March Family

Kris and I decided that we would purchase a nice playground set for the kids. We searched several online websites for the basic design we thought would suit the kids and ultimately settled on a unit that was made of wood. Toys R Us had a nice model with a few features the kids would enjoy but Kris wasn’t excited about paying the full retail price. He decided to drive over and talk to the manager of the toy store to see if he/she would give him a discount. Kris was fairly confident that he could sweet talk his way out of paying full price, but unfortunately the store manager kindly said not possible and suggested that he open a credit account to save 15%... No thanks. The playground came in three large boxes and EVERYTHING required assembly. I inventoried the parts and also labeled most of the wood pieces so Kris could easily pick them out. It took us about three days to fully assemble it and every day Tyler would ask “is it ready yet?”. We took some pictures of the assembly process an...

Between Sunday night and Monday morning we received around 10 inches of snow. This is the most snow that we have seen since our move to VA. Tyler and Samantha both love the snow and they had a great time playing in it yesterday and today. I am sure we will get to play again tomorrow. Here are some pictures. Enjoy!! Our backyard. Tyler fell while trying to pull Samantha in the sled. Tyler's snow angel Samantha's snow angel Yummy snow!!!