The Fair

One of the great things about this area is all the amazing stuff to do! We now have a previously unknown problem...which fun thing to pick for the day?!

This weekend we went to the Fairfax County Festival, and wow was it fun!

Decisions, decisions.

Oh the joys of an "everyone wins" game!

Love these previous two...my little, and my big.

My two big guys got to ride the roller coaster...finally! They've been talking about doing this forever.

Chezburger

The free McDonald's frozen lemonades were a big hit.

We really wanted to take this little guy home. He'd fit in a townhouse, right??

This was a big moment for Matt, always the huge turtle/tortoise fan! He was so cute...just walking around with such a look of purpose on his little face. 

And on a hot day the mister fan is always the best! 

Really, I get to ride on another one?!

Matt said "shooting is fun...as long as it's not at anything alive." Phew!

Good day!

Growing Butterflies

A few weeks ago we got these little caterpillars in the mail and have been watching them grow. I thought it would be a neat project for Nate, who really hasn't seen things like this before, but turns out we've all had fun with it. (If you want to do this yourself you can get the kit here.)

They literally double in size every day so we thought it would be neat to photograph them lots...

The first one hatched out of its chrysalis today. In a big splash of red, blood-like meconium. By-products of their transformation.

Reminded me of the quote about our re-birth as Believers, and the mighty transformation that God makes happen every day.

"Just when the little caterpillar thought her life was over, she became a beautiful butterfly."