Three Year Anniversary

Today is our three year anniversary!!! We celebrated all weekend.  We took a mini vacation to Baltimore Friday night to Saturday night.  We spent the night in a hotel and stayed in watching tv and eating pizza.  It was nice to just relax after a long week of work.  Saturday we woke up and went to the Baltimore Aquarium and Inner Harbor.  It was about 105 degrees and we were melting.  The Baltimore aquarium was a lot of fun.  It was a little crowded and I swear the A/C was not on high.  We saw lots of fish, sharks, the dolphin show, jellyfish.  It was well put together. I love dolphins. The trainer was so cool to watch, she just jumped into the tank and swam with them. 

Later for lunch we ate at the cheesecake factory.  There was a long wait so we took a seat in the terrace but it was very hot.  We both had some delicious fancy burgers and shared a piece of white chocolate raspberry truffle cheesecake.  It was so delicious, we were so full.  We also walked around arundel mills mall.  It was fun.  Later that night we came back and just kinda crashed.  Jason bought me a massage and I gave him a new leather wallet and a cute jar of gummy worms that says, "Hooked on you".  

I cannot believe that three years has gone by.  I am so grateful for the opportunity to be married to him.  He always makes me laugh and knows how to make me smile.  We have such a fun time together just hanging out and going to all our sport events.  I love ya lots babe. Thanks for always being my best friend and for being a great husband.  I am lucky to have you in my life.  I am excited to see what the next few years bring.

A cute dolphin

Our delicious cheesecake

Aquarium picture

Ingrown toenail surgery

Both my big toes had ingrown toenails in them. So, Saturday July 13th I went and got the surgery done. I was nervous all week about it.  I  am not the biggest fan of needles so I made Jason come with me to hold my hand while they did it.  The doctor and nurse were very sweet.  The nurse told me I had a high tolerance to pain and that I would do well when I had a kid. I laughed, she said this is actually nothing like birth but you will do fine.  After the pain of my big toes being numbed was over it was all fine. The numbness was supposed to work for 24 hours.  I didn't watch any of the surgery but the nurse told Jason to take pictures so I could see it later.  They were going to tape my toe in red tape but the nurse said the tape was too small. So she gave me the choice of blue or pink tape.  I of course went with blue tape!!! Go Cougars!!! 

It was funny.  As the nurse was putting the chair up this big thud happened. She forgot to move the trash can and the remote fell. It was a little scary.  Then while I was getting up I knocked off the foot rest.  I waddled out of the room and Jason drove the car up to the door.  I luckily have been on some pain medicine and antibiotics.  Jason has been awesome at taking care of me.  I forgot that I was having surgery so I am off to work tomorrow all day.   I work with toddlers so I am going to be very cautious of their little feet.

Day 2 has been a little painful.  The numbing medicine has worn off and I woke up in a lot of pain. The pain medicine has helped a little bit.  I slept a lot today. I never felt anything during the surgery. But here is a picture of my toes before and after the surgery.  Those are tooth pick sticks on both sides of my toe. It never hurt.  I loved the paper they placed down for my feet.they were smiling feet.  It was a wild adventure, but I am slowly surviving it.

My feet after surgery

All bandaged up

Fourth of July Weekend

On the Fourth of July we decided to go downtown Washington D.C. to see the fireworks and hear the concert.  That morning our ward had a breakfast and a small program to celebrate the Fourth of July.  Later that afternoon we went to see Despicable Me 2, which is awesome.  It was a warm day so we waited till it got cooler to go through security to go sit on the capital lawn to watch the concert.  The concert was fun to listen too.  Scotty McCreery, Cory Montieth, Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow, Jack Evancko were some of the singers.  The fireworks were awesome, they also shot off cannons which scared me at first.  We began walking to the metro as the fireworks were going off to try and avoid the masses of people that were riding metro home.  We got on early and got a seat on the train home home.  Unfortunately, on the way home we got caught in between stations because the train in front of us had a malfunction and we were stuck for 20 minutes or so.  The next day both of us had to work, I worked all day with only 8 of my kids in my class. 

Saturday, of that same weekend we had tickets to the Washington Nationals baseball game.  The Nats won the game 5-4.  It was an exciting game.  It was a hot day but we got lucky that our seats were in the shade. After the game we had a post game concert. Thompson square was the band that was playing.  We were excited since we both like country music.  It was such a fun concert, it lasted for an hour and a half.  It was a good weekend.  I am so grateful for those that have served in the armed services so that me and my family can have the freedoms we enjoy daily.

Me and my minion from my happy meal

Jason and I on capital hill

The capital view

The Washington Monument and the fireworks

Me and Teddy Roosevelt

Me and the Pig

Bryce Harper in the oufield

Thompson square on the jumbo tron

The concert on the field

Graduation 2013

On June 7th my brother in law Chad graduated from high school.  We got the opportunity to go down and be a part of the celebration weekend.  Tropical storm Andrea decided it would be nice to down pour on us so it was a wet day.  It was down pouring on our way there.  We had nine family members there.  It was neat to listen to the speakers and know that the next generations of high school graduates are doing well.  The man saying the names said them so fast, he did it in like 20 minutes.  Then again there were only 500 students graduating. The rain cleared up for a few minutes to get a family picture real quick. Not my best picture but everyone looks good.

We went to lunch at Capital Ale House.  It was really delicious.  I had a really good burger and fries.  It was nice to see family again.  I am so proud of Chad for all his accomplishments he has made in the three years I have known him.  He is off to BYU-Idaho in September to study Mechanical Engineering.  I am excited to see what the future holds for him.  He is a great guy, brother in law, and person. 

Later that evening we watched a movie and ate pizza with Jason's dad and wife Laura and the brothers.  Saturday it rained most of the morning and cleared up in the afternoon.  Just in time for our barbecue we had at Jason's mom's house.  It was a good time.  Later that evening we went bowling with Jason mom, Chad and the two of us.  Jason mom had the bumpers up. Lol.  It was funny the way people move to get the ball to go a certain way.  Our lane kept breaking down on us so the guy working had to keep walking back to reset the pins in the back.  I actually bowled a 102 by the end of the second game.  I got 2 strikes too which is pretty good for me. 

Sunday morning we went to church with Jason's dad and Laura.  It was nice to go to RS since I never go anymore since I serve in Primary with the little three year olds.  We celebrated Father's Day this Sunday because Dad and Laura were going to Georgia to celebrate Father's Day with her parents.  It was a good dinner and we headed back home.  As a family we are trying to loss weight to get into better shape. We are trying to do the biggest loser thing.  We will see how it goes. I am sore after the first week but it is nice to get back into shape. 

Jason, Dad, Craig, Chad, Mom, Me at Chad's Graduation

Mini golfing at National Building Musuem and Archives Musuem

We found a mini golf course for $5 at the National Building Museum.  Different architects and artists built the mini golf course holes.  There are two courses, we went on the blue course.  We had a good time.  It has been really warm in D.C and Fairfax lately so it was fun to do something inside. Some of these holes were so hard.  Tomorrow's water was such a hard hole.  It would fall off the sides and there was no simple path to get the ball to a hole in one. On the imagination powers of the future hole my ball was so close to a hole in one. It stopped at the lip of the hole and would not fall in.   Afterwards, we had some time and figured we were downtown already.  We walked to the Archives Museum were the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are on display.  It is a pretty cool museum. 

They had a cool display of all these things on file.  They have a way to do family history there. I thought that was pretty neat.  It was neat to see in person the declaration of Independence.  It is really faded because someone left it in direct sunlight.  Oops.  It was very heavily guarded.  It was a pretty busy display but only about 60 people can be in the room at a time.

Jason golfing

Imagination Powers the Future

Malleable Green Hole

Mt. Vernon Triangulation

The Future is looking up/Rooftop

My sad face, I was so close to getting a hole in one

Tomorrows water, such a hard hole

Nationals Baseball Game May 10th, 2013.

We found tickets to the Washington Nationals Baseball Game vs. Chicago Cubs.  We found tickets for $8. We had pretty good seats, they were in the middle section, three rows down from the top but the stairs started at the top.  We had the outside seats so we could move in and out.  It was a great game, they won 8-2. Go Nats Go!  It was also the third game of the Washington Capitals so we were able to see the score of that game from where we sat. We had hotdogs and soda and popcorn.  It was a good night of great baseball.  I have never really liked baseball till I meet Jason.  I figure, to be a true American you need to like baseball or at least go to one of the games.  

On our way home the Metro shut down the metro five stops from our normal stop. They were working on the rails for the new line that is coming in January.  They have us taking bus shuttles to the stop we need to go too.  We had to wait in line and some drunk dude was trying to cut in line. They guy behind us pointed it out and confronted the guy.  We were able to get on the bus right before the down pour.  I felt bad for everyone that had to wait in the rain.  We made it home safely.  It was a fun night. 

Our view of the field

Home plate

The outfield

Teddy Roosevelt

George Washington

Mount Rushmore with the Presidents

Last Minute Hockey Game

So, my husband is very spontaneous.  He had been talking about going to a Washington Capitals game but the tickets have been very expensive.  But, at the last minute on Thursday April 11th. he found some really cheap tickets--basically a half hour before the game.  I was driving home from work and he called and told me about the tickets. I said yes and rushed home.  We printed our tickets and drove to the metro.  There of course was rush hour traffic so we caught the metro.  On our way to the game, the metro got full. Some girl was all dressed up and was holding on to the pole in the metro. Well the metro is a little jerky and she fell over this older black women. It was funny because as she started to fall she said, "Oh my goodness, help."  It was very polite and kind. She felt so bad about sitting on the lady and embarrassed. The older black women said she was having a bad day at work and that just helped her get her mind off of it. She was so sweet. It was funny to watch. 

We ended up missing the first period but nothing exciting had happened yet. In the metro there was a couple that I guess never goes to the games. They asked us if they could follow us to figure to how to ride the metro to the Verizon Center Arena. Well, the game ended up being a great game. Last time we went to the game and played this team we lost 4-0.  But this time we were good luck, we won 3-1.  It was a great game and we had a lot of fun. 

The final score 3-1

Players celebrating

Face off

The players signaling to fans thank you