Cold tourist

On occasion Sadie and I hop on the metro to meet Chase downtown for a bite to eat and D.C. "wandering" (Sadie is much better at the latter than the former.) It was 90 degrees one day and then all of a sudden it was 50. The earth is in trouble! I never know what to expect these days. We had a lot of fun feeding the ducks and throwing rocks in the water. We tried to take a family photo and,as you can see,it didn't work. We decided to try it with out her....much easier.

Hot tourists

So while the weather is still HOT and Sadie needs entertainment, we've been touring D.C. a little more. We've all seen the White House, but have you ever seen it adorned with such cute accessories before? Just check out those lips!!!

Rosemary Beach

The Etheringtons decided to take our summer beach vacation in October this year. We went to Rosemary Beach near Panama City, Florida. It was BEAUTIFUL!!! This little beach town is set in the middle of a very large red neck community. Two words...Harley Davidson. It was like a little oasis of class amongst wife beaters, mullets and Walmarts.
All of a sudden you leave all that behind and enter Rosemary Beach and you enter a new world...(I should write for lonely planet.) My brother Nick is a real estate agent down there and sells these multimillion dollar beach houses. We were happy to have a guy on the inside because my parents rented us an amazing beach house. Despite the scary jelly fish that stung four or five of us, we had a fantabulous time!!!
What a beautiful beach!!! Hopefully my pictures will do the emerald water justice. The best part was being with my entire family...that's right...all of us!! No one was on a mission this year and everyone could get work off. It was AWESOME!!! Sadie and her cousin Ruby got to know each other a little better and I got to give my new little nephew lots of squeezes. I love my family.
We all have so much fun when we're together and I was very sad to leave and go back to the daily routine of life. I absolutely LOVED having Chase with me 24/7. With him working and going to school out here, I feel like I never see him. It was great having him all to myself. Sadie was a little scared of the waves at first but once we showed her that she can throw rocks in the water, she immediately was addicted and loved them.
She was never very fond of the water in San Diego because it's so cold, but this water was warm and full of jelly fish!!! All Sadie needs is a bucket and sand and she's happy for about 45 minutes. It was wonderful having so many babysitters around so Chase and I could take the beach cruisers and escape for a while. All in all...it was a great trip.