So I do have a job out here, too. I had my first trial in court on Monday. It went from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. WHEW!!! I'm surprised my fingers were still working after writing for 10 hours. Oh, we did have a 15-minute lunch break. I've never eaten so fast in my life, really.
I ended up with 430 pages. I'm hoping the defendant doesn't appeal this, otherwise I'll end up transcribing this beast. YIKES!!!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Philadelphia, PA
Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
So, so GOOD!!!
Birch Beer is caffeine free and alcohol free by the way. It tastes similar to Rootbeer. It's very good.
Jim's has the best cheesesteaks. There's always a line around the corner. It's totally worth the wait and definitely worth the drive.
Kimberly's 1st race
Kimberly ran her first 5k today. Wait to go. People were even running with their pets, talk about a dog friendly city. It was exciting. Someday Alexis and I will join her on one of these.Garden
Can you believe this. We planted this a month ago. There's been so much rain here, I actually picked two zucchini today and five more will be ready in a couple of days. WOW. Can't wait to grill it. There is also a few tomatoes, YUMMY!!! Monday, June 15, 2009
Manhattan, New York
We drove from Chinatown to Times square. There were so many people in Manhattan, more than usual because it was Nat'l Puerto Rican Day. There was a parade and booths set up and police officers everywhere. What an amazing city and it's only six hours away. YEAH!!!!
Chinatown with Maggie, Anna, and their mother, Jodi.
Jodi wanted to show us around Chinatown and take us to lunch.
She also wanted us to try some of her favorites, like chicken feet, clams, tripe, cow's stomach, fried fishballs. I guess we had real Chinese food. There was no sweet and sour chicken or orange chicken. And, yes, both of us tried everything. I had to, Jodi kept telling me to try this and try that, Very good. The chicken feet wasn't bad. It tasted like chicken skin, only not slimy and greasy. The cow's stomach, on the other hand, you really had to not think about what you were eating. It was chewy and actually not bad either. We ate so much food.
Whatever!!! Why bother. I love the road signs in the East. There is one in Pennsylvania that says, Watch out for aggressive drivers.
So driving in New York is actually kind of fun. As long as you aren't in a hurry to be somewhere.
Such a fun place to visit. This won't be our only trip to The Big Apple. Long Island, NY
Dinner. Fishball soup, they take the head and tail off the fish and then mash the rest of the fish together. It's actually quite good. We also ate bamboo. I thought that was only for Pandas.
These are Alexis' friend, Maggie's cousins. They were such good kids. We had tons of fun playing with them. 
Popsicles, Yummy. 
I really wanted to take her home. Her name is Teena. So adorable, but she was actually kind of scared of me. I think she knew I wanted to bring her back to Virginia with us. 
Breakfast. Seafood and shrimp for breakfast, along with eggs, rice. In the silver bowl, I'm not sure what was in the shell, but it was really good. You were supposed to suck it out, but I could never get mine out that way. I had to use a toothpick to get it out. We spent the weekend with Maggie's family in New York. It was so much fun. We had yummy pizza and cheese steaks, too. I was able to learn more about the Chinese culture, too. Wonderful people and I can now say two words in Chinese, Hello Nee-How and Thank you, Shis-She --spelled phonetically, of course.
I was telling one of Maggie's grandparents Thank you and I said, She-She. Maggie and her sister thought that was so, so funny.
Chicken Feet. YUMMY!!!
This was at a restaurant in Chinatown, NY. What a sport. She'll try anything.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Dark Hollow Falls, Shenandoah Nat'l Park
I love this hike. It's a short one only 1 1/2 miles. There are a lot of hikes with waterfalls in the Shenandoah's. I can't wait to hike to all of them. I know Alexis is looking forward to it, too. It rained almost every day last week, so having a sunny weekend was perfect. My garden loves all the rain it's been getting. I can't believe how well our vegetables are growing here, YEAH!!!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Ocean City, MD
Well, the plan for this weekend was to make a trip to the DC Temple, Alexis does baptisms for the dead while Kimberly and I attend a session. Work has been a little slow this past week and I didn't have to work on Monday, so we decided to spend the weekend with Kimberly and go to the beach on Monday. Last minute trips are the best. The weather was absolutely beautiful. You couldn't have asked for a better day.
Ocean City, MD
There are tons of beaches in the East. I had no idea and they're all beautiful. This was such a great day. We had tons of fun.
Since it doesn't snow very much here, Alexis had to make a sand angel. I guess you can't take Utah out of her even at the beach.
There was a nice boardwalk along this beach with stores and yummy things to eat. Kimberly went with us and I'm glad she suggested I get into the water, even though it was cold. I had no intention of freezing. It warmed up once you were in there for a few minutes. I had forgotten how much fun the ocean was. I hadn't been in the ocean since I was probably 14. I felt like a little kid and actually didn't want to get out. I could have stayed in there all day. Oh, the life of a beach bum.
The day ended with a trip to Rita's Italian Ice. Alexis loves the misto shake. They take Italian ice and mix it with custard, so yummy. I can't wait to explore more beaches in the East.
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