Ready, Set, MOVE !!!

July and August have been incredibly busy months for the Steed Clan. As many of you know, all of our married children have been preparing to move into new townhomes. Dan & Tara and Wade & Shayla have been living with us the past few months and Travis, Liz & Baylee have been living with the Olveras. I'm sure it comes as no surprise that we were all eager for their new homes to be completed! After months of waiting, the wonderful days finally arrived!


Travis, Liz and Baylee were first. They moved into their new home on July 24. This is their beautiful new living room. Baylee loves crawling all over her new home!

Wade and Shayla were next, moving in on July 28. Here they are in their beautiful new kitchen. (They've only been married 3 1/2 months. Aren't they lucky to have a brand new home!)



Finally the big day arrived for Dan and Tara. They moved in on August 7. Here they are in their beautiful blue bedroom. Tara is thrilled to have brand new carpet. (The carpet in her apartment was kind of icky)



Congratulations kids! Dad and I are so proud of you. You have all worked very hard to be able to buy homes. I know it is hard to work, go to school, and have a mortgage, but I promise you that someday it will all be worth it. You guys are the best!

Our Nation's Capitol

My sister, Raegan, invited Kelsey and I to accompany her and her girls to Washington DC for a week while her husband, Kirt was there on business. We jumped at the chance and off we went. What a wonderful trip. It was so fun to travel all over the DC area with my sister and nieces as we took in all the amazing things Washington has to offer. We did it all - the monuments, the White House, the Capitol, Arlington Cemetary, the Smithsonian, Mt. Vernon, the Holocaust Center, Amish country, a baseball game, the Pentagon, a play at the Kennedy Center, the list goes on and on. I think the highlight of the trip for me was our trip to Gettysburg. We had the most amazing tour guide. He drove the van and gave us a two and a half hour tour of the battlefields. What a storyteller - he really brought the battle to life for us. The girls loved it. I learned so much. Kelsey loved the Holocaust Center. She had really been looking forward to going there. All in all it was an incredible trip. We had so much fun with Kirt, Raegan and the girls. We so appreciate them including us in this great adventure!

Raegan and I at the WWII Memorial. I had never

seen it before and it was very impressive.

We walked down King Street in Arlington and

got caught in a RAINSTORM. Look at us -

we're soaked to the skin!

Camden Yards - Baltimore Orioles vs. LA Angels

The Angels won 6-5

We are wearing our "Come Fly With Me

DC '08" t-shirts!

The girls at Gettysburg with our

awesome tour guide, Jeff Kelly.

All of us at Gettysburg. In the background is the

field where General Pickett led the famous

Pickett's Charge.

Mount Vernon was very interesting. I really

enjoy touring old colonial homes.

Our group in front of the

Washington DC temple.

Hayley, Elise, Erica and Kelsey strike a pose at

the Roosevelt Memorial.

Kelsey and I in front of the pool by the Jefferson

Memorial with the Washington Monument in

the background. Kind of a cool shot!

Kelsey and I at the Pentagon. This is the ONLY location

they will let you take a picture! The tour was very

interesting, particularly the section of the building

damaged by the attack on 9/11.