Ellie's weekend with the Stegmans

Jim and Rachel took an overnight trip to Atlantic City with Maggie and Jaime last weekend. Our friend (and my boss), Susan was nice enough to have Ellie stay at her house while we were away.

They have a piano which Ellie loved to play and her husband Steve had a guitar and a ukulele that Ellie could strum too. Ellie really honed her musically skills while staying at their house! We may need to take more trips to Atlantic City so Ellie can practice that music :-)

Susan took some great pictures of Ellie, so check out Susan's album. Thanks to Susan and Steve for taking such great care of Ellie - she loved her "home away from home."

Ellie's chocolate video

Jim decided it would be fun to give Ellie a chocolate covered pretzel. Take a look at a short video of her enjoyment of the "cookie." There are also more photos in our Cherry Blossom 2008 album. Jim encouraged her to wipe her chocolate covered fingers on her face & in her hair. That was fine since he bathed her afterwards :-)

Cherry Blossoms & Papaw Tom

Spring has officially arrived in Washington, D.C. Last week while Papaw Tom was visiting, we went downtown to see the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin. We got a good view of them from the Jefferson Memorial. It was the first day of their peak and we had a warm, but overcast day. The forecast was calling for rain, but luckily we never got wet. Papaw Tom had never seen the cherry blossoms, nor the Jefferson Memorial up close, so he timed his visit with us well.
Take a look at more of our pictures from the 2008 Cherry Blossoms.