A Christmas Carol

After Christmas we attended a matinee of A Christmas Carol, presented annually at Ford's Theatre. We took a few pics before leaving for D.C.

My stunning sisters.

If you've never been to tour the theatre and museum I highly recommend it (it's FREE and one of my favorite sights in Washington).

I didn't take this picture. It was too dark to get a good shot inside the theatre. But this is what it looks like. The box on the left is where Lincoln was shot. The theatre is small and makes for an intimate setting.

Not my shot either. From the theatre web site. Marley haunting Scrooge...

The play was wonderful. We loved it!

Afterward we dined at Old Ebbitt Grill across from the White House. Supposedly popular with several presidents.

And made a short stop at the D.C. temple to see the lights. (We never miss a year.)

P.S. Dad came too. He just got stuck taking all the pictures!

This Christmas

This Christmas we stayed in Virginia with my Family. We had a dinner of Italian soup, bruschetta, and cookies on Christmas eve.

And lined up oldest to youngest down the stairs on Christmas morning...

Mom gave Dad an ax for Chrimstas...

And Dustin gave me knives...
Kind of morbid, I know.

Onion goggles. Where have you been all my life?

We all got matching pajamas and totally spoiled.

Ending with the usual picture 'round the table during Christmas dinner. Dustin must have liked the rolls.



And one more thing... just before Christmas Kristin came for a visit. We only remembered to snap this one picture together before our guided tour at the VMFA. But needless to say we had such a fun weekend together. Miss you already!

Graduation Getaway

As a graduation gift, my parents gave us tickets to Universal Orlando. So naturally, as soon as school ended, we took off for the Florida sunshine.

The first few days were FREEZING. I didn't know Florida could get so cold. So we did a lot of shopping and movie watching. It was a little disappointing...

But then it warmed up. And I fell in love with Florida winters.

What we really came for... Hogwarts!

And Hogsmead...

And butterbeer!

And the who's weren't bad either...

And of course we scoured Orlando for all the best food...

And in the process we found the temple...

On our last day we stopped in St. Augustine (the oldest city in the United States, founded by the Spanish in 1565)... it was beautiful. And warm and sunny. I didn't want to leave.

The Graduate

Last night we got all dressed up....

And we went here...

And this happened...

And then we celebrated...

Yeah, it's really over. (Well, except for passing boards. And getting a job.)

At least I've got another diploma: B.S. Nursing.

To Friends

To the girls who made nursing school so much fun...

And the ones who kept me going...

I love you all!