I Moved!

I'm finally in my new place and mostly done packing. I LOVE it! I didn't use my flash with these pics because I was in a hurry, but you get the idea.






I'll post pictures of the rest of the house later. So far, Crystal City is great.

Kim and Mark Teaser

On Wednesday, I met Kim and Mark at the WW1 (not to be confused with the more well known WW2) memorial and had tons of fun with them taking their engagement photos.

Here are some cute candid photos.

Random...

Haha, so by suggestion from Lex I will explain why my companies logo is randomly on my blog. I had to send out a letter today and in order to attach our logo to it in an email through the system we use I needed a URL for it. Our website has our logo, but there is a different color behind it. SO, I put it up here so that I can have a URL for it and in my rush did not put a title or an explaination.

So... please disregard this post and see below to my sailing trip last weekend. :D

Sailing Trip to Lusby, MD

Last weekend, the ladies in my church and I met up in Lusby, MD at the house of one of our High Counselmen's parents who happen to live on a river that leads to the Chesapeak Bay and have Sail boats. This is an annual trip we take and I was able to go this year. It was sooooo much fun. We got there Friday night and had a nice devotional and then played games and watched a classic, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". Love it. After that, I was all tuckered out so I headed to bed. We woke up bright and early at 9:30 and had breakfast outside on lawnchairs facing the river. I could get used to that.

Then!!! We headed out on the said boat. There was ONE experienced skipper on board and 10 'willing to help' ladies lounging on the deck. I was the first one to learn how to steer the boat and guide us out to the bay... only problem was that I didn't know if we should turn left or right. So, there were a few panicky moments, but my deathgrip on the wheel made it all better. The scary part is that there were no breaks and we were heading toward the marina... I know. Scary right!? ;)

Anyway. It was an overcast day so I went out in my sweats and stayed nice and warm. I loved it, but the only thing that made me nervous once we got the sails up was the fact that it's "normal" for the boat to lean violently (ok it's not actually violently, but REALLY far), to the side when the wind is blowing and moving the boat forward. You will see this example in my pictures. We had three boats full of ladies on the water and many people stared at us as they sailed by. One boat of fisherman even asked if there was room for more, awww isn't that sweet. I of course took TONS of pictures, so here they are in slideshow form, again.

RS Sailing Trip

Duck Beach 2009

Ok, so there were so many photos that I had to revert to my Europe style of posting and do an album.

Duck Beach 2009

We had tons of fun and lots of relaxing time. For any ladies looking for a good book, I HIGHLY recommend "Gift from the Sea" by Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

Saturday we went to the beach to hang out with the hundreds of singles that flock to the area.

Sunday we went to church at the local branch and on our way back learned all about flying from Wilbur and Orvile. I was in the group in charge of Sunday dinner and we had Hawaiian Haystacks and we almost burned the rice, but saved it just in time.

Monday... relax at the beach again with a few stalwart volleyball players. I did not play, but finished my book which was great. Thanks Ann Marie!

Tuesday, yummy lunch at a deeeeelicious burger stand on the side of the road, sailing, mini golf and way too much food for dinner at a supposedly great pizza joint. I'm sure there was better pizza around. Oh well. It was good enough :)

Wednesday, clean up, nature hike, even yummier lunch at a local BBQ place. ...Pigs... They sell their products online and I am going to have to do some research. It was SOOOOOO good.

My trip home only took 4 hours, which should have taken about 4.5 with no traffic... but with zero traffic and the traffic that was there moving at an extremely rapid pace, I had no choice but to keep up. Actually, I made sure I used my cruise control most of the time to not speed, so all is well mom and dad.

Teaser - Duck Beach

I made it home safe and sound after 5 glorious days at the beach. Ever since I walked in the door I've been editing my pictures and I'm about half way through. Well, maybe a little more and I thought I'd share this fun one of the sunrise I saw. The pier is some type of research facility and was barbwired off so I couldn't go on it. Bummer. I have pictures of me as well, but most of those are on my friends cameras so I will have to wait to get those. So, until then, I'm forcing my self to go to bed and hope you enjoy. :)

Sneak Peak... Sara and Tony

First round of editing... awwww