One day a bunch of us were outside visiting and enjoying each others company. And then we noticed Aidan. He was deep in thought. He wanted to ride his car...but he also wanted his lawn mower and his golf bag. After much thought and trial and error. Aidan figured it out. He hooked his lawn mower onto the back of his car. And then he had his golf bag over his lap and went on his merry way. I love this picture because it says a lot to me. Aidan is quiet the thinker! Thanks to Lorraine for taking the picture for me.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Aidan and golfing
One day a bunch of us were outside visiting and enjoying each others company. And then we noticed Aidan. He was deep in thought. He wanted to ride his car...but he also wanted his lawn mower and his golf bag. After much thought and trial and error. Aidan figured it out. He hooked his lawn mower onto the back of his car. And then he had his golf bag over his lap and went on his merry way. I love this picture because it says a lot to me. Aidan is quiet the thinker! Thanks to Lorraine for taking the picture for me.
Aidan and DC
I just had Brian send me some of the pictures that he had stored on his phone. This is one from when we were in DC. Aidan would sit in the spot and play. To the left of the picture is the other room's connection door and to the right is the desk that I would use while blogging. Aidan would open the door wide, and have it rest on the desk and have his own little area. This is Aidan showing Dad his toy.
Goofiness
What do you get when Wal-Mart has a sell on pillows and you have a 18 month old....
An enjoyable moment at the grocery store....Aidan played in the cart, happily, for a while.
An enjoyable moment at the grocery store....Aidan played in the cart, happily, for a while.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Reality...yuck!
So today we are back from our trip and trying to adjust back to civilian life (not tourist life). Aside from being super tired....we are doing well. Aidan is still slightly sick, as am I. But today is the day of new things and goals. I have been saying it for awhile and it came today. Because we have no more vacations or visitors or other potential obstacles...Aidan was forced to go to sleep in his own bed tonight. And at a some what decent hour. We started about 9 and at 1020 we were done (so far so good). It wasn't as painful as I thought...and yet the time frame was the same. It was easy to do because Brian is at the theater tonight. Not that Brian is detrimental...per se...just that it is and was easier just Aidan and I in the house (the roomies were gone somewhere).
I am now in the process of doing about 14 loads of laundry...are washer is acting weird so it takes a while.
Tomorrow Brian has his first and only attendance required class to go to. He is enrolled in 4 classes. 3 online classes and one classroom class. I have a class, hopefully, on Wednesday. I need to go and talk to the secratary tomorrow...hopefully now she will be in the office. Talk about hard to find and talk too!
Brian is still looking for jobs, so if you know of anything let us know. He has heard from a couple of places but hasn't got an interview yet.
I just applied to work at a day care, as a substitute, when I need money and they need me. Aidan would get to come to work with me and for free...cool huh. That's it in our life....how about yours?
I am now in the process of doing about 14 loads of laundry...are washer is acting weird so it takes a while.
Tomorrow Brian has his first and only attendance required class to go to. He is enrolled in 4 classes. 3 online classes and one classroom class. I have a class, hopefully, on Wednesday. I need to go and talk to the secratary tomorrow...hopefully now she will be in the office. Talk about hard to find and talk too!
Brian is still looking for jobs, so if you know of anything let us know. He has heard from a couple of places but hasn't got an interview yet.
I just applied to work at a day care, as a substitute, when I need money and they need me. Aidan would get to come to work with me and for free...cool huh. That's it in our life....how about yours?
Washington DC trip Day 11
Sorry everyone. Yesterday was crazy and I was exhausted upon arrival so here is the last and final blog about our DC trip.
We wanted to be up and checked out of the hotel by 9 AM but everyone was so tired that we all took our time and finally left about 11 AM (checkout time for the hotel was noon, so we were okay). We only had two things scheduled for today. One was make the airport on time so that we could catch our flights, the second drive around Baltimore and find Charm City Cakes. (not my picture...but close enough)
For those who don't know what this is or what this means...well that's just odd. Myself and a good portion of Brian's family love the food network. An awesome channel to learn about food and cooking and especially great white noise. One of the shows on the food network is Ace of Cakes with Duff Goldman. This program is hilarious. Duff is a pastry chef who loves to make outrageous cakes. I am sure these are expensive cakes...but they are amazing. To see for your self just google Ace of Cakes or Duff Goldman. He is a mix between a baker and a shop teacher. His cakes are animated, usually have some kind of firework attached to them and apparently are tasty bites of goodness. I digress...we found there address online and decided to go and take some pictures. The staff of Ace of Cakes was on vacation so the store was pretty dead...but what a fun adventure! My photos are not posted today because I am too lazy to upload them...maybe one day.
Then we went and drove around Baltimore looking at the sights as we searched for an Applebee's restraurant. We drove past John Hopkins University...that was pretty magnificient (that means we drove past four large universities on this trip....Georgetown, George Washington University, John Hopkins and another in DC the name escapes me)...all this as a small reminder that this week school starts. :)
Applebee's was yummy. Aidan was such a flirt with all of the staff. He even showed a couple of the ladies his awesome dance moves. :) Then off to the airport.
We did our duty and arrived two hours early. Craziness I say! We boarded the flight after what we thought was ample time to let Aidan get some wiggles out. Boy! Were we wrong. He did sleep for about 90 minutes of the 4 hour flight...not bad. But then he had enough. He escaped a couple of times and ran laps up and down the aisle of the plane. Everyone seemed to enjoy his energy. Everyone except Ornery Pants. The man sitting in front of us. Commented to Aidan that "you sure are a cutie...can you understand me if I said stop kicking my seat? Well hopefully your parents do...it's obnoxious." Honestly...this was right after Aidan had woke up so there wasn't much time to do "so much kicking." Needless to say...that will never happen again. Too much drama. Ornery Pants was very patronizing and irritable before we took off...his comments mixed with our own troubles with Aidan...never again. And for those of you out there you do fly and do fly with young children around you...please be patient with them. And there parents. Unless they are being real jerks...realize the parents are struggling and don't need to worry about situations with ornery people. Sorry, I am still irritated and saddened by the whole situation.
When we landed it was raining buckets. When we left it was dreary but not raining so bad. How wonderful! Suzie and Grandpa picked us up. Grandpa missed Aidan like the dickens apparently. Aidan missed him too. We got home, showered, unpacked, grocery shopping and ate a snack all by 1030PM (are flight landed at 815PM) and were asleep by 11 PM...that's 1 AM DC time...we are still running on DC time. :)
That's all folks.
Oh and this is a picture of Duff from Charm City Cakes...I hope he had fun on his vacation...I sure did! (also not my photo...gotta love google images)
We wanted to be up and checked out of the hotel by 9 AM but everyone was so tired that we all took our time and finally left about 11 AM (checkout time for the hotel was noon, so we were okay). We only had two things scheduled for today. One was make the airport on time so that we could catch our flights, the second drive around Baltimore and find Charm City Cakes. (not my picture...but close enough)
For those who don't know what this is or what this means...well that's just odd. Myself and a good portion of Brian's family love the food network. An awesome channel to learn about food and cooking and especially great white noise. One of the shows on the food network is Ace of Cakes with Duff Goldman. This program is hilarious. Duff is a pastry chef who loves to make outrageous cakes. I am sure these are expensive cakes...but they are amazing. To see for your self just google Ace of Cakes or Duff Goldman. He is a mix between a baker and a shop teacher. His cakes are animated, usually have some kind of firework attached to them and apparently are tasty bites of goodness. I digress...we found there address online and decided to go and take some pictures. The staff of Ace of Cakes was on vacation so the store was pretty dead...but what a fun adventure! My photos are not posted today because I am too lazy to upload them...maybe one day.
Then we went and drove around Baltimore looking at the sights as we searched for an Applebee's restraurant. We drove past John Hopkins University...that was pretty magnificient (that means we drove past four large universities on this trip....Georgetown, George Washington University, John Hopkins and another in DC the name escapes me)...all this as a small reminder that this week school starts. :)
Applebee's was yummy. Aidan was such a flirt with all of the staff. He even showed a couple of the ladies his awesome dance moves. :) Then off to the airport.
We did our duty and arrived two hours early. Craziness I say! We boarded the flight after what we thought was ample time to let Aidan get some wiggles out. Boy! Were we wrong. He did sleep for about 90 minutes of the 4 hour flight...not bad. But then he had enough. He escaped a couple of times and ran laps up and down the aisle of the plane. Everyone seemed to enjoy his energy. Everyone except Ornery Pants. The man sitting in front of us. Commented to Aidan that "you sure are a cutie...can you understand me if I said stop kicking my seat? Well hopefully your parents do...it's obnoxious." Honestly...this was right after Aidan had woke up so there wasn't much time to do "so much kicking." Needless to say...that will never happen again. Too much drama. Ornery Pants was very patronizing and irritable before we took off...his comments mixed with our own troubles with Aidan...never again. And for those of you out there you do fly and do fly with young children around you...please be patient with them. And there parents. Unless they are being real jerks...realize the parents are struggling and don't need to worry about situations with ornery people. Sorry, I am still irritated and saddened by the whole situation.
When we landed it was raining buckets. When we left it was dreary but not raining so bad. How wonderful! Suzie and Grandpa picked us up. Grandpa missed Aidan like the dickens apparently. Aidan missed him too. We got home, showered, unpacked, grocery shopping and ate a snack all by 1030PM (are flight landed at 815PM) and were asleep by 11 PM...that's 1 AM DC time...we are still running on DC time. :)
That's all folks.
Oh and this is a picture of Duff from Charm City Cakes...I hope he had fun on his vacation...I sure did! (also not my photo...gotta love google images)
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Washington DC trip Day 10
Sorry again...no pictures.
Today we woke up early and headed North to Philadelphia. Glad we woke up early too...just North of Baltimore we ran into some weird traffic that made it so that we got to Philadelphia at about 2 PM. That means it took us about 4 hours to make a three hour drive. After driving around looking for Independence Hall and then parking we barely made our 215 PM appointment for a tour of Independence Hall. What a fun building to walk through. We had a great tour guide that was equally funny, intelligent, knowledgable and hearable (GOOD voice for being a tour guide). I think I also loved her more because she wasn't a park ranger...just a citizen volunteer who had a love for history. My kind of lady. I also loved this tour because I was able to see scenes from 1776 in my head. I could see Mr. Finney singing songs all around me. :) I think when we get home I will be watching a bunch of fun movies. 1776, Mr. Smith goes to Washington, Gettysburg, National Treasure 1 and 2, Night of the Museum 1 and 2, any how you get the point.
Then we headed over to go and see the Liberty Bell. Aidan started to have a melt down so he and I walked around the grounds waiting for everyone else to go throught the exhibit. I have seen it before so it was all good. Then we went and found the van and started looking for Pat's Cheesesteaks. Pat's was featured on Diners, Drive In's and Dives with Guy Fieri. That place was packed. The food was good (mine was a little dry) but it was worth it to have such a fun experience. Aidan enjoyed feeding the pigeons and sparrows that hung out around the joint. Then we went for a drive to see if we could find the stairs that Rocky ran up. No luck. So we decided to head back to the hotel. Three hours later we have now arrived and thankfully Aidan slept a good leg of the trip...sadly that means he will be awake for a while. Oh well you win some you lose some. :)
Right now we are watching the NASCAR race and then we will finish packing our bags and taking showers.
Goodnight...
See you in Utah tomorrow night!
Today we woke up early and headed North to Philadelphia. Glad we woke up early too...just North of Baltimore we ran into some weird traffic that made it so that we got to Philadelphia at about 2 PM. That means it took us about 4 hours to make a three hour drive. After driving around looking for Independence Hall and then parking we barely made our 215 PM appointment for a tour of Independence Hall. What a fun building to walk through. We had a great tour guide that was equally funny, intelligent, knowledgable and hearable (GOOD voice for being a tour guide). I think I also loved her more because she wasn't a park ranger...just a citizen volunteer who had a love for history. My kind of lady. I also loved this tour because I was able to see scenes from 1776 in my head. I could see Mr. Finney singing songs all around me. :) I think when we get home I will be watching a bunch of fun movies. 1776, Mr. Smith goes to Washington, Gettysburg, National Treasure 1 and 2, Night of the Museum 1 and 2, any how you get the point.
Then we headed over to go and see the Liberty Bell. Aidan started to have a melt down so he and I walked around the grounds waiting for everyone else to go throught the exhibit. I have seen it before so it was all good. Then we went and found the van and started looking for Pat's Cheesesteaks. Pat's was featured on Diners, Drive In's and Dives with Guy Fieri. That place was packed. The food was good (mine was a little dry) but it was worth it to have such a fun experience. Aidan enjoyed feeding the pigeons and sparrows that hung out around the joint. Then we went for a drive to see if we could find the stairs that Rocky ran up. No luck. So we decided to head back to the hotel. Three hours later we have now arrived and thankfully Aidan slept a good leg of the trip...sadly that means he will be awake for a while. Oh well you win some you lose some. :)
Right now we are watching the NASCAR race and then we will finish packing our bags and taking showers.
Goodnight...
See you in Utah tomorrow night!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Washington DC trip Day 9
Well today was another fun filled adventure. The day actually started late last night. We were planning on going to Philadelphia today but when we tried to get tickets to Independence Hall...Friday was all sold out. But we got tickets for Saturday afternoon...so this morning's plans got all changed up.
We woke up around 10 AM and got ready for the day. Everyone but Lorraine decided to and look around downtown DC one last time. We went over to the National Archives and went right in. It was awesome to see what documents are in there. Aidan and I left before we got to see much...he needed his diaper changed most urgently. But that's okay...I have seen it before. Then we walked around some of the exhibits that had there. Did you know that the National Archives is more than just seeing the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights? We were able to see one of Shaq's basketball shoes....Holy cow..its huge! After looking at the documents and seeing the exhibits we headed back to the hotel. Once we picked up Lorraine, we decided to head out to the Udvar-Hazy musuem. But first we stopped for some lunch. Popeye's chicken. Yum! All the food has a nice southern (Louisiana) kick to it. All but the chicken. The chicken batter is fantastic! The most moist fluffy crispy fried chicken I have ever had. Delicious! Then we headed out to the museum. I am so glad that we made it to the museum. So much to see and everyone had a good time. Lorraine took Aidan and walked around with him. All the planes were amazing! We saw the B-29 super fortress (enola gay...it dropped the bomb on Hiroshima), the Enterprise space ship, the concord, an SR-71 (yea...so what...Hill Aerospace Museum has a better one), and so much more... so fun. Then we decided to come back to the hotel and have a swim. But those plans were changed when we arrived to find the hotel evacuated. Someone had pulled the fire alarm and we had to wait for the fire department to okay our entering the building. In the mean time...I don't know why...but Aidan had a HUGE meltdown. HUGE! Right there in the Lobby of the hotel. So no swimming for us...we had to calm him down. Once he calmed down we decided to go and drive around and see the memorials and monuments that we hadn't seen yet. What an adventure! We saw Iwo Jima, FDR, and Jefferson... once we had our photo opportunities we tried to get home. But we ended up driving all over DC and then....boom....we found our way back. Now it is blogging time and then bed time. Tomorrow has the potential to be crazy.
I took lots of pictures, but the camera is acting silly so I can't get them off my camera and onto the laptop.
Maybe tomorrow...
We woke up around 10 AM and got ready for the day. Everyone but Lorraine decided to and look around downtown DC one last time. We went over to the National Archives and went right in. It was awesome to see what documents are in there. Aidan and I left before we got to see much...he needed his diaper changed most urgently. But that's okay...I have seen it before. Then we walked around some of the exhibits that had there. Did you know that the National Archives is more than just seeing the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights? We were able to see one of Shaq's basketball shoes....Holy cow..its huge! After looking at the documents and seeing the exhibits we headed back to the hotel. Once we picked up Lorraine, we decided to head out to the Udvar-Hazy musuem. But first we stopped for some lunch. Popeye's chicken. Yum! All the food has a nice southern (Louisiana) kick to it. All but the chicken. The chicken batter is fantastic! The most moist fluffy crispy fried chicken I have ever had. Delicious! Then we headed out to the museum. I am so glad that we made it to the museum. So much to see and everyone had a good time. Lorraine took Aidan and walked around with him. All the planes were amazing! We saw the B-29 super fortress (enola gay...it dropped the bomb on Hiroshima), the Enterprise space ship, the concord, an SR-71 (yea...so what...Hill Aerospace Museum has a better one), and so much more... so fun. Then we decided to come back to the hotel and have a swim. But those plans were changed when we arrived to find the hotel evacuated. Someone had pulled the fire alarm and we had to wait for the fire department to okay our entering the building. In the mean time...I don't know why...but Aidan had a HUGE meltdown. HUGE! Right there in the Lobby of the hotel. So no swimming for us...we had to calm him down. Once he calmed down we decided to go and drive around and see the memorials and monuments that we hadn't seen yet. What an adventure! We saw Iwo Jima, FDR, and Jefferson... once we had our photo opportunities we tried to get home. But we ended up driving all over DC and then....boom....we found our way back. Now it is blogging time and then bed time. Tomorrow has the potential to be crazy.
I took lots of pictures, but the camera is acting silly so I can't get them off my camera and onto the laptop.
Maybe tomorrow...
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