The ZOO

Me and Annie decided we needed to get out and do some things here since we will be going home very soon! We looked around and decided to go to the zoo mainly because it was FREE :) We had a lot of fun seeing the animals and I was excited to see my first Panda bear! They we're so cute!

Me by the elephants

Anne posing by the panda

Downtown DC & BBQ

Sine our office moved from Philly to Washington DC, last Sunday me and Tyler decided to go downtown and see some things since we are like 5 minutes away. We didn't have a lot of time so we drove around and saw some things and then parked and went and saw the Jefferson Monument. It was so cool, I had never seen anything like it. After that we got on some paddle boats and paddled around and saw some of the monuments from our boats! It was pretty funny in those things! After that we went home and had a BBQ with everyone! It is really different here and WAY humid, but so far so good!!!

Me and Ty in the boats

Jefferson Monument

Washington Monument

Annie, me, and Amy at the BBQ

All the boys

The whole crew

*Ocean City Beach

I have been a slacker on blogging lately so I am behind a few weeks so this is from 2 Sundays ago. Little did we know it would be our last Sunday in Philadelphia so I am glad we all went out and did something fun! We went to Ocean City Beach again with the boys and it was a lot of fun! We swam in the ocean and I got smashed by HUGE waves, layed out, and ate lots of food! We all came back looking pretty crispy! Here are some pics

Me, Che, Annie, and Amy

The boys trying to feed the birds

Me and Annie

Everyone that went

I am gonna miss PA!!

Just a random pic of me and Annie one night before dinner:)

tHe beAch*

Me, Amy, Che and Annie decided to head to the beach one day! We packed some sandwiches and some treats and were off! We went to Ocean City, NJ. It was so much fun playing in the ocean and layin out! It's not very far away so we wanted to take advantage of it being so close!

Driving to the beach

Bowling Night

Last Sunday we went dollar bowling with all of our friends in the office! This is everyone :)

Annie, Me, Che, Amy

Some of us eating at PF Changs

The Hogle Zoo & Lagoon

The second half of our vacation was spent up north at Hogle Zoo and Lagoon. We had so much fun! Bladen could not wait to see of of the animals and ride the train. He talked about it non-stop! After the zoo we drove to Lagoon and stayed in the Lagoon RV park and spent the night. The next morning we got up and went to Lagoon. We rode rides all day long. Bladen was in heaven riding the boats, helicopters, and the cars. He is getting so big I can't even believe it. He has the cutest little personality and I loved every minute of playing with him! We had such a fun time and the time flew by. Me and my sister flew out on the same flight so it was good getting to spend those few extra hours together! It was so sad to see them go. In the airport when we were going to our separate gates after we got off of our first flight, we said our goodbyes and Bladen was so confused. He just stood there saying bye and waving to me and watched me until I turned the corner. It was so sad! I definitely was not ready to leave!

Here is Bladen at the airport with his monkey backpack and his elmo rolling suitcase

My mom planted this tree when Bladen was one so every year we are going to take a picture of him by his tree and watch them grow!

On our way home

Me Kapri and Bladen

Bladen helping Nana clean.. he loves it!

Kapri and Bladen gettin ready for bed

We got SOAKED on Rattlesnake rapids!

My Dad and Bladen doing "thumbs up" on the train

Laci bought Bladen sunglasses because he kept rubbing his eyes and he wanted to have some like my dad! They were so cute

Me, Kapri, Laci, Nick, and Leanne at Lagoon

Riding in the "bus"

The Hogle Zoo

Me and Bladen

We went to the bird show and at the end you could give donations and the bird would take it out of your hand and put it in the box so Bladen gave them a dollar

The elephants were Bladen's favorite. This one was prego

We had to ride this dang thing like a million times!