Last weekend we went camping. backpacking to be specific. I successfully urinated in the wild. TMI (too much information) Other than that it was a great weekend! we hiked in a couple miles and set up our camp. we went on a little hike and saw a bear. i was freaked out because we were so close to our camp. but all was well, there were no bear attacks. at about dusk there were thousands of fireflys out. it was so cool. they were twinkling like little stars.. in bushes. we went to bed really early (we think). We slept in til 9!! that is late fore me when i'm in a bed with a pillow, practically un heard of in a tent with no padding and no pillow. Incredible. after breakfast we went on a 2-3 mile hike to a cabin then went and packed up our camp. after our hike back to the car we were so hot and sweaty (just from hiking) we decided to take a dip in the freezing cold (buggy) river. it was so fun. to finish off the weekend we drove the scenic way through the park back to Oakton. only one weekend left before we start our journey back. crazy.

what we've been doing

A couple weekends ago we went to philadelphia. It was a lot of fun. We woke up really early and started the drive. We got some breakfast from the omish then headed over to see the sites. That liberty bell sure is something. Last weekend we went to Mt. Vernon and learned all about General Washington. It made me want to own a large amount of property (and have people take care of it), and live on the side of a huge river that is more like a lake. We left at 7:15 in the AM. When we got back we took a super long nap then decided to go to the Temple. It was so beautiful. When we got out it was getting dark and it was so beautiful! we walked around the grounds and we saw a bunch of fireflies flying around. I saw one up close and it wasn't as cute as I hoped, but when we could just see the lights it was great. The weekends are our favorite times. I get a little bored during the day because all I have to do is my online class and I don't like to do it. We are starting to plan our trip home, which we are excited about. We are planning on stopping at the church sites and Mt. Rushmore and Niagara Falls. Cade's mom is coming to help us drive it (or I should say help cade drive, I dont plan on doing any driving) and to see everything with us. We should get back to UTah for the 4th of July!

We saw this Redskins toddler shirt at a yard sale and Cade Had to have it. and no, this is not announcing anything.

On sunday we went to some falls to walk around

Philadelphia

Liberty Bell

Mt Vernon

what I like to do in my spare time

This is why I love Summer <3

NYC

Hey there everybody, just your friendly neighborhood Cade. I've been leaving the posting up to Kristi lately, but decided that I'd try and contribute every once in a while. My externship in DC with Arent Fox has been going really well. I can't believe that I'm done in just two more days, it's gone by so fast. I'm excited to see what the next firm experience will be. Anywho, we had a great time in NYC this past weekend. We took the Chinatown bus from DC to NYC and back. We left at 3:30 am on Saturday morning, and it's like a 4-4.5 hour trip. So we had a full day Saturday, Sunday, and left Monday at like 4 pm. Our bus broke down on the way home, and we had to wait for another one, which then took a detour into the ghettos of Baltimore to drop off one person. It was kind of weird, but just part of the whole adventure I guess. We got a 72 hour pass on the double-decker, open top buses around NYC, so that was awesome to see the whole city like that. Our hotel was a couple blocks from Time Square, across the street from Gershwin Theater (where Wicked is, but we didn't luck out with the ticket lottery the three times we tried). Here are some pics from our trip.
Time Square

We had dinner in little Italy, just sat outside, eating pasta

We were there the first day that NYC closed down traffic in Times Square for pedestrians

Riding around on the bus

Bought some Chicken Gyros from a street vendor

NYC pizza

Kristi Shopping

Central Park with NYC in the background

View of NYC and Central Park from Empire State Building

Hello Miles Family!! It sure was fun to see you.
I made cade stand by this pirate shirt and say "but I don't wanna be a pirate"

Presidential Material

My true love

Monticello

I don't think there could be a more patriotic picture

This is a terrible picture of us, but Abe is lookin' good

There is a strong resemblance between me and Pocahontas

Here are more pictures of our touring. We have had so much fun with my family being here. Now that they have gone I am not going to be doing quite as much. The good news is we still have Cade's cousin that we would LOVE to hang out with on the weekends (hint hint ) anywho, we went to about 1 million places.

Adventures of the Week

I am now a frequent blogger because I have quite a bit of time on my hands. I love it. This past week has been awesome. I would like to thank Mark and Ash and Sadie for a Great time. I loved it there. I spent the week trying to befriend the one and only Sadie Jean Olsen. I don't know how well it went. I slept in her room with her and I was the first thing she saw every morning. She woke up and cried in the middle of the night only once. When I picked her up she did stop crying, but she lunged back toward her crib. I guess being in bed was the better option. She is so adorable. we saw so much cool stuff in Washington DC and in Virginia. Cade came to Richmond on Friday night and was horrified by the traffic. It took him about 3.5-4 hours to get there. It should have only taken 1.5-2 hours. Cade did not like that. On saturday we tried to go somewhere without our tourguides (mark and ash) and turns out we did not go where we thought we were going. LAME. From Monday to Thursday it was raining pretty much non stop so we had to do things like scenic drives and short walks. Finally it warmed up. I have never been so sweaty, and I wasn't even that hot. Weird. All in all it was a pretty great week.

Ahoy!

We made it to DC!! hooray! I am in Virginia for the week and I left poor Cade to fend for himself in the big city. I hope he doesnt get eaten alive out there. We have been touring DC for a couple days, pictures hopefully will follow. We walked into church on Sunday and we saw President Uchtdorf sitting on the stand. We went and shook his hand, of course. I am spending the week with my brothers and SIL. They have talked Virginia up so much, lets just say, it better be good. Happy Sinco De Mayo!