Enjoying Silver Springs

For Keith's AFIP training, we lived in Silver Spring, MD for about 4 weeks with some other residents and their family. We ended up having a lot of fun, and enjoyed our roomates Sarah, Aaron, Henry, Gerald and Ross.

I am sure that Ross esp. (the single guy! ;) ) misses up greatly - esp. the three kids in total that surrounded him for those weeks. God bless him for putting up with us all. :)

Here is a pic of the house we all rented while we were there.... Our home was walking distance from downtown Silver Spring, which had tons of shops, dining and a great splash zone for the kids (and Keith).

Samantha and Keith glistening from playing in the splash zone. :)
Samantha was fascinated with the water, esp. when it dissappeared into the holes. It mesmerized her!

Also close by our place was a great park, where Sarah and I got to take the kids. Samantha loved hanging out with Henry and Gerald. She was watching everything they did!

Samantha is eyeing Henry and trying to figure out why he is brushing his hair with that stick -- men?! ;)

Enjoying the mulch in the playground WAY too much! I had to keep a careful eye on her, because at this age EVERYTHING goes toward the mouth!

Sarah helping Gerald to fly!

Henry is such a ham! He loved playing in the slide and showing off for Miss Samantha.

I love this picture of Henry and Sarah! Look at her holding up Henry like he's nothing, despite the fact she due with her third baby later this fall. What an amazing mom!

Samantha even tried out the baby swing. It was still a little too big for her and made me too much of a worry-wart, but in true Dana style I still manage to snap a picture of this big moment for my blog. Having a camera in her face is like second nature to her by now. :)