Bailey Family

Such a big deal week! In addition to milestone moments for 4 out of 6 kids, extracurricular activities exploded, changes happened at church, and we a significant accident this week! The crazy is still being cleaned up and planned projects this week are still in force. Anybody else ready for Thanksgiving just for the break?? Let's go one by one! Seth got his driver's permit last Monday. Rob has driven with him in the parking lots. I haven't yet. Drivers beware! Another teenage driver is on the road! Carolyn had her first young women in excellence with our *old ward Wednesday night. The girls all made books to talk about something they accomplished this year. Carolyn told about planning the baby shower. (She and her friends were portrayed as animals in her story. It was really cute.)  Carolyn had an orchestra concert Thursday night. She's in honors orchestra this year. And as of Friday, Carolyn is officially a teenager and can now get on all social media. Fri...

Technically, spring break started with the spring carnival, but we are starting fresh on Monday. We got up and left home at 6:30 (we said we would leave at 6am but honestly, Rob and I didn't think we actually would leave anywhere close to that...not bad!) By the time we got to DC, it was about 3 pm. We started with Arlington Cemetery. We walked "forever" and Alee's legs turned to jello and she just wanted to go check into the hotel so she could swim. We made it in time to see the changing of the guards at the tomb of the unknown soldier (only having to wait about 5 minutes once we got there). We also saw the eternal flame at the Kennedy memorial. Alee's legs did indeed survive the walk back to the van and we were on our way to the hotel (after several breaks to sit).  Total cost: $4 for 2 hours of parking. We had chinese take out and ate in the hotel room, which was really nice. It's hard to find a room that legally fits 7 people. Total cost for...