It's kind of hard to tell, but they are finally taking down the scaffolding on the Washington Monument.  There was a bad earthquake here (last year, I think) and it did quite a bit of damage to the monument.  Since we moved to DC in August, the monument has been covered up with the scaffolding, but they are taking it down section by section. 

Our niece sent Flat Stanley our way for a little DC adventure.  His first "to-do" was to take Luke for a ride.  Luke's not too sure about it.

The hubby had a little too much fun making our take on creme brulee.

Obligatory Luke picture.  I love that dog.

Costume Time

We went to a Halloween Party last weekend.  Daniel went as Mayhem from the Allstate Commercial.  He had a little too much fun burning and destroying his clothes.

Hayley went as a hashtag.  She had various people write out hashtags throughout the night.  In this picture, her hashtag is "Groupie"for the band playing at the party.

What we've been up to this past week

We went to a small airshow in Maryland.  Daniel had fun "shooting" the gun on a B-24.

Hayley went to visit some friends in southern Virginia.  We had a fun girls night out.

Daniel made his famous ribs.  YUM.

We made it to DC!

Some of what we've been up to in D.C.

Ford's Theater.  This booth is where Lincoln was shot.

Daniel took me out for my birthday at Oya.  Yum!

We go out for pizza on Friday nights. 

Great Falls Park in Virginia

Our home here in D.C.

The movers unloading all of our stuff!

Feels so good to finally be settled!

Texas Time

Big O's with the fam

Galveston, TX

We sold the Edge!

On to Texas... July 2013

We made it to Texas to spend some time with family before continuing our drive East.

We dropped Luke off for his vacation in Hearne....
And went tubing in New Braunfels...

July 2013, Arches National Park, Utah

Another early morning to get some sunrise pictures in Utah.  Arches National Park was absolutely beautiful.  I am now beginning to miss the Southwest.....

July 2013, Canyonlands National Park, Utah

Our next stop was Canyonlands National Park in Utah

July 2013, Horseshoe Canyon, AZ

Wow, talk about breath-taking.  We got up at 4:30 in the morning to drive about 20 minutes from our hotel to this part of the canyon on the Colorado River just to take pictures of this place.  We had to walk about a mile to get to it and got there just around sunrise.  It was beautiful.  Daniel got the camera out of the bag and quickly realized...... the battery was dead!  So the only pics we got were from our phones!

Luke was terrified of the heights.

Page, Arizona, July 2013

First stop.... Page, Arizona.  We stopped to take some pictures of the sunset at Lake Powell.

Hayley was patiently waiting while Daniel took LOTS of pictures.  :)

July 2, 2013 - Let the Cross Country Road Trip Begin!

We had the movers pack up our house before we went to Oregon, so when we got back we just had to clean & do touch-up painting on the house we rented in Las Vegas.  Then it was time to hit the road!  We visited 14 states in our drive from Las Vegas to D.C.  We made sure to make it fun and made several stops along the way.  Pictures coming soon!

                                                              Luke all ready to go!

Multnomah Falls, Mt. Hood, & Rogue River

June 2013, Oregon

                                              Met up with Hayley's aunt Paula for lunch

                                                                      Mt. Hood

                 They were doing a search and rescue mission the day we were there for a missing hiker.