Wonderful Washington DC

After hitting Baltimore we went to Washington DC! We took a bus tour around to all of the sights! It was so amazing! Here are a few of our highlights (yes there are a lot of pictures!!):



Lincoln Memorial:


Washington Monument:

Korean War Veterans Memorial:
World War II Memorial:
My Pennsylvania man!
California Girl through and through!

George Walton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence! So cool to see a distant relative on here!
John Hancock of course!
The White House:
Yea he is touching a piece of the moon!
I always knew I would make a fantastic flight attendant!
Oh Sam...these ones are at the Smithsonian Aviation Museum by the way!
Spirit of the St. Louis!
I'm just a bill....on capitol hill! It was cool to see Sam standing on the steps that his grandpa walked on! He was a State Senator for Pennsylvania, William B. Lentz!
Arlington Memorial Changing of the Guards. A cool ceremony! They guard the Tomb of The Unknown Soldiers.
A cool cathedral we passed on the way to the temple! I thought it was beautiful so I made Sam stop..hehe.
The Washington DC Temple, such an amazing place! I love that Sam and I know try to always make going to the Temple part of our vacation. It makes our vacation that much more special. All in all a fantastic and crazy packed day in Washington DC! Thank you for taking me to this amazing place babe!

Bodacious Baltimore

A few weeks ago Sam and I had a FABULOUS trip to the East Coast to see the sights and visit his family. SUCH an amazing trip!

First stop:

Baltimore Maryland

We went to Inner Harbor and hung out for awhile at the National Aquarium. Such a cool place! I can't remember the last time I have been to an aquarium so that was pretty cool, even though I have a weird fear of fish. But there were also plenty Turtles which I seemed to have fallen in love with since Hawaii last summer!





After going through the entire aquarium, we prepared ourselves for Phillips Seafood Buffett...translation: pounds and pounds of crab legs!

(before)


(after!)

Man I love crab legs! Yea...I make messes when I eat! hehe.

After Phillip's, we went to the Orioles vs. Red Sox game. It was pretty darn fun! I had never been rained out at a baseball game before! That game was also the biggest comeback in Baltimore Oriole history!!

Orioles were losing to the Red Sox 10-1...not so good. Then it started absolutely pouring!! Since it was late in the game most people just left. Sam and I tried to hold out, but it kept pouring for an hour and we had to drive for like 2 hours, so we left...then when we got to our hotel and Sam turned on Sportscenter...sure enough, Orioles came back and beat the Red Sox 11-10! So crazy!
(http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=290630101)


Hehe we got soaked! What a cute husby I have!!

Our Hammock

Sam and I have had quite the Hammock saga lately! In Sam's old house (in his bachelor days in Palo Alto) he had this great hammock out on the back porch. It was such a perfect place to lie out on a spring night and look at the stars! We had a lot of fun with it. So when it came time for him to move into our last apartment he wasn't ready to just leave it at the house, so he brought it with him and put it into storage. It sat in storage for a few months, when Sam finally decided it was time to get rid of it, since we had no place to put it. So he sold it on craigslist.

Well about a month later we got the call to move into our new apartment, which has a FABULOUS good sized fenced in porch! Sam immediately thought about the hammock. So onto craigslist again to find a new one. We kept looking trying to find the perfect one. Finally we just decided to get the stand from someone, that had an older rope hammock attached to it. And buy a nice fabric/padded one from Ikea. We were so excited about it! We painted the hammock stand bright red to match the red and white ikea hammock. After the stand dried, we were so excited to hook on the new hammock and test it out. Hooked it on, and it was the WIDEST hammock I have ever seen! It was as big as a full-sized bed! We both fit on there easily without touching and 2 other people could have joined us without it being awkward! It took up basically the whole width of our porch...we decided that definitely wasn't going to work.

So Sam thought maybe we should just use the rope hammock it came with. Sam hooked it all up again and went to lay in it. As soon as he put is weight on it, it all came apart and Sam ended up on the floor!
So we finally found a solution! LONG story short. We are now using our camping hammock (Sam used it to camp on the beach in Hawaii when he was visiting me). And we couldn't be happier with it! SO nice to lay out in the hammock on a summer night!

Clubbing!

To celebrate me FINALLY being 21, we went clubbing!! Andie came with us and it was so fun! For the last couple of years now Andie has texted me on a Friday every once in awhile inviting me to go dancing, and then I text her back reminding her that I am not allowed in clubs. So now I could actually go! It was so fun. We went to an 80's/hip hop club in San Francisco. We had a blast. A few pictures from the evening:

Our dresses were the perfect mix between 80s prom dresses and cute club outfits! Don't ya think?

San Diego and Disneyland

For my birthday my sweet husband took us to Disneyland!! But first we got to stay with Sam's sister and her wonderful family! Unfortunately it was a little shorter than we would have liked, but it was so great to see them! Sam's sister Kathy is seriously one of the sweetest people I have ever met! WOW! I am so lucky to have married into such a great family! She made me an AMAZING ice cream cake for my birthday as a surprise! And Nephi was sweet enough to polish it off:
Man I love that boy! So I'm a little disappointed that this is apparently the only picture I took while we were with them! I am so grateful to be related to such darling kids! We love you Spendloves!!

Next stop...DISNEYLAND (Well California Adventures our first day)!
Sam was just so excited! It was his first time at Disneyland!!
Its true....we are just living our fairytale ending!One of my most favorite places in the world!!! Sigh...LOVED being able to share it with Sammy!My strong hubby....



Make a wish into the well thats all you have to do! And if you hear it echoing...your wish will soon come true! My mom and I used to sing that all the time! Love that wishing well! Sam and I are big fans of throwing coins into fountains or wells! hehe!




As wonderful as Disneyland is....as we were leaving LA we were able to go to the REAL happiest place on earth. We got to do some temple work at the Newport Beach Temple. It is such a great experience to be able to travel and attend the temple wherever we go! All in all it was a FANTASTIC vacation! Thank you Sammy!!!

Heather's Wedding and Jeremy's Graduation

My cousin Heather got married in Utah to Mark at the end of April (I know I'm late posting all of this!). I was able to attend the ceremony at the Provo temple. It was SUCH a sweet experience. They are so perfect for each other! We couldn't be happier for both of them. Sam unfortunately wasn't able to come to the wedding with me because of work, but I was there for the both of us!


SUCH a beautiful couple! My sister in law Emily who is an amazing photographer took Mark and Heather's picture and I got to be her assistant photographer...definitely a great experience!


I also was able to be there for my brother Jeremy and his wife Maria's graduation from BYU. Jeremy graduated with honors and it was quite impressive!! It was a great experience to be there celebrating with them!It was a busy weekend! But such a good one!!

Tahoe Trip

A few months ago Sam and I took a trip to Tahoe. It was SUCH an amazing trip! We stayed in this awesome condo up at Northstar-At-Tahoe. We got to snowboard and just take it easy. After snowboarding for a couple days we then went to Reno to just play around and hang out at the Circus Circus.
SUCH a beautiful day up at Tahoe! SOO fun!

Circus Circus Reno is a good place for 2 people who don't drink or gamble or are under 21 to hang out! haha. Many other things to do!
Sam won me a flower bouquet! haha!