Cardons in WA

Here’s what we’ve been up to:

We had a nice visit from Ryan and his family.  We played outside, built a bonfire in our “snoqualmie village”, and went to the park.

Rock Band with the kids…….

Nick played on the High School’s JV Baseball team this year.  He had a great season and gained a lot of experience.

We celebrated our 18th Wedding Anniversary!!  Jeff + Shauna = Love

We (the boys did it) finally set up the trampoline in our back yard.  They have been having a great time now that school’s out.

We had a great time over Spring Break.  We spent 9 days in D.C. seeing the sights and visiting family.   First we stayed a couple nights at Chris (Jeff’s brother) and Natalie's.  We watched conference with them.  They took us to Mt. Vernon—famous home of George Washington.  We went to a pretty Arboretum and fed some huge goldfish.

Nick and Mia were buddies.	Cardon Cousins	Big goldfish	Zach, about to get swallowed by the fish
Mount Vernon	George & Martha Washington…and Zach	A couple of cool fellows	More coolness

Then we stayed at my parents apartment in Kensington Maryland.  They are almost done with their LDS mission at the D.C. Temple Visitors’ Center.  We got to see them in action.  They are great examples to our boys.

Washington D.C. Temple		Lamanite Soldiers	Nephi building a ship
	Elder & Sister Rigby

Then we spent 3 days in D.C. seeing the sights.  First stop was the US Capital.  We got a little rain, but then it warmed up nicely.

We walked all the way to the White House, were Chase apparently met President Obama.  

We saw the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, plus the Washington Monument.  All very impressive.  Thanks Jeff for the great pics.   

We toured the Holocaust, Air & Space, American History, Indian Museums (grandpa’s favorite) and Natural History Museums, plus a few others.

			We really enjoyed visiting the Arlington National Cemetery, where we witnessed one of the most solemn events we’ve ever seen.  The Changing of the Guard.  It really opened our eyes to the incredible sacredness of our military.  Thanks Tom, for serving our country.
			We also visited Hershey, PA with Jana and Zola, where we toured the Hershey’s chocolate factory.  The whole town is a tourist spot for the chocolate company.  Check out the little Hershey’s Chocolate Kisses on the light post on Chocolate Avenue.
			We also attended a Baltimore Orioles baseball game, (Nick’s favorite event), where we saw the New York Yankees annihilate the orioles.  Aaahh, look at Nick standing next to the ‘Babe’.

We had a great time and hope we can do it all again sometime.

Nick had a nice quiet birthday.  He had a baseball game scheduled, but then it got cancelled due to rain.  The next day he played in his first High School baseball game and had a great game.