It's About Time!

Father's Day Dinner with the two best fathers I know!
Friends at the Zoo
A quaint street in Anapolis, MD


We tried a Battle of the BBQ event down in D.C. one day, but the only redeeming thing about it was the face painting that the girls loved!

Millie, the animal lover.
Jane warmed up to them a bit, but Abby was a little skittish the whole time.



Well, we've been in Texas for over three weeks now and I figured it was time to attempt to catch up on my blogging! So much has been going on! I'll talk about Texas and our move shortly, but I first wanted to post some pictures from our time in the D.C. area. It was too bad that we couldn't spend more time with my mom and dad while we were there (what with Emily's baby, David Oldroyd's baptism, and business travel), but we loved the time we had together. And we're sorry we didn't connect more with friends. It was a pretty hectic time because my ever resourceful husband, who doesn't officially start work until September, decided to see how many "gigs" he could find on Craigslist to earn a little extra money during the almost three weeks we were there. His/our various jobs included:

1) Making 50 brownies and 50 lemon bars for a caterer who needed some homemade baked goods for an event she was catering (Amy)
2) Passing out flyers for a tutoring service for several days (Mark)
3) Trying to place candy machines in offices (Mark)
4) Helping with an office move (Mark)
5) Acting as a production assistant for the filming of a public service announcement for several days (Mark)
6) Helping with some graduate school application essays (Amy)

While it was all pretty chaotic (especially since the girls were trying to decompress after such a busy month), we were able to gather our forces to do a few things. We spent an afternoon in beautiful Anapolis, Maryland touring the US Naval Academy, spent an afternoon at the National Zoo with our friends the Evans who came up from C-ville, and visited a lady in my mom's ward who had newborn puppies. The rest of the time we spent trying to get ready for our move and swimming in Grammie and Grandpa's community pool.