a legitimate excuse

I really do have a legitimate excuse for missing my post last week. Nathan was working with the Japanese during the recent Nuclear summit and we were TOLD that we couldn't post electronically all week long for security reasons. That being said I really don't have a lot to say about the last 2 weeks except that I am exhausted. Here is the basic brake down of my schedule

April

1- on an airplane or in the airport for 12 hours total, I am not a fan of flying!I went to my baby brother's wedding in Washington state

2-helped with preparations for wedding
3- went to wedding. It was very pretty and nice

4- spent the day touring Yakima WA stuffed into the back seat of a Chrysler 300 with my 300+ lb baby brother and his new wife. I got to see a tea pot shaped convenience store though so it was all worth it.
5- Saw the U.S version of Stone Henge(bet you didn't know we had one, me either) and way too many hours on a plane again

6- landed around 1:30 in the morning by 2:30 Nathan had a deer and seriously damaged our mini van. cleaned carpets and picked up rental van.

7- cleaned more carpets, went grocery shopping, and did laundry.

8- picked up new couch(hooray), got in-laws from airport, did more cleaning

9- Nathan went to work and the rest of us had an easy morning, met Nathan for lunch and then took in-laws to arboretum

10- Luray Caverns, seriously cool, got lost on the way out there, dang tom-tom! 2 hour drive from home but worth every minute.

11- church, and Cherry blossom festival concert for Mormon Orchestra of Washington D.C

12- Nathan went to work for a very LONG day of standing on the flight line and the rest of us went to the National mall and walked and walked and walked a..n..d.. walked through the Jefferson memorial, 2 Smithsonian's, by Washington memorial, through FDR memorial, and in Lincoln memorial.

13- Baltimore aquarium

14- out to Virginia to visit Nathan's dad's old high school and old house and the woods he used to play in. We also took in the Air and Space museum near Dulles. I got the girls space ice cream:)

15- out to St. Mary's City the first Catholic settlement in the U.S and an unexpected connection was found. Nathan has a great...... Grandfather who was one of the first settlers of Maryland.

16- STAYED home. Nathan and his dad started the process of killing all the poison ivy in our back yard trees.

17- Took Nathan's parents to the airport. Everyone was sad they had leave especially Teia. I was supposed to go on a helicopter flight over D.C again but decided I would rather not be social. So instead we went and picked out the paint for the great room!
18- Spent most of the day in bed with a migraine. I guess I just had too much fun!
here are a few pics to get you started. It may take months to get them all on here.

Love to you all

Have a great week

NINA