DC and NYC touristy weekend

Nationals Game! They played the Mets so we got to see Santana pitch. I seriously love the new stadium! I wish I had gone to more games this summer!

Lincoln Memorial....definitely a favorite. I love reading the speeches on the inside and it really has the the best view of the mall with the capital and washington monument reflecting in the water.

Tour of the Capital. I made Spencer do so many touristy things...he was a good sport.

Kid in a candy store... :)

Korean War Memorial...very cool.
Love the WWII...especially at night.
Let's give a little shout out to Oregon State for their incredible performance Thursday defeating the #1 ranked Trogans of USC. Go beavers!

Arlington National Cemetary. I love coming here...it's so peaceful. We saw Dave Chappelle as we were leaving the tomb of the unknown soldier...he walked right by us.

New York City. Central Park! Love it!! Seriously if I lived in the city I would come to Central Park as often as I could.
The boat house in Central Park...how many cute romantic movies have scenes at this place?
We bought a nutella - filled crepe and ate it here at this fountain...again...so many movies have scenes at this fountain...it was beautiful! I loved the lily pads.

We wanted to go to a Yankees game since this was the last weekend that this historic stadium will be used by the team...unfortunately tickets were outrageously expensive....but we went up there anyways and looked around.

This was so awesome! The wall is across the street from Yankee Stadium.
Top of the Empire State Building! It was so unbelievably gorgeous up there!! Probably my favorite part of our little 24 hr trip to NYC! I could have stayed up there for hours...if it hadn't been so cold at the top, we probably would have.
Midtown Manhattan from the top of the Empire State Building.

Annapolis

Callie and I went to Annapolis a couple weeks ago! It was such a cute little town. We walked through a bit of the Navy campus and strolled along the main drags of town. We got there a bit late in the day, however, so the Navy visitors center/museum was closed which was sad. I loved all the sail boats in the water though! I wish my mom could have seen them because

she would love it!

We saw some good looking Navy boys...Love the men in uniform...we tried to ignore the fact that they are all pretty much 5 years younger than us.

Penn State Nittany Lions

Yesterday, I drove up to State College, Pennsylvania to visit my cousin Peter and his wife, Carrie. We went to a football game at Beaver Stadium which is seriously huge!! I think it seats about 110,000 fans! Either Penn State or Michigan has the largest stadium in the country. And it was basically filled to capacity...108,270. The endzone seats go up at a pretty steep incline...so even at the top, you have a great view of the game! They played Oregon State and killed them...so the game wasn't too exciting, but it was so much fun to be there! After the game, they made me the best dinner...homemade pesto (which is my absolute favorite) on bowtie pasta with salad and then homemade apple pie with homemade vanilla ice cream for dessert! Wow! Loved it! I just had such a blast hangin out with Peter and Carrie! They are seriously so much fun!

Dancing in the moonlight

At Bear Lake before I left to come back to Washington...see the full moon in the background.

Waiting for Jack Johnson!...Spencer's getting impatient...

Speak softly and carry a big stick...

View of the Potomac from the Key Bridge in Georgetown.

Today, I read in the Washington Post Express that today marks 107 years since Teddy Roosevelt gave his speech in which he said to "Speak softly and carry a big stick"....what a coincidence since just this weekend I went to Roosevelt Island for the first time (twice). I went once on Saturday to do a little trail running and then again on Monday night with Callie...we went for a walk along the Mount Vernon Trail, near the island and up over the Key Bridge into Georgetown.


Me leaving the island after a little trail running.

Some kayakers in the Potomac near Roosevelt Island.

The monument to Teddy Roosevelt.

Cool tree I came across on the island...all hollowed out.

What the?!!!

So I have never in the past year seen a single bug in my apartment...and then out of no where...this guy pops up!!!!!! With all of his 30 legs!!!! Sick!!!! After capturing a few photos, my shoe killed it.