My Favorite Place...Washington D.C.

Stu and I in the Capital Rotunda

The National Archives

My Dad, me, Stu and Stu's Dad in front on Union Station.

The Library of Congress

The Supreme Court Building

Arlington National Cemetery

My Mom and Dad and us all wet after the down poor in Arlington Cemetery.

The Lincoln Memorial

The crew at Mount Vernon

Washington's Grave at Mount Vernon

My mom and I with Pocahontas in Jamestown.

Me and the Clydesdale

The Capital Building in historic Williamsburg

The week after Stu got home from China we left for Washington D.C. We had such a great time. We went with my parents and Stu's parents. That is the way to travel! The first day we were there we went on a tour of the U.S. Capital. It was beautiful. Even though I have been to D.C. a few times and lived there I had never been on a tour of the capital. That same day we went to the Library of Congress, another place I had never been. It is amazing! I won't bore you with our day by day itinerary, we went to all the monuments, the White House, we went to the International Spy Museum, the Smithsonian, National Archives, all the touristy things. We also took a day trip to Mount Vernon. That was my favorite part of the trip. I love learning more about George Washington. Then we drove down to Williamsburg, Virginia. On our way down we stopped in Annapolis, Maryland to see the Naval Academy and the cute little town. In Williamsburg we did a candle light ghost tour, saw Historic Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. We loved learning all the history, but we did need a break from it, so we went to Busch Gardens. Stu and his dad went on all the roller coasters while the rest of us went on the little rides, saw some of the shows and wondered through the shops. I did get to see the Budweiser Clydesdales. They were huge! To please my Navy dad we did drive to Norfolk, Virginia to see the Naval Base. The boys got to go on a tour of a real life aircraft carrier. That was Stu's Favorite. We had such a wonderful time. It was so fun to go back to my favorite place on earth!

Stu in China

It has been a while since I have posted so today I am going to play catch up! The last week in May Stu went to China for two weeks with a program called, A Delegation on Medicine. He went and studied traditional Chinese medicine along with Eastern medicine, which is a lot like Western medicine. He had a great time. Along with all the medical stuff, he also got to do a lot of sight seeing. He has some great pics so I thought I would share them. I am jealous that he got to go to China and I didn't. I don't know all the details about the trip so if you want more info, you will have to talk to him.

The Great Wall!

I thought this was funny. This sign was infront of the panda's cage. Someone needs to work on their translations.

The Forbidden City

An operating room in one of the cities he went to. I couldn't believe how bare it was.

The Terracotta Soldiers

How they ate most of their meals.

Stu with some children at an orphanage.

What Stu has been up to!

Since I have posted a whole bunch of pictures of me having fun. I thought I would post a picture of what Stu has been up to and will continue to do until next Friday! I can't wait for next Friday, but I can say much because I have not been that much fun either, since I came home from my trips. I have just been studying for my boards for Radiography.

Stu studing for the MCAT! EEK!

NYC then Disneyland

While Stuart has been stuck at home studying for the MCAT, I have been traveling the world. Well not really the world but both the East and West Coast. For my Aunt Jennifer's Birthday a bunch of the women in the family went to NYC for a few days. We had a blast! We went to the NYC Temple the first day which was absolutely beautiful, then we went to lunch at Tavern on The Green in Central Park, (fun but very expensive) then we went to see Wicked. It is one of my favorite musicals! To finish off the evening we took a limo back to our hotel. The next day my sister Emily and I went to see my friend Megan Fairchild dance in the NYC Ballet. She was gorgeous! Then that night we went to see Mary Poppins. It was amazing too and of course we had to do a little shopping before we left.

My Mom, Alex, Aunt Jennifer, Me, Emily at the Temple.

All of us at Tavern on the Green. My Aunt Ann, cousin Alex and my Mom, me and my sister Emily.

Our bill at Tavern on the Green!

The Limo Ride!

Me, my sister Emily and my Mom at Mary Poppins!

After I got back from New York I spent a day with Stu then left for California with my sister Emily and her family. We were only there for three days. The first day we spent sometime at the pool then we spend the evening at Fashion Island Mall. At Fashion Island my niece Addie road the Carousel then we went to a pet store and we got to play with cute little puppies. Addie, Hallie and I loved this part. Then we went a children's clothing store and Addie (age 4) wanted a dress so I think she tried on half the dresses in the store. Then next day we spent the day at... DISNEYLAND! We had a great time. Addie was so excited to see the Princesses. We got to meet Sleeping Beauty, Princess Minnie, and Pocahontas. (Whom Addie as not that thrilled to meet, Addie asked her where Cinderella was.)

Sorry the pictures are all over the place!

Harp Recital

My harp recital was today and both of my sisters were unable to attend, so I am posting the video so they can see my performance. It is definitely far from perfect, but it went pretty well! Nerves always get the best of me!

First scroll all the way down to the bottom of our blog to turn off the music so you can her the video. Just push the little pause button in the top left hand corner.

WATCH OUT!

Well, to night Stu and went to Costco to fill up our cars with gas. We noticed that one of his NEW tires was flat. So we drove over to the Costco tire center and they informed us there was a screw in his tire. While they were fixing it for us we were just chillin in the parking lot. There was a cute little Cocker Spaniel in the back of a truck park a few spots away and I wanted to go see it. As I was walking toward the truck Stu said to me, “Watch out, what if it is ferocious!” I turned and said, “Oh ya, it looks REALLY ferocious.” I kept walking toward the truck and when I got within a foot of the truck the dog almost jumped out and bit my head off. I jump back as fast as I could. It scared the crap out of me. Stu was standing there laughing and some other guy that was taking a smoke break watching this whole thing play out was laughing too. He yelled out, “It looks so sweet.” So that is my funny story for the day. Next time you see a cute, sweet little dog in the back of a truck don’t trust it!

MRI

I am so excited! I got accepted into the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) program at the U of U. There were 24 applicants and only 6 spots so I was kind of nervous. Too bad I have been counting down the days until I finish my Radiology Tech Program and now I am going back to school.

Food Court Musical

My mother-in-law sent this to me and I had to post it. Stu and I were busting up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkYZ6rbPU2M

Easter with the Fam!

It is great the Stu and my parents are friends. We don't have to worry about who will will spend the holidays with because we all just spend it together. Stu and I, my parents and my sister Emily and her family, and Stu's parent and his sister Michele and her family all had and Easter Egg Hunt and dinner together. We had a great time!

MEXICO

Our favorite... Pina Colada

Stu's parent went with us.

Mark and I relaxing in the pool!

This was a much needed spring break! We did nothing was lay by the pool or the beach, eat, sleep and watch movies. It was so relaxing! We did not want to come back home to school and homework. We just had to keep thinking we only have four more weeks. YAHOO!

New York City

Stuart and I in front of the tree at Rockefeller Center. It was FREEZING!
Siena, Gretchen, and I on our way to the Nutcracker.

This is a little late, but better late than never. The week before Christmas Stu and I went to NYC. We had a great time. Stuart's sister Chame lives in Albany and she met us with and Siena and Gretchen. I got to take Siena and Gretchen to see the New York City Ballet Nutcracker. It was amazing! The girls seemed to enjoy it too. Gretchen informed me after the Nutcracker that it really did not have anything to do with a nutcracker it was just a bunch of dances. I thought that was pretty cute.

Christmas Time

Christmas is by far my favorite time of the year and I love having my own little place to decorate. Last week Stu and I went and bought our Christmas tree. It is a little bigger than the one we bought last year. I hated putting the lights on, but it was fun to put the ornaments on after the two days it took us to put the lights on. My favorite part is the Polar Express around the bottom. My parents gave that to us last year. In my family a Christmas tree is not a Christmas tree until there is a Lionel Train around it. I just thought I would post a picture of our cute tree.