Washington D.C.

Rob and I went to Washington D.C. for the first time on May 14th. Our main reason for going was this Son, Husband, Daddy, and (Rob's) Nephew above...and now a Graduate of George Washington Law School. Levi has worked so hard to be where he is now, everyone is so very proud of everything that he has accomplished in life so far! I'm there that there is a lot more to come from him.

Misc. pictures....First Rob's mom Sally and her sister Jeannie, they were in D.C. too. Middle: Thats me; Rob took this picture while we were at Gettysburg. Last but not least: Levi, Grandma, and Rob...this was actually at Mt. Vernon.

"Mt Vernon"

This is where our first president George Washington lived...did you know that he had never lived in The White House? Well now you know. The picture of the house is actually the back of the house; the front door is on the other side facing the Potomac River. The picture of the river is the veiw from the front door.
The two bottom pictures are of the burial places. The first and the now current location.

"Washington D.C. Metro"
If you have not been there to D.C. before. I would suggest you learn about the Metro. This was so nice to get from place to place and it was pretty fast and not to expensive.

"Our Nations Capital"
There were so many pictures to choose from. We also got to see the Senate Floor, but no pictures allowed.

"Arlington Cemetery"
This is one of the several men that guard The Tomb of the Unknow. These men have to take a very strict oath to become a gaurd for the Tomb of the Unknown. They have to go through special training to do their jobs and learn how many steps to take, how to move their foot when they stop, how to move their gun as they switch directions, and so many other things. This is a two year commitment and once they are done that oath that they take....they can not longer for the rest of their life...drink, swear, or smoke...I'm sure that there is more to their restriction. This was very cool to actually see the changing of the guard and know that I have been there.

"Antietam Battlefield"
This was the bloodiest one day battle in America. There was 23,000 solder's that died there in one day September 17, 1862.

We had Clark for the day while Levi and his wife Bonnie and something to do, so he went with us to Gettysburg and Antietam Battlefield. I don't think that Clark was suppose to play in the water....but he did and had a lot of fun doing it.

"The White House"
Rob and I in front of The White House and the other side is Jeannie, me, Penney, and Bonnie in front of The White House. We did a night tour by bus; at first I wasn't sure about doing the night tour. I would highly recommend this for everyone, unless you have a car and a tour guide to drive you around.

"Jefferson Memorial"
We went here on the bus tour too. FYI you can't get here from the Metro. I loved the colors of the sunset so I had to take a picture.

"Lincoln Memorial"
The best time to see all the memorials is at night. The night and the lights make all the monuments look better.

"Library of Congress"
This wasn't really on my list of places to go, but when I was told about the inside of the building I had to go and see for my self.

We had a great time there is D.C., although it was a lot of family for a week long time. Not a bad thing but it's not completely easy to be everyone for such a long period of time. You could be in that place for 3 years and not see everything. The museums are only open from 10-5 so unless your there for like 3 weeks you won't be able to see all the museums. We also went to the Pentagon and went on a tour...but again no pictures allowed. We saw the memorial from the September 11th crash and that was very moving to see.

Thanks for reading about our trip!

Spiral Jetty and The Salty Flats

Man made Jetty made by Robert Smithson in 1970 from black Balsalt rocks. This is past the Golden Spike National Historical Site.....it was a rocky road, specially in my car. There was a ton of rocks drive over to get to it. I thought that we were going to be high centered a couple of times. It was a fun addition to continue to from The Golden Spike.


This is Emilie jumping on the Salt. I had never been out here before....it was kind of smelly and yet pretty cool. It looks like she is jumping out of the water, but really she is just jumping on rock hard salt! Not to mention she was scared to jump. I think that she thought she would have fallin' through the salt or something.

Lacy dancin' on the Salt! You can even see that she still has her shoes on.

Deja is digging in the salt.

We had a great Mother's Day adventure! We even got home to a nicely cooked Spoon Roast that had been cooking in the crockpot all day...it was so full of juices and so yummy!

Golden Spike

This is Rob's mom Sally on Mother's Day at the Golden Spike Re-enactment. I hope she had a good Mother's Day with us!
No. 119

Deja and Lacy on the tracks that the trains were on. Don't they look a little Sassy?

My Hubby Rob and his mom! These good pictures of Rob and his mom are hard to come by. I have got to take advantage of very opportunity.

Locomotives Jupiter and No. 119

And of course there is Emilie! I really like this picture because there is just teeth and cheeks behind the hair.

"Golden Spike"

On Mother's Day this year we went to the Golden Spike re-enactment at Promotory Point, UT. May 10th, 1869 the driving of the Last Golden Spike for two railroad companies to come together of 1776 miles of rail....Union and Central Pacific. We stayed and watched the re-enactment and listened to the different school bands play music and sing "I've been working on the Railroad"

Who has this in their lives???

"Soccer"

Both of my girls play soccer and as a parent I love to watch my girls be involved in things that they love doing. Emilie is now playing U10 and Deja is play U9....Can you say PAY ME? Who would have ever thought that it could seriously cost so much money to put your kids in sports. Soccer is not a poor man sport. Between each of the registration fees, uniforms, refs, tournaments, and whatever else comes up....we are almost going to be sittin' pretty in the homeless shelter. Ok, that is not even funny to think about. Soccer is the reason why my blog is suffering. I am also the team manager, money collector, and check maker for Emilie's team. It is a lot of fun and at the same time a ton of work.

I had to put the RED shoes up there, because at the end of this past years season Emilie needed new shoes and I made her get RED for UTAH. That also explains the RED and Black ball too!

Soon there will be new pictures, starting with my Mother's Day events!

My house is for sale!

I had to share!

That's all there is to it, it's funny and you all needed to see what I saw on Nana's Kitchen blog...thanks Tammy! Although there might be some truth to the sign, but I'm not moving anytime soon!

Kennecott Copper Mine

"Kennecott Copper Mine"

This past Sunday we found a new adventure. We started driving and didn't really know where we were going. We drove out south and then went way west, Rob says "I wonder if we could get up to the mine?". So we started driving out in that direction and went through a little getto town and it told us to turn around and go to 12400 South and whatever way west road we were on. Low and behold the mine was open and the visitor's center was open. I had never been out there and neither have the girls. Rob hasn't been out there since he was a little boy. It was a fun new adventure for the Veale Family.

Rain and Bloom

Last week was pretty rainy here in northern Utah. We have not had much of a spring, it's been really sad. I took these pictures while on my porch with my new 85mm lens. My wind chime and my little quakey tree out in my front yard. I even got the rain drops to sit still in the pictures. I was quit proud of myself....aren't you proud of my pictures too?

Eggs, Eggs, and more Eggs!

Deja and her GOOD egg!
Lacy and her GOOD egg...
Emilie and her GOOD egg!
Rob had no idea I was taking a picture of him...he is very into decorating his egg.
"The coloring of the eggs"

The girls (Emilie and Deja) get so excited about coloring the Easter Eggs. Rob says he isn't excited, but yet he is the one that takes his time to make his eggs more and more interesting each year. I didn't notice until after I was looking through the pictures on my camera a couple days later that all the girls eggs matched what they were wearing while coloring.

I hope everyone had a HAPPY EASTER

Kids...what would we do without them?

Deja is always teasing!

Can you just see the sassy in her?

Ok, so today has been a morning. Deja the sassy one is lucky to still be alive today as I left for work today. I know that have all have kids because we want a family and want to share our love right? Why is it that kids that are raised the same way and in the same house with the same parents...so dang different from each other?

I took these pictures on Saturday while it was nice and sunny outside. Kids being kids, playing outside in the sun...waiting for Chloe to show up and play some more. These are my girls just being themselves!

Emilie...the blonde...r of the two, for those that don't know...she is my oldest daughter. She is very worried about making sure she trys her best with anything that she does, she is very tender hearted, just an all around good kid.

Deja...the sassy younger one, she is 7 and on her way to the state pen! Just kidding! She is a loving yet mean little girl. She does anything that she can to get mostly Emilie going...she tries hurter her feelings first, if that doesn't work then she moves on to take something or do something to her...or anyone close enough to get at. Why oh Why are they so different?

I love my girl so much and I wouldn't trade them for anything, but why is one so nice and the other not? Why does one love school and everything about and the other one doesn't? Did I do something wrong as a parent as a mommy? Were they might to be a single child? Is this payback for something that I did when I was younger? I was a good kid....I promise!

And advise would be great!

Please help me!

Sister's and Basketball

Day at the park and a little B-Ball challenge.

Lacy is 19 and most of you know that she played Basketball for Woods Cross High School, she graduated last school year. Emilie; well she just likes to go and steal the ball from Lacy because she is the little sister and she thinks it's funny. So there was a friendly game of share and take away with the basketball. My camera is still set on manual and I'm still learning. But I thought that these pictures turned out good and I decided that I'd better share them. All three of my girls have some sport to them. More to come....