4th of July, Washington DC cont.

Trying to find the best spot to watch the fireworks on the National Mall. Alexis enjoyed her piggy-back ride from Chad.

We found a great spot.

Just having some fun.

Waiting for the fireworks to start.

They were spectacular. I love celebrating the 4th in DC. They have the best firework show ever!!!

4th of July, Washington DC

The day started out with a yummy breakfast, blueberry pancakes, bacon, eggs, compliments of Kimberly. Then, of course, we had to have gelato in Georgetown. This place has yummy gelato.

White Oak Falls, Shenandoah Mts.

Kimberly's cousin Chad and her friend Leah came to visit DC for the 4th of July. We had dinner at Kabab Palace, yummy, ice cream in Old Town down by the Potomac ,and then headed down to Harrisonburg for an early morning hike. It was such a beautiful hike.

Well, this hike was supposed to be very strenuous, so we loaded up with water bottles. It wasn't strenuous at all. I kept thinking it was going to be strenuous at some point, but it never was. The weather was also perfect, not hot and no humidity. I love hiking in the Shenandoah's.

Later in the evening we headed back to Kimberly's for a barbecue and Natalie's fruit pizza, so YUMMY.

Post-Surgery

Alexis had to have her appendix taken out on Friday, June 26. She was having really bad stomach pains in the morning and I told her, it was just because of all the junk-food she had the day before. Well, her pains didn't go away, although she never had a fever, but the pain was getting worse. So after a trip to the doctor, they sent us to the emergency room to have a catscan done. Our home teacher came to the hospital and gave her a blessing, within minutes after he did this her pain started to diminish. Then her pain went away completely. I love the power of the priesthood and so grateful our home teacher was able to do this for her.

Well, I asked the nurse if we could just leave, since it wasn't bothering her anymore, but the catscan showed they were inflamed and they wanted to take them out ASAP. I thought we were going to be going home. The surgery went well, the doctor even said she would be okay to go to the beach next week, we had a vacation planned. She recovered very quickly, everyday after her surgery she did better and better. A friend of mine brought over a treat for Alexis with a disclaimer that she wasn't responsible for any cavities she would get. So, so thoughtful, Alexis was in heaven, everything she loves.

Thanks to everyone for your concern with Alexis. I'm so glad she's feeling better.

Life after vacationing

We have a great time on our vacation. I'll post pictures soon. We spent the 4th in DC and then onto Erie, Pennsylvania. Some of our friends, a really good friend of Alexis' moved there recently. Well, we ended up bringing her and her sister back to Harrisonburg with us for the week. Tons of fun. Alexis had a blast. I'm glad someone was having a good time, because the first day back at work, you guessed it, a six-hour deposition and 200 pages later...welcome back to reality. But that was just the beginning, Tuesday job was a court case which involved seven attorneys, YIKES!!! I went on two other jobs that week, luckily one of my jobs cancelled, whew, and, of course, every single job ordered -- along with a couple late write-ups from depositions where the attorneys decided they needed transcripts of the proceedings. So no sleep for me. I'm still recovering from two-midnight Washington DC monument tours, and arriving home last Saturday and Sunday, both at 3 a.m. Alexis has been on permanent vacation since school got out. She is at Young Women's camp this week and then off to Iowa this weekend. What a life.