so much to blog, so little time

cyber space, what a great place to be! I am going to write a lot, so sorry for reading, but it is pretty awesome. our adventure home: We picked up Cade's mom from the airport on saturday at about 3 ish so she could help us drive home and see everything with us. we drove for 6 hours and slept in a tent at the Wayne county fairgrounds in palmyra NY. On sunday we woke up early and went to the Sacred Grove before our 9:00 sacrament meeting. It was so amazing to be there early in the morning with the bees humming and the sweet birds singing. After sacrament meeting we drove around the temple and walked around hill Cumorah. AFter a brief walk around of the hill we drove for about 2 hours to get to Canada and Niagara Falls. We rode the boat right up into it and it was cool. It was rainy but we couldn'e tell because we were getting soaked just from the falls. None of us had been there before and it was so cool. After we had had our share of water fall we drove to Kirtland OH. It was about 7 so most of the places were done giving tours so we went and set up camp at Punderson State Park. In the morning we walked around and got tours of stuff and went through the Kirtland temple. at about 12 we started our drive to Crystal Lake (right around Chicago) to stay the night at my Aunt and Uncle's house. they had a great BBQ for us. ( the traffic around chicago was awful) It was so nice of them to let us stay (and feed us great food). We awoke early and left (after a great breakfast) to nauvoo. In Nauvoo we went on a carriage ride and toured some buildings got a free cookie, saw joseph smith's grave. all in all a pretty good visit. If we had more time we could have stayed longer. We drove to Carthage Jail when we peeled ourselves away from Nauvoo. It was so cool. In our tour we were with a family with a bunch of wild little kids, but it was still good. one of them jumped on the antique bed they have in the jail. when we were done it was about 6 and we drove into South Dakota just after sioux falls (2:00am) and slept in the car (sorry Cade's mom) The next day we woke up early and drove to Mt. Rushmore (about 4 hours) and looked around, drove past Crazy horse and had a great buffet at Pizza Hut. We drove 5 hours to Martins Cove ( we got there at about 5 and left at 7) and saw Cades Great aunt Beverly and uncle someone. When we were done we decided that at 7, 5 more hours would be nothing so we drove and drove and got to centerville at 1am.

I never wrote anything down so I went into great detail so I could have everything (like a journal, in cyber space) We had such a great time and it was so fun. pictures l8r.

our last weekend

Good times at the Zoo

The Baseball game (it was beach day so we got free beach towels, and leis)

A day at the beach

I can't believe that these two months are almost over! We start our treck home on saturday and we couldnt be more excited! It was super fun here in Virginia but I'm ready to go home. Cade's mom will fly in at 2:00 on saturday and we'll pick her up and head to Palmyra for the first stop of the vaca.

Last weekend we had to fit everything in that we hadn't done yet. On friday we went to a baseball game (Washington Nationals vs. someone from canada) It was my first baseball game ever and it was awesome! On saturday Cade's cousin and her family came to DC and we went to the zoo. It was pretty cool. for being in the middle of the city it was pretty big, I thought. It was fun to be at the zoo, but especially when there were little kids there. Little Teegan was so adorable. ah the wonders of childhood. (Thanks Brittany and Josh, we had a Killer Time) On sunday we took a drive to the coast to see the ocean. We brought a lunch and ate it on the beach. I played in the sand for a minute then we headed back. It was a 3.5 hour drive each way, but it was still really fun and we're glad we did it. Wow what a weekend.

Now that brings us to now. I'm trying to work on my class but it is so awful (it shouldn't be, but it is killing me). Cade's days at "work" are winding down. yippee. I'm trying to keep thinking of things to write so I don't have to start on homework... but unfortunately I'm all out.

Kristi Out

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.