The hood

We had the chance to visit the neighborhood where hubby grew up a couple weeks ago. I wish i would have taken more pictures. This is the harbor area of the neighborhood... again are you sure there are no "gators" in there? It's beautiful though, so different from the west. They both have their distinct beauties that are polar opposites of each other.

The neighborhood is a gated area but huge inside with a harbor, pool, multiple parks, and even a historical site called governers island. We went on this walk and saw where rock was quarried to be used in washington DC. Pretty neat!

We had a lot of fun on our nature hike. We even swung from a real long vine like tarzan... i tried to upload the video but after 20 min of it saying upload... i gave up. I will have to show you later :)

A Great Birthday Weekend

I am now officially legal! Its funny to say that when you are mormon because turning 21 really isn't such a big deal. Sure you are one year older and wiser but that's it. I was talking to a mom here and she said that to celebrate her 21st she booked a hotel room under her name and a car and their family went on a trip (guess you can't do that till you are 21). haha But dispite that, i had a really good birthday.

My family sent me these beautiful flowers that brighten the apartment. i got cards from grandparents and friends. I also got cupcakes and a cute belt from my cuz, i love her style.

My wonderful hubby took me to this amazing seafood restaurant saturday night. We had crab, shrimp, potatoes, veggies, key lime pie, and ALIGATOR! yes real aligator... it looked like chic-fil-a and i will never think of those nuggets the same. EVER. We also went to the mall friday and hubby bought me this shirt.

Corbin got 12 of these babies and they stared at me all night. EEWww sick

Yep this is ALIGATOR!!! (above)

My new shirt that i love

Overall it was a fun day :) I'll blog about corbin's hood next time, stay tuned!!

A happy kind of friday

I love fridays. Not just because they are paydays, but something about the weekend finally being here does it for me. Even though my hubby and i work saturday, friday is a good day. This morning hubby and I woke up early to go to the mall and do some birthday shopping!! I found a cute AE shirt that he said "looked like me" and he found some socks for himself :) I will post a picture of me in my birthday shirt after i wear it sunday.

I go through these anti-social moods every now and then where i'd rather just be curled up in a blanket watching a chick flick while eating yummy snacks. Not because anything is wrong, i just have those days where i am content being alone. Who knows why.

We miss our friends and family back in Utah and can't wait to play with them in the fall. My cute friend is prego and i can't wait to see her cute belly! If you are reading this Mrs. P paalleeese post some pictures :)

Lately i've been really into cooking since i'm working from home all day. I'm trying to cook healthy things on a budget... i know, i should totally write a cookbook :) So far i have made Cafe Rio salad, BBQ chicken pizza, quiche, lasagna, and home made mac n cheese.

Ummm i really don't have a lot to blog about today. I will be taking some pictures this weekend so stay tuned :)

Oh Sweet Temptations

There is this cute little yogurt shop across the street called "Sweet Frog". The line literally goes out the door and down the sidewalk for this soft serve, do it your self shop. It is cute and sassy with a fun flare and cheap which is the best thing. Not much of a difference from the shops that speckle SL but still fun.

Lately i've been hanging around with the cutest little squeezes in Virginia. My Cousins daughter (who i won't picture for privacy reasons) are my new best girl friends. I absolutely love hugging these girls. We took a walk over to Sweet Frog for a sweet treat during the day.

So virginia is green... not just like a random green tree, but GREEN. I try to describe it to family back home and i just can't do it justice. Here is what i mean:

This is a typical road. The trees are super tall and THICK, you cannot see through them unless you are in them and even then i'd be skeptical. In the trees there is swampy water in places that i'm terrified will contain a "gator" but C laughs at me and says they're not in there... that's what they all say till one eats you i say.

This is a picture of our apartment complex from across the way... see the trees. HUGE! I love to sit on the balcony and listen to all the birds. They talk all day and night, its fun. I wanted to get a bird feeder but seed is so expensive so C promised that when we get back home he would buy one for me.

Well, that's all the exciting news for today! I miss everyone back home and hope you love what i see.

That there's Virginia!

I went to the Walmart across the street from our complex yesterday and had the wierdest experience of my life. Not to be rude to people here - my husband is from Virginia and i personally think he is one hunky dude - but there are some strange people here. I went to get potatoes and this old man worker had a bunch of boxes in front of them so he kindly started to move them saying "haaiiinngg on a sec sweety" and then continued to talk but i for the life of me could not understand a word of what he was saying. Just imagine an old grandpa with no teeth mubling with a HEAVY southern accent. haha i just said thank you as he pushed his cart to the next veggie stand. He was great, i couldn't understand him one bit but it sure made me laugh.

Virginia is very green. From what i can see of it, the trees are everywhere. So thick that they almost act as a fence. On the freeway (or highway they call it) the lanes going either way are separated in the middle by trees and you would think there wasn't even a lane on the other side. We passed a city and i couldn't even tell cause of the trees!!

There are birds here that wake me up in the morning. Their calls sound like teasing and taunting (the kind little kids make when they say "you can't get me!" or "naaa na na na na").

The bees are HUGE and sound like weed wackers. Huge.

It is already as warm as Utah gets all summer and the pool isn't even open... wierd.

I love our huge apartment and miss my hubby when he is in the kitchen and i'm down the hall doing laundry. He feels miles away.

I am having fun skyping my mom every day and am thankful for internet.

My best friend L is going to come up and visit this summer. I am SOOO excted to see L :)

ummmm... ya so far, that's Virginia. Or as the people here would say: "That there's Virginia!"

Road trippin'

In case you didn't know, we are in Virginia for the summer! What a crazy adventure so far. We drove across the country for 3 days and are now in such a completely different place. If you were wondering, this is what Colorado looks like in a town called Steamboat springs - i know, cute right?!

As we were driving through Kansas i couldn't help but say "There's no place like home!" and truely mean it. The east coast is so different than the west.

On our way, we stopped at the Liberty jail where Joseph Smith (First prophet of the LDS church) was held for i believe 5 months in the dead of winter. We were able to go on a tour of this rebuild jail.

The walls of the jail were a total of 4 feet thick with wood, piled rocks, and the outside wall. Joseph smith (seen writing on the left) and the four other men were imprissoned because they would not renounce their religion. There was no proof that they had done anything wrong, yet the judges would not let them go. It was dark, freezing cold, and the windows were about 2" x 8". One night a guard left both doors unlocked because he did not believe that they were guilty, and the guard left for the night. Thanks to that one softened soul, Joseph Smith and the men were able to escape and as a result down the road, the Salt Lake Valley was settled and the Church spread across the nation. Liberty jail was a neat experience.

St. Louis was our site to see... well, we didn't stop but you didn't really have to.

This is the famous arch that you can go up an elevator in. It is HUGE! I wish i would have taken a picture with buildings in it so that you could compare how much taller than the skyscrapers it is. Seriously huge!

And this is me in front of the Virginia welcome center... they have these in almost every state. Random but cool, they have free maps and cookies :)

I've got to get back to work so next post will be more about virginia! Woot Woot :)

Moab

A couple weekends ago we went on a fun trip to Moab with our fun friends the Powers. It was a blast! From camping right outside the national arches park, hiking, and seeing jeeps crawl up huge rocks to enjoying a yummy shake from the local burger joint. Check out some of our fun picutres!

The powers setting up our tent - day 1

Me on the jeep hike being all sweaty

My cute hubby watching the Jeeps

What a fun trip in beautiful Utah