DC pics

In June I went to DC for 9 days. It was fun. I gained a lot of information that I can implement to excel in my new job. And I learned that I never want to be away from my family for that long again. I'm sure if I had to be strong & suck it up & do it I could...but I don't want to! My 3 boys are so much fun! They're my best friends! And DC was really fun, it just could've been even better.

I stayed at Gaylord National Hotel on National Harbor (Potomac). So I had to trek into the city. I went by bus, taxi, and river boat. By boat was slower but much more fun. I'll post a few pics of National Harbor, my hotel, and from the river boat...Everyone knows what the DC landmarks look like already.

And I did go to THE coolest party ever at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. It was at night after hours, everyone dressed up, with drinks, waiters, hour douvres, more drinks, more waiters, desserts, more drinks...everywhere. There was great live music, great lighting, and did I mention great food & drinks. And all the exhibits were open. So I sipped on my bloody mary as I viewed 40 million year old dinosaur bones with friends and snacked on fruit and cheesecake as I viewed the Hope diamond. I don't get to do stuff like that everyday here in Lubbock! But I didn't have my camera. Another nurse I met on the trip said she'd email me her pics from the party. Hopefully I'll get them soon.


My hotel room (AKA home away from home)

Exterior of my hotel



National Harbor

Watergate hotel

Washington monument

Reagan airport

Fireworks on the Potomac

Nolan's 4th Birthday Party

I'm having trouble loading all the pics from his party that I want to...but here are a few.

Nana Camp pics

May 2008

Since I was a slacker I will summarize May in pictures...Hopefully I will get a chance to post other months soon.
May 2008 was great! We celebrated Cinco de Mayo, went to a Rangers V Astros game, cruised Joe Pool Lake, went fishing, camped out, hung out with Uncle Darrell, went to the Fort Worth Zoo, had Ethan's preschool graduation, and enjoyed other warm weather stuff like washing our Jeep. So fun!

I'm hungry

It's 11:15am. I am starving! This "Go Greens" supplement I added to my bottle of Dasani for breakfast is not cutting it. (By the way, good flavor but it settles and I don't like drinking grit). I am craving Chinese or Mexican. Honestly, food just sounds good. But I am stuck in my office without a car (ours is at the repair shop getting $4k worth of hail damage fixed). Poor me...

Hiatus ends

My blogging hiatus is over. I have returned, and I will try to do better.

So, what is going on....I have a new job as Coordniator/Nurse Specialist for Weight Loss Surgery patients. I love it! John is still working hard & taking courses for his Masters in Mental Health Counseling. He'll have his first week long clinical in DFW in August. Ethan will start kindergarten in August. Nolan turns 4 in a few weeks. We are all good. No major changes.

This week is Nana Camp. So everyone is having fun with family. We will hopefully go to the library today to see some exotic animals from Walter's World of Pets, eat dinner together, and go to the pool. It's been a really fun week - I hate that I have to work & miss out of the fun the kids are having. But it's been GREAT to see everyone! I'll try to post pics soon.

Last weekend everyone went to the mountains to work & play and I spent 9 days in DC for a work conference. I'll try to post pics from those events, too.

More later...

REWIND - Christmas 2007

We partied from November through January!!!