Vacation photos!

                              We got home Saturday from our fun filled vacation week. This year we went to Virginia Beach.  We spent 5 days at the beach and then stopped over night in Washington D.C. on the way home. I have been to both places before but, I'm not sure if it counts if you're not old enough to remember being there. We had the best time! We all love the beach, so going was a blast and to go to D.C. was amazing. I think this may have been the best trip ever. Virginia Beach is beautiful. We went to a few other places while we were there. Let's see. The beach, obviously.  We went to downtown Norfolk to see a huge ship. We drove across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, both ways. We went to First Landing, were the first settlers landed. It was hard to believe we were standing in the same spot. I love stuff like that. We spent a whole lot of quality family time together, I love that best of all! Our visit to Washington DC was amazing as well. The buildings, memorials, and monuments are so much bigger than I realized. The day we went was the same day someone vandalized the Lincoln Memorial with paint. I will never understand what possesses some people and their actions. Thank goodness it is fixable. So without further delay here are some pictures. No groaning now. I won't bore you. Now remember this is just a sample of our pictures. I lost track of how many we actually took.



The beach

Cape Henry Lighthouse (new)



The beach



The beach



The beach



First Landing



Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (off the side)

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (inside)



The USS Wisconsin



My Boy



The Capitol Building

The Washington Monument (being repaired)



Lincoln Memorial ( with some paint still on it)



House where Lincoln died (duh)

King Neptune on the beach

All you need

                                          We had so much fun! It was an awesome trip! I must thank my hubby and my Boy. I love them so much. It's always nice to spend time together as a family. It really makes you appreciate things more when you can do it together. I hope you enjoyed my "little" picture presentation. Thanks for stopping by. Have you taken a trip this summer? Or are you going to? Well if you do, have fun and be safe. ENJOY!

Images from my morning walk

    I take a morning walk several times a week. This morning I was having a hard time getting motivated. I decided that to help myself I would take some pictures along the way to keep me going. It worked and I managed to finish my regular route. So I am going to share my pictures with you. Picture #1 is a Dairy Queen that isn't too far from my house. The sign actually says it is 7:57 and 23 degrees. For some reason I couldn't quite get the picture right.  Pic.#2 shows that the frost hasn't melted off the grass yet. #3 is a sparkly gate. The sun just hit the frost right and it sparkled. The picture doesn't do it justice. #4. If you live around here or have lived here this one needs no explanation. #5 A fender bender had recently taken place, I hope no one was hurt. The police and rescue squad were still there. #6 Another familiar sight in this city. Look closely in the distance by the tree is a tall "tower" like structure. Once upon a time it was going to be a rotating restaurant, didn't go quite as planned. Famous around here. I won't tell you the colorful names it has been called.
#7 is the sight I see everyday when I return home from my walk. My Daffie girl waiting patiently for her Mommy to come home. When I get inside she meets me at the door! So there you have it, a few pictures from around my city. I enjoy my morning walk, but there are times (when it's cold or raining) that I have to force myself to go. I always feel better after I'm done. Have a sweet day!

Ummmm...... not so good

I was going to write a post about our pool. It's not huge, but it works for us. We were saying how it has been the best summer investment we have made.  Many fun times in there for the three of us. We actually got it about 3 years ago. It wasn't expensive around  $170.00. It has been wonderful. Well, this year has been a little rough on it. A few holes needed patched and a slow leak in the ring around the top that needed blown up every other day. We take it down in the fall and put it up in  late spring. We had decided we were going to replace next year. Good thing huh? This is what we returned to after our Sandusky trip. Pretty sad I'd say. It has been well used and well loved. Not exactly sure what happened. :(  Maybe after all of the water is finally out we can inspect it to see. We decided to wait until next year to replace it anyways. R.I.P. our friend. Thank you for the fun and wonderful memories.