Annapolis

On the last day of Jake's internship, his department planned a day trip with all the legal interns to Annapolis, MD. The morning of all of the others decided it was too rainy so they canceled the trip. However, we figured we were already planning on going--so we went anyway. We didn't spend a ton of time there, because we wanted Paige to be able to get in her naps.

First we went on a touristy harbor cruise. We got on a tour boat and went for a ride around the harbor. We sailed past the Navel Academy and some really pretty coastline. It was really relaxing to be on the boat. We had perfect weather during the boat ride. It was overcast because of the rain, but it wasn't raining and it wasn't too hot. However, it was really bright so Paige and Jake (with their sensitive blue eyes) were squinting most of the time.

Here are some pictures from our boat ride:




After the boat we stopped at a restaurant for a fresh crab lunch. Since Jake and I grew up in Colorado, we didn't have much experience eating fresh crab. We ordered one crab (mostly just to try it... crab is expensive!) and a soft shell crab sandwich. I was honestly a little disturbed when the waiter brought our meal. The crab came on a tray slightly buried in dry seasoning. It literally looked like he had crawled up through the sand was was staring at me. The crab on the sandwich maintained the crab shape, but it had been deep fried (image a bun with deep fried legs sticking out of it). Put it all together and it looked like one crab was glaring at me for deep frying his friend. I wish I would've taken a picture of it, even though it was a pretty disturbing. But we had a good time and laughed through most of the meal and just enjoyed the taste of the crab.

Great Falls "Hike"

We haven't been able to do much hiking since we moved here. So a few weeks ago we decided to go hiking to the Great Falls. We imagined it would be a short hike up to the falls... we just didn't imagine how short. It took approximately two minutes to walk to trail to the overlook. We had a good laugh at ourselves and enjoyed the view of the falls. We also went for a walk down some of the other trails near the falls, but it just wasn't quite the same.

The Many Faces of Paige

"This looks interesting"

"Whoa! What's up there?"

"pppppbbbbbbbtttttttt"

"What."

"That's delightful!"

"Neat! There's something behind me!"

"I want that in my mouth."

"I'm outta here!"

Jake's Internship

This summer, Jake has an internship with the American Bar Association. One of his assignments was to write an article for and edit their newsletter. Click on the link to check it out. It's so fun to see his name in print!

Why Northern Virginia is Green

The other day we had a massive rainstorm. In a matter of minutes it went from not even sprinkling, to pouring sheets of rain.



The video doesn't really do it justice, but a massive amount of water was coming down.

Twilgiht: Eclipse

The third Twilight movie came out this past week and Christen, Eve and I went and saw the midnight showing. The great part about it was that we got to leave our babies at home and have a fun night out. We got to the theater early and were first in line. We camped out playing cards and eating junk food while we waited:

The theater offered a free t-shirt to someone willing to pose for a picture with that t-shirt. That someone was Christen:


After a nice wait we got into the theater (ok, maybe we ran to the theater with the rest of the crowd) and saw the movie.

On the way home from the theater (at 2:30am), since there were no babies in the car, we opened all the windows, blasted the music and had a nice ride home. It was an awesome movie and an awesome night!

Eastern Market

The Eastern Market is one of the longest running markets in the area. It first opened in 1873, and has (basically... in some form) been running every since. It's now a massive farmer's market and has it's own metro stop.

The Eastern Market was one of the first things that my friends and I put on our To See in DC list last August. A few weeks ago we finally made it down there. Unfortunately, we didn't realize that the market booths were only out on weekends and we went on a Friday. So there were no booths set up, but we did see the market building, and we walked around the neighborhood a little. It wasn't what we were expecting, but it was still fun!

Tanaya, Christen and Henry:

Me and Paige, Eve and Alex:


After walking around we went back to Christen's house and had a fabulous lunch (because Christen is an amazing cook) while the babies played.

Henry and Alex playing with a large bucket of blocks:


Paige looking absolutely delighted to see Henry:

Paige and Alex, perhaps in some kind of showdown:


It was a long exciting day, and it wore little Paige out. She curled up and fell asleep in Henry's crib:

And what were our husbands doing during all of this? Working. Poor guys. Thanks for working so hard, boys!