Friday, February 20, 2015

August Adventures

August = baseball games, Toronto, running, exploring, camping, and Sound of Music.
Mormon night at the Nats game
Can you spot the missionaries?
Toronto's CN Tower
View of Roger's Stadium, home of the Blue Jays, from top of the CN Tower
Lake Ontario from the top of the CN Tower
Kennedy Center from Georgetown
View from my morning run
Great Falls
Josh Groban crew
Lawn seats at the Josh Groban concert
Camping with my boys
Sound of Music sing-along

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Happy Birthday America

I expected July to be hot, humid, muggy, miserable. Thanks to a hurricane off the coast, all the humidity was pulled out to sea and the day cooled off to a nice seventy-five degrees. With baseball in the morning and fireworks in the evening and friends filling the day, I could not have had a better Fourth of July.




The rest of the month was pretty good too. I had a conference in San Francisco so I went out early and spent time with my brother and sister in Sacramento. Running in the morning, playing in the pool in the afternoon, and laughing in the evening made for a perfect time. Glad I got to visit with them.


On the way home from the conference, I detoured in LA and spent time with my friend who lives near the beach. I'm such a beach body. One day I sought out a beach we'd visit when I was a kid. When I found it, memories came flooding back with sand castles, body surfing, and a hundred stairs up and down to get to the beach. I love California!




Of course, I also explored DC on Sundays, hiked in the Shenandoahs, and visited Wolf Trap. Really a great summer!









Kayaking on the Potomac

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

My Favorite People

In June we had our family reunion in Utah. The weather disrupted our initial plans as cold, rainy weather hounded the state. All of that mixed with a few unfortunate encounters with others resulted in over half of us being sick with one kind of bug or another. In spite of that we had a great time as we celebrated my sister and her husband's wedding in Utah with our side of the family, played at the cabin, and spent time catching up with one another.
Mighty Majestic Mountains
My wake up call
Too many monkeys jumping
She didn't think I could lift her
Hiking Stewart Falls
Bowling at BYU 
Bowling at BYU
Bowling at BYU
Bowling at BYU
Bowling at BYU
Bowling at BYU
Bowling at BYU
Family birthday party
Bow and arrow at the cabin (Yes I hit the target)
My siblings
My family

My Favorite Place

My sister planned a two week adventure on the east coast for her kids and invited me to join them. Work really does get in the way of me having fun sometimes. Gratefully that week, United airlines had a discount ticket available and two days later I was in my favorite place in the states: Charleston, South Carolina. I love this place and I loved sharing it with my sister and her family. They arrived a day before me so I missed Charles Towne Landing and Fort Sumter, but I had been to both those places a few years ago which made it mostly okay.
Right after a torrential rainstorm hit
USS Yorktown
Hanging around in the market
Angel Oak
South Battery
East Battery
Magnolia Plantation
My niece and I on a ride around the plantation
Middleton Place
Folly Beach