Lake Philsbury Camping Trip

In the middle of July we took our annual friends camping trip to Lake Philsbury. Other than a little bit of smoke from time to time, the weather was awesome! We enjoyed spending all day out on the boat and relaxing around the campfire in the evenings.


The smoke from nearby fires

This is one of two helicopters that came to get water from the lake every 15 min.
Me Burying the wakesurf board :)


Josh Wakesurfing

Driving our boat



I don't think Scott is going to land this one :)






Hangin' out around the campfire
(Jeremy and Sandra)



The boys hangin' out on the boat



Josh getting some air



Josh attempting a 360





and almost landing it!

Vacation to Washington D.C.

Josh and I traveled to Washington D.C. for 2 weeks at the beginning of July. We had such a great time! It was so nice to get away from our hectic lives and spend some time just the two of us. We saw so many sites and walked everywhere! Our feet were killing us by the end of the trip :) I learned so much about our nation's capitol thanks to my husband the history teacher. :) At the beginning of the trip I took part in the National Educator's Representative Assembly as a representative from my district's teacher's union. I spent 5 days attending morning caucus' with 1,200 other delegates from California and then in the afternoon gathered with delegates from every state for the representative assembly...there over 12,000 teachers at the Rep. Assemblies! It was such an incredible experience.

At the NEA RA.

For the 4th of July we went down to an area called "The Mall" which is a long strip of grass stretching from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol. We sat between the National Monument and the Lincoln Memorial to watch the fireworks show. It was so awesome to be in our Nation's Capital on the 4th. We got drizzled on a bit (typical for D.C.!).

The panda's at the National Zoo were so adorable. :) It was the largest zoo we've ever been to.

Walking around the Roosevelt Memorial

Yet another self portrait (the Jefferson Memorial behind us)

Waterboat Tour in D.C.....can you tell it was just a bit windy? :)

At the museum of Crime and Punishment....we loved it!

Arlington Cemetary

John F. Kennedy and Jackie Onassis' graves with the "Eternal Flame" lit behind them

Ready for a tour of the Capitol

The Declaration of Independence (they wouldn't let us use a flash)

The Korean War Memorial

Getting ready to walk up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial (the National Monument in the background )

At the brand new Wash. D.C. Nationals stadium.

Photo with Lincoln and Washington :) (2 of the National's mascots)

Trip to Baltimore, MD

Water Taxi ride Visiting Fort McHenry (the location where Francis Scott Key was inspired to write our National Anthem)


Before the Baltimore Orioles game at "Pickles"....we enjoyed a beer and some tasty deep fried dill pickles here (it may sound gross, but they were sooooo good!) :)

Inside Camden Yards, such a beautiful stadium



Inside our favorite Smithsonian "Air and Space"

Visiting Georgetown Univ. The campus was breathtaking!

Standing in front of the White House(this is as close as you can get to the front since the 911 attacks)
Rear view of The White House