hair cuts and bug bites

alex was feeling bad that everyone else's wives cut their husband's hair, so i gave it a shot. it turned out pretty well, if i may say so myself. though i do need something better than dull paper cutting scissors if i am going to keep doing this in the future.

 on labor day we went camping (again!), this time closer to home... along the c&o canal there are great little free camping sites. it was gorgeous. we ate banana boats and s'mores. listened to some great guitar (thanks to chad!), and had a great time. 

 pretty, right?

alex, me, lauren, tyler, chad, randi

 but i got a million bug bites. never again will i go camping without wearing pants. and sock and shoes.

jason and kate are great.

kate and jason came to visit. we walked SOOO much. being a tourist is exhausting. i couldn't keep up most of the time. here are some photos of their visit...

so proud of their sand castle. i'm just proud jason's shoulder's got some sun... 

rehoboth beach, delaware. jason: what did della wear? me: (silence) jason: she wore a new jersey!
(and thus our weekend of jason's jokes began)

white house

old post office building

views from the top of the bell tower of the old post office

EPA (i think) and national mall beyond

honest abe...

ford's theater

crime and punishment museum

bonnie and clyde's car w/ a million bullet holes

kate and alex shooting 'em up. jason took this shot. i was at the exit, sitting, waiting for them to finish. 

walked through the mall. it was SUCH nice weather.

eastern market

went to sunday service at the national cathedral

nighttime monument tour

MLK monument

breadline at FDR memorial

jefferson... my favorite.

how lucky are they, to have a personal photographer for all their tourist spots?

it was a great weekend. hope they'll come visit again sometime!

summertime, and the living's easy...

summer so far:

Jazz in the sculpture garden.

"rock" climbing

amazing glass player in Old Town Alexandria (love summer nights)

endless amounts of iced tea

kayaking on the potomac

thai festival

alex staying shaded from the sun,  of course.

saying farewell to tim and ali :(

the arrival of Carlisle

rooftop sunsets

national arboretum

original capitol columns and steps! very cool.

beach camping

4th of july!

aw, cute.

national's game!

yep, i did the all american thing and ate a hot dog. 

historic triangle weekend

 we started the weekend with Jamestown. 

 thanks to bob's hangthecamerainatree trick, we got a group shot:

though we visited yorktown, we didn't get many pictures... just one of us at the beach...

the yorktown onion - illegal to pick, FYI...

... and a pretty treegrowinginabrickfence

 in williamsburg, we went to church, saw the pretty gardens and the governor's mansion, watch (briefly) some military marching, and had delicious food and fudge.

then off to monticello... it was much cooler than i thought.

 every night wrapped up with a fierce game of Ticket to Ride. 

we miss bob and merri already!