Washington DC

Wonderful Washington DC.  Please enjoy the pictures.  We drove up on Friday and saw the city.  We went to the temple that night & stayed in a sweet Motel 6.  Saturday we had the whole day to walk all over the place and see 1 million museums.  It was so fun and the weather was so nice.

Jim and Kaylene in front of the White House.                   The Washington Monument

                The WWII Memorial                               Walking up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

Riding the METRO!

The blossoms were bloomin.

Sitting just outside the capital enjoying the Kill the Bill, Healthcare Bill rally.  The weather was so wonderful!

White House again.

              Words cannot describe                                     Washington Monument

     Push-ups.  Sydney Style.                         Don't mess with her.

She's angry!

I know it's a lot of pictures I've posted, but the stories will come later.  Too much to study & not enough time to write it all.  Enjoy!

Jamestown!

On Thursday, we headed back east again to see the historic Jamestown settlement.  Yes...the very Jamestown of John Smith & Pocahontas.  

In front of something.

Kaylene by ole John Smith himself.

Yes...this is Pocahontas!

I pretty much blend right in.

So, the water was supposedly the main reason why the settlement sucked.  They didn't dig a well until they were there for like 2 years.  They just drank the river/ocean water.  I tasted it.  It was no bueno.

Inside a house of sticks.

Firing at the British!

Inside a super old church.

After Jamestown, we headed over to the Yorktown Battlefield.  It was large and very battlefield looking.  Don't tell any authorities, but I totally took a leak in the woods here.  I was making my mark on history.

Sydney giving it all she's got!

The whole gang ready for battle.

After another full day, we headed on back to Richmond.  A note for all of you readers...we did this whole wonderful trip in our mighty 1990 Honda Accord "Robert The Bruce."  

He was such a champ!  We're so proud of him!

The Hamiltons Come to Virginia!

Well, we just finished a fantabulous Spring Break & Sydney's parents decided to come pay a visit to ole Richmond & the east coast of the United States.  We were happy to have them & we all had a grand time in our 1 bedroom apartment.  We started the grand tour with a little walk around Richmond.

This is a factory or something that was on Belle's Island.  It's a fun place to walk & probably has some historic significance with a war or something.  :)  I'm sure Jim and Kaylene would love to fill you in on the specifics.  

Waiting outside the Governor's Mansion in Colonial Williamsburg.

Me with a lot of swords.  Imagine this picture time 10 and you would be in the entryway.  There were seriously like 500 swords & guns on the walls.

Syd, Jim, & Kaylene on the back porch of the Governor's Mansion with our interesting tour guide.  

Obligatory stock photo just outside the courthouse in Williamsburg.  They look so happy!

The blacksmith.  Sydney is glad she walks dogs for a living.

The joiner.  He was a character.

This is the capitol building.  Sydney is always ready for the camera!

We had a great time in Williamsburg.  Lots of walking and looking at stuff, but it was all very enjoyable and impressive.  Apparently all the people who work there really know how to do everything.  The blacksmith makes tools for everyone & the cobbler makes shoes & such.  It was pretty cool.

 

I think we officially found our colonial spirit.  After all that adventure, we drove back to Richmond & had a wonderful meal prepared by Sydney and I & got ready for our next adventure.  Jamestown!

I Think We're Obsessed with Jumping Pictures

What can I say?  Things just look cooler when you freeze time while you're soaring through the air.  This was at a park south of Richmond on James River that Syd and I drove to on Monday.  The weather was so nice (65 F) we could hardly resist taking the bike out for a spin.  

We also went apartment hunting as well.  We're looking for a new place to move this summer with a little more space than our current abode.  We don't have anywhere to put visitors when (if) they come.  What do you think?

New Manchester Flats?

What we really want to find is a little place like this.

Isn't it so cute?  We're trying to work out a deal with the owners.  They advertised the property being available now, but we're not ready to move until June.  

After a good long ride, we were both quite hungry.  We stopped off in Shockoe Bottom to look for something to eat.  We decided upon the "Bubbling Restaurant."  In Sweden, I fell in love with something called Kebab.  Oh it is delicious.  I have not yet found exactly what it is here in the U.S., but that's why we stopped off at Bubbling to see if they had some kebab that would satisfy me.  Sydney had a hard time ordering but had fun playing along.  Our server was fantastic.  I tried to snap a photo, but the service was just too fast.  

They even had Baba Ghannouj!  I highly recommend it!  I had the Lamb Kebab Pita.  

Recent Fun

This past week I had the joy of walking five, count them, FIVE Jack Russells. :) Kat and I actually walked them together, me with three and her with two, but it was fun to pretend that I was a "city" dog walker for a little while. It was especially fun that we were on a busy street where people would honk or yell at the sight. We just had to take some pictures to remember the experience. I don't know how city dog walkers ever handle such groups.

We thought it was pretty funny when all of them made a stop off at this tree. Don't know what they thought was so great.

I only had all of them for a minute or so, and I could barely keep them straight. Thank heavens they weren't any bigger, or I would have been on the ground.

One More Test Down!

   I just finished a nasty Renal & GI Physiology test and it feels sooo sooo great!  I did really well, despite trying my hand at not going to class.  (I probably didn't attend more classes than I did)  I got up at 5:00 am this morning to get some last minute cramming in.  Don't let anyone tell you that cramming doesn't work.  I'm living proof that it does.

Here's one of my favorite pictures from this section's syllabus.  Even if you're 25 and in med school, it still makes you giggle!

   I have just one more week of class and then it will finally be spring break.  I've been needing this break for awhile, and it is going to be awesome!  Sydney's parents are coming to visit us and we'll be busy all week seeing all the fantastic sites.  I know that plans include visiting; Washington D.C., Williamsburg, Jamestown, Richmond (of course), & anything else Jim and Kaylene feel like doing.  It should be a nice break for me & Syd and a good vacation for Jim & Kaylene.  (At least having their daughter move across the country is making them travel!)

Since the weather has been warming up (it's supposed to be 65 F on Sunday) we're getting ready for motorcycle season!  The bike that we bought only comes with a single passenger seat, so I've been trying to find a cost effective solution to let us ride together.  HDForums is awesome for finding used Harley stuff for great prices.  I got this really night Mustang Daytripper Seat with a tear in it that is my project for this weekend.  I'll post some pictures when I'm finished.

Also, I've decided to invest in a sissy bar for Syd's sake.  I like my wife.  I'd like to keep her.  Hence, sissy bar.  I found a reasonably priced one on Ebay and just got it back from powder coating on Wednesday.  It looks pretty good (still not put together & the pad is still in the car).  

Finally, over Christmas, Sydney got a plant/bulb thing from a client that she walks dogs for.  We finally planted the thing and it's sprouted up like a nutcase.  I'm no plant expert.  I actually know nothing about plants, but this one is a healthy one!  We're putting our 5 windows to good use!

Likely we'll be posting again once Kaylene and Jim have come and we've had something else to take pictures of.  I hope everyone has a great weekend!  I know that I will!  NO STUDYING!!!!

Overnight with a Puppy!

Sydney had the opportunity to stay overnight with one of her client's puppies while they were out of town. It was really nice, because the lady said that I could stay over there with her so she didn't have to be alone. The puppy's name is Skyy and she is a sweetheart. Seriously one of the nicest cutest puppies ever! She recently had hip surgery, and I believe that was the main reason why her owner wanted someone there overnight.

Here are some fun pictures we took!

You can tell that Skyy loves to be touched and petted.

Skyy is really funny with her toys. She has a LOT of stuffed animals which she "carries" all around the house. She doesn't tear apart or chew them. She just carries them around in her mouth. It was so cute when I first got there, she kept grabbing different ones and carrying them around with her like she was showing them to me.

What a cutie! This face woke me up a few times in the morning. Right after a puppy kiss.

Probably the best part about going over to take care of Skyy is the fact that I got an excuse to ride the motorcycle over there so I could leave to go to class in the morning. (Which I didn't end up doing.) We're planning on going back to visit Skyy sometime soon. Skyy's owner really likes Sydney because her husband was a doctor and she loves the fact that Sydney's husband is in medical school.

Other than that, things have been pretty normal. I (Josh) have actually just started to do dog visits myself for the company Syd works for. I figure it would be nice to have something to do other than just study all the time, and it's so fun to be around puppies all the time! Sydney's boss is really nice and awesome to work with. It should be lots of fun!