. The metro itself was awesome for the kiddos. We took two strollers and gave all the kids plenty of breaks from walking to maximize what we could see in DC in just a couple of days. We enjoyed watching the changing of the guards at Arlington Cemetery on Day 1. We walked from Georgetown to Lincoln Memorial down the National Mall. We ended the Day 2 at the Smithsonian. We spent Day 3 at the zoo. Of course each night we visited the hotel pool; the necessary part of each family vacation. The next week we took at field trip to NC Farm Animal days on Thursday and a trip to Maple View Farms on Friday. The kids are now pretty sure they want to be farmers. That weekend led Jeff and Brennan to a father-son camp-out. They had a wonderful time with a group of Fathers/Sons from our church. Brennan was excited to catch fish and do it the whole job beginning to end on his own. The girls and I had our own "retreat" at home. My friend and her daughter came to spend the night. The following weekend we celebrated Easter. My nephew Ryan and his friends came for lunch and then we all went to the park for our church picnic. It was such a great day! We all slept well that night. We didn't want to slow the streak and did one more field trip last week to a place called Three Bear Acres. It is a beautiful outdoor classroom/play area. The kids learned a lot and had a lot of fun too! Ava got paint everywhere and we stayed until it started to rain on us. We went to the lake this past Saturday. We got to go visit our dear friends that moved this past September. We enjoyed the beautiful sunshine and beautiful friendships. Even Ava Jane was on a boat! All the big kids enjoyed tubing at super speeds! We had parents night at AWANAS and we were very proud of Sarah, Jenna Grace and Brennan. I included a few pics of when they got their awards. This week we went to Great Harvest bread company and toured their facility. The kids get to roll our there own dough and learn a lot of milling wheat and making bread. So in between all of our trips, we had 6 baseball games! Brennan has been spending most of his time pitching and catching. He is very much enjoying the sport and being trained in sportsmanship. Jenna Grace started gymnastics this month and is just thrilled to have the opportunity. I included the kids beautiful Easter picture. So Sweet! This month was certainly a memorable one and we look forward to several family visits during May.