Holy cow . . . the HEAT!

So, I was out shopping today with the girls and thought, "goodness, it feels really hot out today, it has got to be at least 95-100"

Yeah, well I was close, it was actually 99 degrees and felt like 108!!! That is not even the high for today!!! Wow, I am really looking forward to fall ;)

Lizzy

NATIONAL ZOO PICTURES

We had a lot of fun at the Zoo. It was REALLY hot the day we went though, so I don't think we will be going back until the fall.

Joshua & Aubri looking at Elephants

All the girls after going through the mister! (Notice the water droplets on their hair)

I wanted to get in on this cooling off stuff!

Some weird Monkey type thing . ..

Some really cool looking Monkey

Under the mister . . . it was REALLY hot!

Emma and some form of a cat (I think)

PANDAS! :)

ELEPHANTS

Just some random pic's

Here are a few recent pix of the girls . . . and some of us swiming with our new friends Daniel and Sara . . . they are great!
Lizzy :)

Been gone for a while . . .

Life has been VERY busy since my last post.

Now that we are away from most of our family and friends, I feel it is more important to keep this blog updated . . .

We are now in Virginia, about 20 miles outside of DC. Joshua has started his job with the DIA, and Abby is getting ready to start school. I took her to her school yesterday and was blown away by it. Not only is is one of the best schools in the county, it is one of the most beautiful. She is ssssssssoooooooooo excited to go. We went yesterday to get everything on her supply list and her face was just beaming!

We are loving VA so far. We are in Burke which is a BEAUTIFUL community there are trees EVERYWHERE. We have a Kohls, Safeway, Kaiser, and a Walmart, all within about 2-3 miles of us.

This past weekend, we went to the National Zoo. It was AWESOME but way too hot. We didnt see everything so I think we are going to go back in the fall when it is cooler. We also like to just drive around DC and see everything we can. I will post some pictures I have taken in the last week we have been here.

Aubrianna turned 2 since we have been here. She is so excited about it. She keeps saying " MY happy birthday, MY happy birthday!"

Anyways, that is my update for now. Everyone is healthy and still trying to learn our way around . . .

I will post more soon!

Lizzy :)

The Capitol . . .

The Smithsonian ( Well one of the buildings . .. I believe there are 19 all together.)

The Washington Monument . . .

The Jefferson Memorial

The Pentagon

The Lincon Memorial

The Arlington National Cemetery

Last but not least,

THE WHITE HOUSE

(With the Washington Monument behind it)

Our last weekend in Monterey . . .

Well, the time has come. As of this friday, we will no longer be living in California.
This was our last weekend to enjoy some of the beauty only Monterey has to offer so off we went.

Friday we went to the beach. The girls had a blast and it was perfect weather!
Saturday was our big adventure day. We started out just heading down to Big Sur to see the waterfall and such.
The drive on Hwy 1 is amazing. If you have never done it, you should. We stoped along the way too look at the amazing view.

After we left the waterfall we decided to drive to Hearst Castle. What an awesome treat that was. At one point on Hwy 1 we were in a ton of fog . . . as we drove out we saw one of the most amazing things. Where we should have been looking @ ocean, all we could see was clouds. We had gone above the cloud bank. I mean, I have seen that from an airplane, but never this close up. I think the most amazing thing about it was you could HEAR the waves crashing but you could not see it. It really freaked out your senses. How awesome to experiance something like that. I have included some of the pix.

We contined our drive down hwy 1 until we got to 46. We just cut across there and headed back home on 101. About the time we got to salanis, we noticed the car was shaking . . . we pulled off on the next exit and into a Black Bear Diner parking lot. When we got out we saw that our back drivers side tire was COMPLETELY flat. UGH . . . just one more thng . . .
Anyways, it was about dinner time so the girls and I went in and got a table. Joshua changed the tire and came in to join us. We had a great meal and got home safely.

That was our adventure!! Here are some of the pix!!
Lizzy




The girls @ the beach


Waiting for our table while Daddy changed the tire


Abby and I above the clouds


Abby and Daddy above the clouds


Breathtaking!!!


Family picture with the waterfall in the background.


Abby, Emma & Aubri


Abby :)


Abby & Emma


Abby smelling her flower


Abby & Mommy at one of the stops off Hwy 1


Daddy and Emma @ the same place


Abby and Emma



Another family picture!!!

CHUCK E CHEESE

We took a trip to chuck e cheese tonight . . . our first time since christmas. i do believe one time a year is enough!! we have lived here for a year and a half and this is the first time we have been to this one!
ah well, the girls had a good time and it wore them out! tomorrow we are going to the aquarium! I am sure i will have more pix to post!
Lizzy

Here are the pictures taken from the roller coaster of the girls!!!
FUN TIMES :)

Lizzy