CrabbyChilicheezhead News: August 2013

I am going to continue my catching up with the month of August. We started the month off with a backyard "party" with a bunch of friends from church. Forgot to take pictures though so none of that. The next day we went with Pastor and Nate to see Lincoln's Cottage. It's a neat off the beaten path historical site that's pretty neat. Lots of history to learn and neat to see where Lincoln lived for part of his presidency.

Lincoln's Cottage

Next we celebrated our 5th anniversary. Hard to believe how fast it has gone. Logan had to work so we grilled out at home and then headed to the Montgomery County Fair. Unfortunetly it was super crowded so we didn't stay long. Then we stopped at Chessecake Factory for some cheesecake to eat at home before bed. Overall it was a fun night.

At the Montgomery County Fair

We ended the summer with visitors from Iowa. Logan's mom and dad, Luke, Emily and Harper came for a weekend. They toured while we worked Friday and then we grilled out. Saturday we went to Annapolis (of course) and then Logan's mom and I brought Harper home while everyone else went to the O's game and hung out in Baltimore. Sunday was more sight seeing and dinner in Old Town before they headed home. We look forward to seeing all the Lenharts in Oct.

Middleton's 2012

Middleton's 2013

the boys trying out Harper's bed

Oyster Shooters

Logan, Luke and Harper with
the Logan and Luke bears

Summer is now over and school is back in session. First "fall" event was another baseball game. This time it was minor league and we got to watch in style. Logan's work reserved one of the boxes and we all got to go. We had lots of yummy food and stayed nice and dry during a major rain delay. Actually we never even saw them start the game again. Just the same it was a fun night.

The field covered because of the rain

Ok it's been since March since I have posted. I have no excuse except laziness. I was off all summer and never even logged onto the blog. Sorry! Soooo instead of trying to post every little thing since March I'll just do a quick overview with a few pictures from the last months and make a promise I will try to do better.

There just isn't words :)

March: Besides the Gala I got to spend a great long weekend with Dad over Easter. While I'm sorry mom wasn't able to join him and Logan had to work, it was fun to have Dad all to myself. We hung out, did some projects, and ate lots of fries, ice cream cake, and Cinnabons. Oh and Dad got to help push a car in the funeral home parking lot while dressed for church and go on a house call with Logan. Never a dull moment when he visits!

Easter weekend grilling

Dad discovered lawn bags

April: For the end of my spring break we headed to Colonial Williamsburg for an overnight. We had perfect weather and enjoyed being tourists in a new place. It's a really neat place and they do a great job of reenacting history. Logan was in all his glory! Besides that we started out baseball season with Logan going to a couple Nats game and both of us going to a Baltimore Orioles game with the some of the guys he works with. Also started some spring yard work.

O's game

Williamsburg

O's game

Governor's Mansion

Capital Building

Gotta be safe!

May: Don't really remember what we did in May. A lot of work for both of us along with being busy at church with clean up days and preparing for LMI event.

Clean-up Day at church

June: The biggest thing in June was the Lutheran Malaria Initiative event Logan and I were in charge of. We organized and ran an attic treasures (aka random junk) sale complete with food and moon bounces. It was very successful and between that and donations we were able to send almost $1500 to Lutheran World Relief to help fight malaria. I even dressed up as Marty the mosquito to drum up business. I also celebrated my 36th birthday by going out to dinner with friends. Probably my favorite part of June was my week at home with mom, dad, Sarah and the girls. I had a great time seeing my family and getting to be Aunt April in person for a week.

Me as Marty the Mosquito

LMI event coordinators!

Birthday Dinner

36th B-day cake

July: We had our first summer visitor-Mike. He took the train down from Boston and spent a jam packed weekend with us in DC. It was so great to spend time with him as a now fellow adult. Logan even took him out for a guys night. It's so neat to see how much he has grown up since I met him back when he was a little 2nd grader at Grace. Even so some things never change as Mike and I had to do all our traditions--oozy goozey calcium (aka grilled cheese), French toast, and making a disaster out of the kitchen making cookies after a crazy trip to the grocery store. We also hit downtown, Murphy's in Old Town and the newer Air and Space Museum. I'm so proud of how he has grown up and look forward to seeing where he ends up when he graduates in June.

Washington Monument

Yes that shuttle has been in space!

Washington Monument

Murphy's

The end of July has us traveling to Missouri for a weekend with Logan's family for his parents' 40th anniversary. We spend Thursday night/Friday with his parents in St. Louis. We did the brewery and Grant's farm and a quick visit to Dawn's new house. Then on to Lake of the Ozarks where we met up with everyone else and had a fun weekend of boating on the lake and hanging out with the family before heading home Sunday.

Brewery Tour

Grant's Farm

Lake of the Ozarks with the
nieces & nephews

Jet skiing

Our new favorite activity of this summer was going to Nationals games. We've been having lots of fun going to the baseball games with the guys from Logan's work. Their season isn't as good as last year, but even so it's been a great summer pass time.