A day at the Temple

Now that Emma is 12 she is old enough to go to the temple with us. We had a wonderful day taking Emma to the temple with us

 

Apple Picking

I found a groupon to go apple picking at Great Country Farms. We took our neighbors Landry and Kennedy with us. 

Beach

We had another fun day at the beach. 

It was a little colder than usual. 

We left a little early to eat dinner. On our way we saw this shop called Auntie M's Emporium just like in Percy Jackson. 

Ice Bucket Challenge

Okay. I know that the ALS Ice Bucket challenge took the internet by storym this summer. 

I also know that I was supposed to post these videos to facebook. I did not.

Here is Emma's video:

Her friend Elizabeth was also nominated. Here is her video:

Happy Birthday Melinda

Happy Birthday to Melinda!! I took her out for a pedicure. 

Later we drove into DC to get tickets for the Shakespeare Theatre free for all. Who doesn't like a free show! They were performing The Winter's Tale. This play has one of Shakespeare's most famous stage directions: "Exit, pursued by a bear". Makes for a pretty funny scene.

After standing in line for our free tickets we went out for dinner. It was the middle of DC restaurant week. We went to one of my favorite places, Zaytina. They had a special menu with 4 choices for each of 4 courses plus dessert. Since there were 4 of us we ordered one of each!

Rocks for the park

We got this huge delivery of rocks this morning. It's all for the park. 

Right in front of our house.

CAR Workshop #2

The second summer workshop for C.A.R. was in Williamsburg, very close to Great Wolf Lodge. Emma had a great time participating even more in the skits. Rebekah got picked several times to come up and read a line for them. 

 Here's all the state officers and society presidents.

After the workshop we walked around nearby Yorktown. We went walking on a little trail and found the Yorktown Victory Monument.