Maryland

Our vacation in Maryland!

Brent's family in Maryland, and a couple of family friends

The kids playing outside in playhouse and on the hammock. That hammock was the kid's favorite thing to play on. They would swing on it to see how high they could get it without anyone falling off. And yes they did fall off after awhile.

All of the cousins and Grandma and Grandpa Clark


Brent's mom flew us and his brother's family to Maryland so they could build her a porch. So here are some pics of the porch before they started. They needed a porch because when it rains the water runs straight into the side of the house.

While we were out there they had a huge rainstorm, or normal rainstorm for them. During the storm Brent and Russell went outside to 'evaluate' the situation. Come to find out their gutters were blocked. They were outside for maybe 5 mins and got completely soaked. But they knew exactly how to fix the problem- they needed a porch.

Brent and Russell had some help from their nephews. Golden was so funny the first time he used the nail gun, he shot out 3 nails at once instead of one.

This is Burt, Brent's stepdad, and he is a pro at observing.

Can you believe Ry climbed up without any help. She wants to be just like the other boys.

The finished product. Well, they finished framing it and Brent's mom is still deciding how she wants to finish it. But it gives the house an amazing hangout place with tons of shade.

Brent's sister Becky did a yard sale while we were out there and she had the kids do a bake sale Kennedy had a bake sale one day and all of the kids ended up buying most of her items. Ry bought 2 cupcakes one for her and one for me. But what you didn't see is that she licked the frosting on both cupcakes.

The kids found a snake in the garage and therefore had to put it in a box and examine it. They were looking in every reference possible to find out if it was poisonous, it wasn't. It ended up being a corn snake and we unfortunately found out they are aggressive if provoked.

I found this shirt at a boutique in Ellicot city, and yes it does say 'Lock up your daughters'

Look how cute they are.