Well, let’s start with cookie sales.  With the help of grandparents and us, Ashley was able to sell 175 boxes.   She ended up just one box shy of top seller.  We got all of the cookies delivered rather quickly and even took a trip down to Va Bch to deliver cookies sold by my parents.  February saw the completion of potty training for Natalie.  It seemed like one day she just decided that that was it and we haven’t had any accidents since then.  I told her she could invite a couple friends to Chuck E Cheese’s as a reward, so we did lunch there one day.  At the end of the month we also went to Toby’s Dinner Theater to see High School Musical.  The girls really enjoyed it and we appreciated the tickets from John’s parents as a Christmas gift.

In March we went to the animal park with some friends and soccer started at the end of the month.  This is the first time we have signed Sydney up as well as Ashley so we ended up splitting up on Tuesdays to take one to practice at one school and the other to another school.

The first weekend in April we decided to go down to DC for the Cherry Blossom Parade.  It was fun to watch even though it was very windy and we got a really nice picture of the John & I in front of a cherry blossom that Ashley took.  For Spring Break I was going to try to make it down to GA but changed my mind and ended up in VA BCH a couple days.  The girls always enjoy visiting with their cousins and grandparents down there.

On May 2nd Ashley took her First Communion with my parents and us all in attendance.  She looked so pretty!!  I was suppose to run a half marathon the following day but due to knee problems that really started to bother me after a 10 mile run the previous week I decided to forgo the race.  It was disappointing but probably for the best.  I would still like to run the Rock N Roll in September but I am going to see how my knee is doing as I work back up to that distance.  The following weekend I was lucky enough to take a day trip to NYC with some girlfriends.  The Parks & Recreation sponsor a bus that picks up and drops off in Leesburg.  It was a lot of fun!

We are finishing up soccer now and next week starts swim team practice.  School gets out on the 19th of June and we will be celebrating Sydney’s 6th birthday that weekend.  I will try to do better with my updates but no promises

Picture updates are in the Spring 2009 & Memorial Day Weekend Albums.