Washington DC

So, it has been over a year since we have updated our blog.  We are apparently not very good bloggers. A lot has happened over the past year but one of the most recent happenings was our trip to Washington DC. Here are a few pictures of the trip.  We had an awesome time and walked a lot of miles!  

Arlington National Cemetery - We walked the cemetery and stopped to see the changing of the guard. 

The Pentagon Memorial. 

WWII Memorial

ty xavier

meet our new nephew ty! we now have two adorable nephews on the jackson side:) we can't wait to see ty grow up!

campbell elizabeth

we recently took a trip out to oklahoma city visit aaron, amy and campbell. it was our first time meeting little campbell. it was really great to visit and get to hold the newest edition to the family. she is the first official niece/grandchild to the woolsey family. we had a great time. its always nice hang out with family that you haven't seen in a while. here are some pictures of from our trip (well pictures of campbell of course!)

Patio

well for those of you who didn't know we had started a little summer project. we decided to build a patio in the backyard because we just had a little 4x4 foot slab. it was an ongoing project but we are finally done. we had a lot of help from family. especially my mom and dad and stacey's brother. here are some pictures.

after digging up the sod it decided to rain. got a little muddy

bryan working while carter is playing in the sand

finished project!!

Mini & Vacation

on may 8th i ran my first mini marathon here in indy with my dad. the indianapolis mini marathon is the largest mini in the country with over 30,000 people participating. it was fun to run it with my dad for most of the race. i had to stop a couple of times and so i told him to continue if he wanted. i finished in 2:26 and i think dad finished in 2:12. it's a really fun race and im glad i did it and im glad i finished because it meant i got to go on vacation the next day.
stacey and i went on a little vacation to the western caribbean with our friends nick and heather cochran. we cruised to the Bahamas, jamaica, grand cayman, and cozumel. we had a blast and here are some pictures of the trip.

this is the cruise line's private island in the bahamas

duns river falls ocho rios, jamaica

church of God in georgetown, grand caymanclimbing, repelling, snorkeling in cozumel, mexico

more pictures to come!

almost spring!!

well it's been a really long time since we've posted something. The weather is finally turning warm and i'm loving it. this allows me to run outside and train for the indy mini marathon on may 8. i'm really looking forward to it because my dad is going to run it with me. he will probably beat me because if you know my dad he loves to run. although, i am struggling with the running part because stacey and i have decided to start a new workout program. you may have heard of it:

we are in the first week and let me tell you, it is intense. if your looking for a work out that will kick your butt, try this. it's 90 days of 6 days a week and hour long non stop exercises. we wanted to do something that would force us to work hard. hopefully we can stay with it!

so, it has been a really long time. i think the last time i've wrote something was when we went to ikea. Well, since then we have gone multiple times again. recently we have been really busy. this past weekend we traveled to virginia with some friends of ours (nick & heather cochran). our dear friend drew from high school got married. it was fun to visit with him and to see some friends from highschool. the wedding went of without a hitch. next weekend we will be traveling to oklahoma to visit aaron and amy. it will be stacey's first trip to okc. i keep trying to convince her to move there so maybe a visit will help. lol we are both looking forward to it because its been a while since we've seen them. plus, stacey gets to meet her distant cousins (wallace, gertie & abner) for the first time.

i have the day off today due to Columbus Day. I have go figure out what is for dinner. any suggestions????

J