A Life Taken too soon...

My Uncle Bill was buried at Arlinton National Cemetery. What an honor, and a beautiful ceremony. The day was dreary and drizzling, and just as we made it out to the gravesite, it began to pour buckets of rain. The band continued to play, the rifles fired their 21 gun salute, we all stood there getting soaked. It was somehow perfect. Uncle Bill was always a jokester, good humored and fun. His last joke was to watch us all be miserable in the rain while he smiled down at us from wherever he ended up. =). I will miss him dearly.








On the upside, I had another chance to visit my brother and sister-in-law. We toured a couple of cool sites including Virginia Falls and a real Colonial Farm. All in all, a wonderful trip.











This is the house mom and my uncle grew up in,built by their father. My aunt Joyce still lives there today!

Cows and Hotels

Fresno, Elk Grove and Clayton, Ca. This has been my life on the road for the past 2 weeks. I'm thankful for the opportunities that have come my way, but-- It's Great to be Home!!

Georgetown to DC on foot!

DC Subway system
The Potomac, looking south at DC
GeorgeTOWN!




Me & Brad, Kennedy Center
Watergate Hotel
Korean War Memorial

A group of WWII veterans from Minnesota were visiting the memorial for the first time. What an awesome sight!



My Mom's Dad served in WWII, and his name is in the registry thanks to mom's brother.

Carnival Cruise!

Simply Paradise

Our Porthole view!

We had to do an emergency drill- DRUNK. I insisted on keeping my lifevest on.

Angel with 'his' ship

Bubar. Every night the room steward would make a cool animal towel creation for us!

On Catalina we were too big to dock, so we took Tender boats into Avalon

The Beautiful Atrium Plaza

I rode the cadillac of horses, 'El Lote' Angel rode 'El Mexicano'. For a while I thought the caballeros were referring to Angel as 'The Mexican'...

The 'Adults only' Serenity Deck

THIS is why they call it a FUN ship!! I loved the slide, LOVED it =)

The Atrium bar

Our view from the lounges... so serene


Everyone needs to go on a cruise at least once in their lives. It's well worth every penny, especially since all meals are included, the shows are free, there's a dance club, karaoke bar and live band every night... the list goes on! We did a day trip to Catalina and one to Ensenada, Mexico, and our third full day was spent at sea. It's fun to get dressed up for dinner every night and see everyone else do the same, plus you can drink and not worry about driving ;). (just stumbling when the ship rocks). It was a great trip overall and It's a given that this will not be my last cruise!