Monday, July 13, 2009

Brooke Came to Visit Me


WASHINGTON DC VACATION WITH BROOKE
So last week my little sister Brooklyn AKA Poops came to visit Jon and I out here in Maryland. it was so much fun to see her!  I was so proud of my mom for letting her come! Surprised but proud! Any ways we had so much fun! 
On Monday night i drove to dullus airport and picked her up. when we got back to my apartment my amazing brother in law Jordan had made us dinner.

On Tuesday we decided it was such a beautiful day we had to do something outside so we decided to go to the national zoo! it was so much fun but so hot, and we ended up walking a VERY VERY LONG WAY! 

On Wednesday Jordan Decided to take us around downtown DC. We Walked even more then we did on Tuesday, but we had an awesome time! Brooke and I also decided to go to IKEA That Night we Also Drove up to the Temple so that Brooke Could See it at Night.




On Thursday Brooke and I decided to wake up early and try to go to the Holocaust museum. It was so amazing. We Were so glad that we got tickets to it. we had tried to go on on Wednesday with Jordan but by the time we had gotten their all of the tickets had already been given away. But the Holocaust museum was the only museum that Brooke really wanted to see. When we finally got inside it was worth all of the hassle, the was amazing to see, and the feeling that was inside was unreal, as we sat and listened to the the stories of the survivors, saw the horrifying images of the events that took place.  it was Horrifying to imagine how someone could be so inhumane and heartless. 


On Friday Brooke and i got to go to the White House. A couple of weeks ago Brooke got into contact with our Idaho Senator and was able to get us tickets! it was such an amazing experience to get get to walk into the home of our president. After the White House brooke and i decided to see as many monuments as possible. We saw the Lincoln Memorial, the Korean War Memorial the Ronald Regan Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Memorial. All in All we figured we walked 12 miles. But every One of those miles was worth it! Talk about an AMAZING day with my little sister. 








On Saturday Brooke and I Just Hung out at the Pool, and went Shopping it was a nice relaxing day and we enjoyed just spending some time together.
On Sunday morning we got up at 5:30 and left the apartment by 6:00 to make it to the Airport on time. It was so sad to see poops leave we had such a great time while she was here. 

These are not all of the pictures that we took, because some of the time we only took pictures on Brooke's camera, so as soon as she emails those pictures to me ill add another post with a slide show of those pictures. 

Jon's Blog Too

Jon's Update 
So Jon has been giving me a hard time about our blog, he thinks its all about what i am doing and nothing about what he is doing. So to try and make him feel better here is a post thats all about him. Since i dont know everything that he does from the time that he leaves (noon) and the time he comes home (around midnight) i decided i would just post the pictures that he has sent me over the summer.  

This is a picture he took and sent to me of  the guys and him at a Nationals baseball game.
They went on one of the sundays that i was in Florida.

This is a picture he took of some of the guys taking a break and playing some basketball with some of the locals in their area.

This is a picture he took on his way to Delaware

This is a picture of a cemetery he saw

one of the boys taking a nap on the side of the road....and no its not Jon.


Jon also watched his first house burn down

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Independence Day in Our Nations Capital


Happy 4th of July
FROM WASHINGTON DC
This Independence day we we enjoyed the festivities right in our nations Capital DC!! It was amazing! Jon and Jordan rushed home from Delaware grabbed me from home and we hurried to catch the metro in to town when we got of at Federal Triangle we were amazed at how many people were there! The roads and side lawns  were completely full of wall to wall people. We met up with our good friends Thomas and Megan who live in Virginia and sat underneath of the washington Monument. It was an amazing thing to get to see in our lifetimes! Here are a few pictures that we took :D
Jon,me, Megan, Thomas & Jordan took the picture

Jon and I
Were not sure what was going on with our camera but it was not snowing, even though it looks that way.