Tag: outdoors

  • the hat

    aunt naomi and uncle matt bought jackson an awesome “old man hat” at an antique shop in downtown frederick when they visited during christmas. it must have belonged to a very small old man at one point, but now it fits our 2 1/2 year old quite well. and he loves to wear it. whenever…

  • dave’s birthday at the railroad

    when asked how he wanted to spend his 33rd birthday, dave responded with a big idea — let’s take a day trip to the strasburg railroad in pennsylvania! and so we did. the trip north took a bit longer than expected, but we arrived by noon to see a parking lot full of visitors and…

  • day at the zoo

    a few sundays ago, we decided to take advantage of our passes to the catoctin wildlife preserve and zoo and spend an hour or two with the animals. the best part of the visit was the animal encounter, during which we got to see several interesting animals up close — we even got to pet…

  • summer fun in sunny frederick

    it’s been quite a while since we’ve blogged, and we’re sorry for our online absence! we’ve just been having too much fun since it’s turned to summertime! jackson, dave and brooks have been very busy out in the backyard, digging like crazy to make us a new patio. since late may, they’ve been out there…