more vacation pics!

the next stop was visiting amy and the kids sat. we decided to celebrate summer by going to cowan's gap. it was really nice and i think the pictures will prove how much fun we had!

we're off!!!

emma spending some time in the sand

this girl was a fish in the water, and had absolutely no fear!

smiley nate, cute pic even with the bink, lol ;)

amy and i

here are a couple pics of amy with the kids.
i tried to take a couple updated pictures so which is your favorite?

next we decided to go on the paddle boats. unfortunately, only 4 to a boat so we took 2 boats... you guessed it, i was peddling solo with abby... little to my dismay, she was full of power and had amazing strength and ablility and proved me waaay wrong!

no fair, both emma and amy can reach the pedals

isn't the lake beautiful!

and of course i asked the person in charge to take our picture together...
notice who already has his vest off!

mind you it was like 100 degrees, literally! and not only did nathan get a free ride to the car, so did abby on my shoulders while i was pushing the stroller!!!

we finished off the day with milkshakes, they were delicious :)

what a great way to spend my saturday...
with some of my favorite people, the beach, and ice cream!!!

new look

thanks to judy i have a new look to my blog :) i'm sorry i haven't kept up with my pics, i've been really busy. i still have more pics to put up from vacation, so keep checking back.

next stop... the beach!

of course it was like 100 degrees out, literally, but we went to the beach with the girls for part of the day... it's kinda all we could handle. anyways, here are some pics from our day.

ready for the beach :)

digging in the sand...attempting to make a sandcastle

look at the view!

she was sooo happy her name was in the sand... until it was washed away! lol

this was the best pic i could get of emory with the background... she wouldn't go anywhere close to the water!

my famous self pic ;)

can you tell they had fun?!

completely passed out as soon as we left!

kalei and i

definitely a fun day! gotta love the beach :)

just for jessica!

since i sensed a bit of jealousy from my dear friend.... (jk!) so i decided to pull out my old laptop to make this post for just her :)
before nicole and i went and had breakfast, jess and i had ventured out to breakfast and the same playground you saw in the other pics.

me on the twisty slide

jess four wheeling! she's a pro!!!

saying cheese ;)

i figured out how to do exercises on these!

jess was a pro at the rock climbing wall!

we had tons of fun, you have to stay young when you're getting as old as we are!

night out in Annapolis

Christina and I went out that night to the town. can i just tell you how beautiful Annapolis is! there were little shops and places to eat all over. the night was beautiful weather wise and it was just fun to get out.

Maryland Zoo

first stop was the baltimore zoo. let me just tell you that the people you are about to see are my friends from Baltimore... Christina and her husband Justin, their oldest Kalei, and youngest daughter Emory. It was very hot this day, but we ventured out anyways... what a fun time!

here are some of the animals we saw at the zoo...

chimpanzee

giraffee

elephants (and the new baby samson)

penguins, my favorite :)

and camels... so cool i got to ride one!

it was a fun day at the zoo. here are some pics of us at the zoo

since there were four of them, i made them get into this pic! it was hilarious!!!

Kalei and Emory posing on the turtle

Christina and I at the zoo (can't even tell that we were soooo hot)

Kalei as a lion in the gift shop

these are the animals they picked from the gift shop. magnetic and lots of fun!

it was a fun time at the zoo :)

vacation!

i'll first start with maryland. i went to visit my friend christina and her girls who i haven't seen in awhile. i must say the trip got off to a crazy start... i left super early last thursday morning, like 4 am early!! my goal was to get there, check luggage, have some breakfast, pass through security, and get on the plane no prob. sounds easy right? well, apparently my plane decided to get there early and they were doing a last call over the loudspeaker for "Farnsworth" while i was still in the security line! ahhhh!!! some people were nice and let me move up in line and in the end, i made it on the plane! lucky for me there was a lady who had lost her license so they were doing detailed security check-in on her. needless to say i was in the waaay back of the plane; i felt like i was on an episode of Lost! i must say that it was nice to fly (regardless of the crazy start to my morning) because i ended up having 2 extra days to play around with instead of using them to drive.

home again, home again...

hey everyone, i'm back from vacation! i has soooo much fun, despite the over 1o0 degree weather! i have lots to blog and many pics to share... check this weekend and please leave me some comments!!! :)
i will let you know though, i lost more weight! i'm checking in today 21.5 pounds lighter! i'm so happy and feel great :) until next week...

sat fun with nicole

last sat i took nicole to breakfast at Mike's Bridge Diner. it's sooo yummy! we had fun looking at the bears and deers that were around the place while we chatted and ate our breakfast. after that we went to work off our food at a really fun playground. the pics are from perkins playground... just look at the fun we had! aren't we such little kids?!

fishy face :0

the coolest kinda tire swing thingy... she couldn't make it around, but i did!

of course i had to take some pretty pics too

my turn

we had such a fun time... until next time!

new haircut

yep, i was brave enough to get my haircut again and even more brave to cut the bangs a little more this time. my hair was long (and even though i liked it long) it was too heavy for the curls so i decided to do something different. let me know what you think!

pounds be gone!

yep that's right, i've lost more weight this week!!! another 2 pounds down :) total now... 18 pounds! loving losing weight and working out. Erin (personal trainer/ friend) is amazing, and she works me hard, even through all my complaining! she doesn't take any crap, and pushes me along, that's what i love about her. until next week!

oh yeah, i'm on vaca this thursday through monday... visiting a friend in MD and also making a quick stop to see amy and the kids and hopefully judy too! can't wait... i'll have lots to post and many pics to share when i return! :)