DC in pictures

My beloved family making history!







The Lincoln Memorial was truly awe-inspiring. Standing at the exact spot where Martin Luther King said his immortal words "I have a dream" and looking out at the National Mall and the Washington Monument was so historical to me that I can hardly put it into words. This was what I came Washington to see...



Visiting the Iwo Jima Memorial... this was something Bob always wanted to do. What a breathtaking monument.


There is so much more to come...

Got Pacman for you

I put a new gadget on my sidebar. Yup, that's right it's PACMAN! COOOL.

The good old Pacman game. Instructions: Use the arrow keys to guide Pac-Man. P - Pause/unpause game Q - Quit game M - Mute/unmute sound L - Low quality on/off.

Enjoy!!

New Market Battlefield

On Monday of our trip we traveled north to New Market Virginia to see a battlefield and the Civil War Medal of Valor Museum. It was quite interesting. This particular battle took place in a farmers field and involved a platoon from the Virginia Military Institute. Several of whom were killed in the battle. However the original farm house has been restored as well as several of the original farm building like the smokehouse, ice house, kitchen, and chicken coop were also restored and available to tour. Adam also got the cutest Civil War Confederacy Hat and Flag. Grandpa Nixon who is a huge Civil War buff and despite having just finished radiation treatment for brain cancer, went with us on the trip and thoroughly enjoyed this historic site.






Isn't he the cutest??

Home Home on the Range

We are home from our spring break trip to Virginia and Washington DC. It was a really great trip!! Although the weather was a bit cool and rainy, we still enjoyed all the historical sites. Some of my favorite times were driving through the mountains of West Virginia and Virginia they are so beautiful even if nothing was yet in bloom.






I took so many pictures and have so much to post that I will do each day/place we visited in separate posts. These first few pics are of the mountains we passed driving to and from the resort and some from the actual resort itself which was right in the middle of the Shenandoah Mountains which are part of the Blue Ridge.

Check back tomorrow for more updates, I need to get started on grading some papers right now :)

Affton Hockey Pictures

The kids had their annual Hockey All Star Game this past Saturday. They have been playing floor hockey for years and they love it. This year, Hannah and Justin played for the Stealth. Adam played for the Mowhawks, coached by Bob. The Stealth finished in 2nd place and the Mowhawks finished last, but they still had a great time playing. Did I mention that this league has been around for over 30 years? Bob and I both played when we were in grade school and junior high. It's probably one of my favorite sports for young kids because it requires very little equipment, it's fairly cheap to play and the games only last about 45 minutes but they are super fast paced. We love to watch them play!

In Like a Lion

March isn't exactly in like a lion although this extreme cold could possibly be called lionish. When is spring coming? We need it here now!