Our new casa

Ok, so I have been promising my family that is out West and some friends to put up pics of our new place and considering we've lived here now over a month I figured it's time. So for those of you who have been asking... here it is! At first we were so sad to leave our old apartment but we LOVE the new little townhome so much that we haven't really missed it. Out with the old and in with the new. Here are some pics of both.

We DO miss our old view from the 16th floor. Pretty sunsets!

And here is our new place!

We love love love all the beautiful trees. We are still just ten minutes from the city but we feel more secluded with the trees out front. There is even a cute little river out front.

Lake Powell with the Searle Clan

We had a great time in Lake Powell with the Searle family. They all love boating and the outdoors so the week was filled with no stop fun. Lindsey was tearing it up on the water while I was humiliated by my wife and the fact that she is better than me at water sports! Here are some pictures of our trip.


Me riding an Air Chair for the first time!

Repelling down the rocks into the lake. I am scared of heights but my wife is crazy and loves this stuff.

Lindsey with our adorable new nephew Kyle.

Our cute niece Emilee!

Lindsey ripping it up on the wakeboard.

Summer Fun

Well needless to say, it is warming up here! With triple digit temperatures lately, it still hasn't kept us from going out and enjoying DC. There is so much to do out here it's impossible to ever get bored. We've been busy. We just moved to a little townhouse. And between unpacking, and getting settled in we've been going to baseball games, camping, jogging in the city, and taking walks around the monuments. We love all the fun things to do and see here.

Happy Mothers Day

A little message from Mr. T for all you Mothers out there.

Cherry Blossoms

We got lucky a really great photographer, Andrea Hatch from our ward, asked us to help her out with some new advertisements for her photography business. She wanted to take pictures of us at the Tidal Basin with the Cherry Blossoms. So not only did we get to walk around the beautiful Cherry Blossoms, we also got some great pictures by an incredible photographer. Check out this link if you want to see the pictures. http://www.andreamariephoto.blogspot.com/

Disclaimer: Yes, we are still married! Justin's ring was photoshopped out because the photos are being used for engagement picture advertising.

St. Petersburg

Alright, we are way behind on posting! We took this trip about a month ago. Justin had a business trip in Florida so of course I had to jump on the chance to go somewhere warmer, and of course not wanting to be away from each other had something to do with it. It was so great to take a break from work. I LOVE staying in hotels! I don't know why, I always have. It's like magic when you go out during the day and come back to a clean room! At night we went out and walked around the town. There is a really fun night life there with live music and cool restaurants.

Justin... apparently emulating good old Columbus.

Our hotel was so beautiful! Anyone who knows what Casa Bonita (my favorite restaurant in Colorado) looks like, it kind of had that old Mexico feel.

My mom and sister came in town for a little Searle Girl Weekend! Every year we get all the Searle Girls together which can be a lot with all my sister-in-laws, and we go on a trip. But this year with everyone so busy my mom and sister just came to me:) My cute sister is seven months pregnant with a little baby boy! It was so fun to have them here to see our apartment and take them around town. Justin was such a great sport hanging with all the girls, although he didn't come on the day we went shopping, got pedicures and went to a chick flick... I can't figure out why!Inner Harbor in Baltimore!