Beach trip

We finally made a trip to Ocean City, Maryland's most popular beach city. What a nice break, just the two of us!!!

The car ride there took 4 hours thanks to the toll road leading up to the bay bridge:

However, the way back only took 3 hours and we still had the perfect amount of sun, water, and food time to enjoy ourselves and still make it back to play board games with friends at night.

They have a fun boardwalk with plenty of ice cream and greasy beach food!

I love this picture. Later on he got an earful of sand from a wave much bigger than this. We had so much fun in the waves and I haven't laughed so much so hard in a while.

First time in the Atlantic ocean! (we went to Florida for choir tour in high school, but I didn't even stick my feet in when we went to the beach... what a weirdo!!) I am happy to report that it is much warmer than the water in California.

HALF of Steve's ginormous Philly Cheese Steak sandwich. Anyone have any recommendations for what to eat at Ocean City? The food was fine, but we weren't super impressed. Thankfully the ice cream made up for it :)

And what would a day at the beach be without a painted statue man collecting money for who knows what?

Overall rating: A

It wasn't nearly as crowded as I had thought, the weather was beautiful, and we will definitely come back again!

Young Women Camp

Young women's camp was wonderful! I had a great time there and felt exhausted when I returned. I was one of two leaders for a group of thirteen 12 year old girls who made smile and laugh all week long. I'm glad for the spiritual boost I got reading and talking about the scriptures with the girls and overall I was really impressed with their strength and courage to stand up for their beliefs in a less than moral world.

So what did we do? 

"Hike"

Swim. Unfortunately there was a storm and our group only got to swim for 10 minutes, but they loved every second of it! Plus we got to shower :)

Knot-tying!

Notes, notes, notes!

Braids, lots of them!

Fires

Tie dye shirts

My two favorites: friends and food

Cheesy skits (actually this one was a Three Little Pigs rap and it was sweet!)

Service projects

Thanks, girls and leaders, for an awesome week!

May visit

Time to catch up on some fun!

During May, my aunt, uncle, and their 3 adorable kids came to visit. We enjoyed, making homemade pizza, eating at Hank's burgers, going to the DC temple visitor's center, celebrating my birthday, visiting museums, swimming at their hotel, having family home evening, playing, watching movies, going to our first Washington Nationals game, and eating at Potbelly's sandwiches. We're glad we were able to spend so much time together despite the fact that Stephen and I both had to work during the week they came.

Birthday visit to the temple grounds

Some of my favorite cousins hanging out in front of the temple. E. (left) was my best little buddy during the trip. She held my hand on the metro and in the city to make sure I didn't get lost, masterfully covered our homadmade pizza with pepperoni, and took some awesome pictures with her disposable camera.

Nationals Game- Thanks, David, for taking us to our first MLB game! Thanks, E. and I. for making Steve and I laugh the whole week long :)

Enjoying our first MLB game! The field and view of the city were really cool, the team was great (even if they lost), and the cinnamon pretzel bites are my new favorite!