West coast tour

Another Ross family get together!? Sign me up! I hadn't seen my family for 6 months, so we were missing everyone pretty bad. So when we got word that everyone was getting together, we made it happen for us to be there. Sadly Adam could not join us, he was the only one missing! But we had a blast. I regret not taking photos, I think I put my brain a little too much on vacation mode and forgot stuff on a daily basis. SO most of the photos are from Vegas. But I have great memories of staying up late and dancing the night away, staying up late to catch up with my best friend ( I'm pretty sure you left at 4am Terra!)  running around with mom and going crazy with the spray paint at her house, and watching her put together Mr. Potoato head with Solana, and both of them not doing it right, lol! And of course I had a blast at Britt's moving all her furniture around and trying to re-design every aspect of her place. Sometimes I can't keep up with her creativity.  

It was a big success and I'm so glad we made it out west. I love my whole family and every time we get together I am reminded why I love them so much! 

Grandma is in heaven!

Love that little sweet Alec, she is the kindest most tender-hearted little girl ever. 

Solana loves her Addie! When we got home, she had named her babies Brooke and Addie. 

Hunter just makes me laugh. I have the best brothers, but this moment was priceless.  He watched Elmo clips with her for what seemed like an hour! The best part is the pink bubble necklace he is sportin' around his neck. Such a good uncle Hunter!

16 days later, and 6 flights later we were home! Solana was beyond burnt out, she slept for days when we got back home, and it was refreshing to have my happy daughter back. Maybe the next trip will be shorter......

Besties in town!

We had our best friends Matt and Heather come out in January for a visit to the east coast!! It was a short action packed weekend, and we had a blast! I don't think Solana agreed with the schedule or the weather, but she survived.  At this point I don't even remember the details of the trip, but I do remember having a blast in DC, eating great food, Solana screaming in the cab ride back the hotel, and falling asleep in and out of conversation on our 3 hour drive home from DC, and I remember wishing it would be 50 degrees warmer with no wind. But most importantly I wish we had more time while they were here, even though we packed it all in, we miss them a lot, and we did not want it to end! Nor do I think Matt or Adam wanted to get to back to school.
So here are the highlights, I guess I only busted out the camera for DC, but we did show them Williamsburg, and we attempted Jamestown. Enjoy!

First was the Capitol Building. Random factoid: Which dollar bill has this building on it?? Matt got it, but sadly we didn't have the bill on us to take the picture.....

Cute chubby little thing

Solana's first movie in a movie theater.......A movie about the Capitol, in the Capitol!

Matt and Heather brought this hilarious hat for her, but she did not love wearing it as much as we loved watching her wear it. But it has grown on her, and we laugh every time we make her wear it. 

Pretty good picture taken from the stroller on timer. 

She really loved the museums with animals, and she wanted to scale this wall to the elephant pretty badly.

Adam's favorite part of the Natural History museum. 

Sweetest little photo ever. 

She loves uncle Matt, and he kept her warm for quit some time. It was CHILLLeeeeee!!!!

We were one cold group at the Arlington National Cemetery. This cemetery is one of the oldest in the country and is the resting spot for some 14,000 soldiers. 

Solana's miserable face is priceless. I'm pretty sure by this time of the trip she had disowned us as parents. 

This was last stop, President John F. Kennedys grave, it was beautiful to see, and the eternal flame that burns creates a solemn feeling at the gravesite. It was touching. 

Well that was it, till next time guys!!! 

Break time

What do you do with lots of time on your hands?......Nothing!!! And you love it!!!!

What did we do over break?? Well we caught up on movies (20 for Adam!), and shows, went on a date, had a party, worked a ton at JCrew, forgot about my business, Adam forgot about school, went to the park, finally got to go the D.C. temple, got new glasses, took LOTS of naps......It does't seem like nothing, but it felt that way, which is what a break should be I guess. 

This was a nighly thing.....she got to stay up late some nights and watch movies or the debates with us. It was fun to have our little buddy hanging out with us!

So we got some Warby's.....Well Adam did, I am still waiting for my 3rd round of try on's. Of course Solana wanted to try them on with me, as she always does, but this was just soooo cute. We had fun, now hopefully they come soon so I can finally order my Warby Parkers!

(These frames are my favorite so far. Any votes?)

Oh yes, the newest edition to our family, ELMO!! Everyday she would walk around the house saying Elmo Elmo Elmo, she would pick up her diaper (that had Elmos picture on it) and walk around with it saying Elmo Elmo Elmo, so finally Adam broke and bought her an Elmo!! She was THRILLED!! And we are happy not to hear his name so much, or at least not see our daughter try to play with the Elmo picture on her soiled diapers.

The Scotland party!! Our friends were moving to Scotland, so we decided to throw them a going away party. We had so much fun!!! Adam even did the decorating, he made the giant Scottish flag in our dining room (so creative) he also put together a great game called "Great Scots". It was a great turn out and even though we were sad to see the Walls leave, we had so much fun sending them off to Scotland!

(Sorry the lighting is so bad in these photos)

Such a great group of friends, we love it here!