These wonderful women I love!

Well, as most of you know I just spent an amazing weekend in Washington DC with my Mom, Aunt Candy, Sisters (Maria & Steph), and Jessica (who is, dare I say, a cousin-in-law of sorts) my cousin Aaron's girlfriend. We had a blast seeing the sites, familiarizing ourselves with the subway, eating fabulous food, staying in a nice hotel and enjoying all the girl time we could squeeze into one weekend! I really had such a great time being with my family and getting to know Jessica who is now just as much a member of our family now as Aaron is (maybe more so!) So, to start our trip off Stephanie, Wendy (my friend), and I got on a plane headed for San Diego on Thursday afternoon. My friend Wendy was tagging along on our plane ride also headed to the DC area to visit a friend of hers and meet a friend of mine. From San Diego we took a red eye flight to DC and arrived Friday morning very early. Friday also just happened to be my 11th Wedding anniversary. After being pretty sleep deprived I was a little emotional about that. That morning I spent a few hours with Wendy and my friend Rob, who I haven't seen in years. We headed down town and saw a few things... Dupont Circle, Embassy Way and the portion of the Berlin Wall that is located at Johns Hopkins University where Rob works. We got some breakfast and then headed to the Temple. Wendy had never been to the east coast before and really wanted to see the temple. We first went to the bookstore because I really wanted to see if they had a porcelain Washington DC temple since Rich and I don't have one. Unfortunately, they didn't have one so I didn't buy anything there. When we arrived at the temple and walked around the grounds I just happened to look down at my phone and realized that I was standing in front of the Temple at the exact moment that Rich and I had walked out of the front doors 11 years before as a newly married couple. That's about when I got a little emotional. I took a picture of the temple with my phone and sent it to Rich. Here are a few other pictures I was able to take at the temple that day.
Around lunch time we met up with my sisters and my mom. I said good bye to Wendy and Rob and us girls went to pick up Aunt Candy and Jessica from the airport. After that we headed to the hotel to check in and then headed out into the city for lunch and to explore. We took a test ride on the subway and walked around and saw a few sights down town. It was pretty awesome. Then we headed back to the hotel for a good nights sleep so we would be well rested for our big day Saturday. Here are some really great pictures I got on Saturday. Here's Mom and Aunt Candy riding the subway. I coined a new nick-name for them while we were out. I guess I never realized how similar they look, so now I affectionately refer to them as the Double Mint Twins. Here's Steph on the subway, she sure does love to ride that rail! So, I'm really sorry to say that I am not totally sure that this is what I think it is but here goes... I think this is a replica of the Liberty Bell Here are some pictures from the Capitol building Ok, old ladies first, oops I mean Ladies first... no "old"! So, we all know what this is!!!! (drum roll please...) Here's the Washington Monument Here are some pictures of Aunt Candy and Jessica holding it in their hands! Wow, they're pretty strong! Here are some pictures from the Jefferson Memorial.

This is a video I took of what is etched into the marble at the top of the wall in the Jefferson Memorial. I really loved what it said and you will have to excuse my shaky video work. This is a round room and I was trying to keep the words in my sights while I spun in a circle trying not to run into anyone else!


Here are the Double Mint Twins again!


Here are a couple more pictures of the Washington Monument. I love how beautiful the sky is behind it the second one.





This is a painting of The Beatles that is hanging in The Hard Rock Cafe there in DC.



Here we all are at The Hard Rock Cafe about to have lunch. It was the best burger I've ever eaten in my life, seriously!



Move Over, George! It's my house now! (Come on, we all know I'd do a better job than Obama!)
We made it to the front gates of the White House, it was pretty awesome!







We went to the Smithsonian National Art Museum. Here's a slightly funny story, this first picture was actually a piece of art placed somewhat centrally in this very large, long room. Maria and I were sitting on the couches you can see in background about fifty yards away or so from this particular piece of "art". Mom and Aunt Candy and were up near it and Mom starts talking and I'm thinking "Why is mom talking to that woman? She obviously isn't responding to her and wants to be left alone!" Mom eventually walked away and I got up and headed their way only to discover that the woman was not real, she was a piece of art! I was a little bit embarassed!






I just loved this beautiful Pianoforte

My Beautiful New Book!

Ok, Rich thinks I am such a dork for taking pictures of my new book (not to mention posting them on the blog!). But I am so excited that I finally got this book that I have been wanting for so long! I also think it is one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen! So much so, that I almost didn't want to read it but I just couldn't resist! It is a one volume version of Jane Austen's collected works. Or maybe I should say a collection of her completed novels because of course she had at least one or two other novels that she was not able to complete before she died and then there are the short stories she wrote in her youth. (which I hope to own as well one day since I do believe they have been published)
Anyway, I hope you like my pretty book!





ps- there are two new posts, so be sure to check them both out!
Is anyone else as excited as I am for Friday night!?!

Just some cute pictures of Brenna!

Here are some random pictures that we have taken over the last few weeks I thought everyon might enjoy!

We've found Brenna asleep in some random places here are some pictures we caught of that!
These first ones are where she had fallen asleep watching The Wiggles on the computer.



This next one she did fall asleep in the bed, it was just the position she was in that was pretty funny. She fell asleep watching Meet the Robinsons (one of her favorite movies).




When we go check on the kids at night we find this a LOT!

Memory Lane...

Memory Lane... This seems fun I hope you will play along. Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together (It can be a memory with either Becky, Rich or both). It doesn't matter if you knew me/us a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.

New Posts!!

Hello Blog Viewers!!! I just wanted to let you know that I have done three posts today alone so be sure that you check them all out if you are looking at our blog! Thanks for looking!

Sight Seeing!

We did a little sight seeing while our family was in town here are a few documentations of our fun! Stephanie found this fantastic thing for us called "The Connect Pass" which got us into tons of really cool stuff for one price. It was soooo worth it and the pass included luch at the Lion House! Well, hope you enjoy!

The Zoo





The Gardens at Thanksgiving Point

Berg Family Portraits

As everyone knows Dad, Christy and McKenzie just came out for a week to visit me and my sister Stephanie and our families (but probably the grandkids, mostly!). Steph and I thought it would be a great opportunity to take a picture with them. We would really love to have one with our stepsisters and thier families as well, but I guess you take what you can get when you can get it! A very big thanks to Rich's dad for taking the pictures for us! Well, here are a few of the pictures of our beautiful family!