Cherry Blossoms 2016

The Saturday before Easter we decided to head to DC to see the Cherry Blossoms.  They peaked early this year and were beautiful.  It was definitely busy but we got there early and found a good spot to have a snack, throw the football around and just lay in the sun.  Here are some pics from our morning underneath the trees....

Walking to the blossoms by the National Monument

E throwing the boys around

Hayden

Linc in the trees

Handsome Vaillant boys

Brothers

One with mommy please!

V Family

Down by the Tidal Basin

Family Selfie

Throwing the football around

Linc

Hayden's 7th Birthday

Hayden turned 7 years old on March 11th.  My big boy is growing up so fast!  We decided to have a party for him at an indoor rock climbing place in Laurel, MD called Climbzone.  We had a great time climbing and celebrating with friends.  After the party everyone came back to our place for pizza and gifts.  I'm pretty sure all the kids were exhausted after almost 3 hours of climbing.  Here are some pics from the party day....

Mastering the skate ramp

Made it to the top!

Saying cheese for mommy on the way up

Lincoln put on a harness but never clipped in.

He and Emily had fun on the inflatable slides instead

My niece Sarah was a great climber

Emily was brave too

Mommy got in on the action

Daddy too

To the top

Silly Bo

E and H climbing the Lincoln Memorial together  :)

Cake time

Family photo

Make a wish

Fun with friends

And family....thanks to Grammy & Pops for bringing Sarah and Emily since big brother Ryan had a baseball tournament

Party favors

The pizza after party