Brianna's Confirmation 2006

Brianna, Bishop Loverde and the best Confirmation Sponor ever! Thanks, Laura, for doing such a great job with Brianna! 

Bishop Loverde celebrated the Confirmation Mass with his friend, a bishop from Jamaica. 

Brianna with 2 other students from our Confirmation class -- Alex & Megan. 

4/25/06 Proud Mom and Dad with newly Confirmed Brianna! Congrats to our Little Cheese! 

Happy Easter 2006

 

4/16/06 Happy Easter! All of the FandO Girls had bonnets to wear this year! Don't these kids just keep growing?!?! 

 

4/16/06 We had a nice crowd for Easter dinner. Besides our tiny family of 8, my mother, Liz (our neighbor across the street), my best friend Andrea, and her daughter Samantha (posing with Erin above) enjoyed our usual menu of ham and all of the necessary side dishes as well as a new lamb recipe I tried on the grill which turned out great! Britt and Erin did a great job setting a lovely table! 

Spring Break in D.C.

 

4/14/06 We spent Good Friday in the Nation's Capital. Dirk and I took all of the kids, my mother, Emily, and Megan (a student in our religion class) for a visit to the Smithsonian Museums followed by Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Our high schoolers were soon bored by the museums and went for a ride on the carousel. 

Spring Break - Relaxing

4/13/06 Erin and Brianna took some time out of their spring break for a relaxing manicure and pedicure. 

Spring Break in Baltimore - Ft. McHenry

4/10/06 The flag that flew at Ft. McHenry during the war of 1812 inspired the writing of the Star Spangled Banner. This flag is not as big as the original one, but we happened to be there at the end of the day and participated in taking the flag down. It was big! Coincidentally on Friday during Spring Break, we saw the original flag at the American History Museum where it is on display. 

 

 

 

4/10/06 Taking down of the Ft. McHenry flag at the end of the day. 

Spring Break in Baltimore

4/10/06 All 6 -- oops, I mean 7 -- of my kids enjoying the Inner Harbor in Baltimore. Emily (Alexander's girlfriend) spent a few days with us over spring break -- yeah! 

Spring Break In Baltimore - Maryland Science Museum

Erin is a dinosaur baby in the nest! 

We'll make a meat eater out of Britt yet! 

4/10/06 Hmmm... What did Erin find in that nose? 

2006 Cherry Blossom Parade

Barkley's first Cherry Blossom Parade and trip to D.C. Erin took good care of him on the car ride! 

 

4/8/06 Despite the rain, the Cherry Blossom Parade goes on! 

That's My Niece!!

Isn't Grace just the cutest ballerina you've ever seen?!?! I had to take this picture from my brother's web page. I wish she and her parents weren't all the way in Hong Kong, but hopefully I'll get to see her this summer. Her cousin Alexander is going to visit her July -- yeah! 

Britt's New Home

4/3/06 This is Blessing Hall, the dorm in which Britt will be living starting August 19! It is supposed to be ready before she gets there... Considering it was a hole in the ground during our last visit, I'd say they are making good progress. We went to HPU on Monday for early registration. She has her class schedule for the fall and will have 8:00 classes everyday!