Reed Family Blog

We spent the weekend with Kyle and Gigi in their downtown DC condo.  It was great - we walked everywhere!!!  We had such a good weekend of learning and beauty.

Ethan's favorite spot - watching the ducks in front of the Capitol Building.

Kyle and Gigi with kids in the Library of Congress.

Reading in the Library of Congress... well, or snoozing!

Walking to the Capitol Building with Aunt Gigi for a tour inside!

Sydney, Ethan, and Katyana at Union Station in DC.

Ethan, Sydney, and Katyana on Easter in front of Capitol Building.

Sydney LOVED the American Indian Museum.

Enjoying... Katyana, Ethan, and Sydney.

The Reed kids in front of the Capitol Building on a GORGEOUS day!

BEAUTY... Katyana and Sydney

The Kerry Reed Family at the Capitol Building.

The FUN Duck Tour!

Uncle Kyle and Katyana passing the White House (in background).

Aunt Gigi and Sydney passing the Lincoln Memorial by water!

LOVING DC and Uncle Kyle and Aunt Gigi!!! Katyana, Sydney, and Ethan.

I am so behind on posting!!!  But I am trying to catch up.In April, the kids and I had a delightful (albeit short) trip to Washington D.C. to see a very good friend of mine from Elementary School and then had a great and adventurous time with my brother, Kyle, and sister-in-law, Gigi.  We had a perfect getaway and wished it could have been longer.  Many thanks to Susan and Kyle and Gigi for hosting us all!!!  Here are some pictures of our time with Susan, and her daughter, Alyssa:

A Lovely Cherry Tree Blossom - Katyana, Alyssa, Sydney, and Ethan

Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

Ethan's favorite WWII plane!

Mini-golf with friend, Alyssa.

Four kids... mini-golf... SPEAKS FOR ITSELF! Susan and Kerry.

Sydney and Katyana decided to have a friend birthday party this year and boy did we have fun!!!  We invited thirteen other girls to celebrate their 2009 birthdays with them and it was a celebration!!!  We had a mystery menu “On Broadway.”  The girls had to select menu options that had the theme “On Broadway.”  They had to order for five courses and had NO idea if they were ordering drinks, silverware, dessert, or the main dish!  It was fun.  After dinner, the girls divided into groups and were given a brown bag full of random props.  Each group had to come up with a skit using the items in the bag.  It was hilarious!  THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO CAME AND TO THOSE WHO HELPED!!!  Here are pictures from our fun night!  Click on the picture to see the whole picture.   

The Spring Oak Ridge Civic Ballet Association Production of Cinderella came and went quickly!  But the children, as usual, had so much fun and learned along the way.  We are so thankful for our local associations that allow us to participate!!!

Here’s the pictures from the Spring Show, Cinderella!  Ethan was a skunk.  The girls were butterflies and clock elves.  They all had a good time!  Click on a photo to see it’s entirety. 

My children and I were able to have a most unexpected treat… we celebrated my birthday at the Smoky Mountain Wilderness Park (hotel/water park: http://www.wildernessatthesmokies.com/).

We had three days, two nights of endless fun, memories, and together-ness.  It was WONDERFUL!!!