Virginia is for Lovers.

Did we mention that after vacationing in Jamaica we would be vacationing in Virginia? 

We had a few days until our lease started and found out it's cheaper to stay in a skyrise, beachfront hotel on Virginia Beach than to stay at a motel in DC. We have such a hard life.

Warning: We are wearing something BYU in every picture. Not intentional.

AJ didn't realize that a hundred other people on the beach were watching his muscle show or that I was taking pictures, which means I have alot more where this came from.  Let me know if you're interested. 

 

The Blue Angels must have been practicing for an air show because they passed by about every five minutes. It was loud, but way awesome. It was barrel roll after barrel roll at what was sometimes only yards in front of us. On a side note: AJ and I will own one of these beach houses someday. We've talked about it and it's in the plan. If you want to contribute to the fund we'll let you visit.

This is from our bedroom balcony. However, I probably could have taken this same picture from my pillow. The view was incredible.
See the pack of Blue Angels in the distance?

I had to include this picture despite it's poor quality. This is a picture from our room of the channel AJ dug on the beach. He thought it'd be fun to drain a tide pool back into the ocean. I don't know how to explain it but just know it turned out better than expected and we had people from all across the beach coming to see it. We could have charged a fee. AJ was very proud, as am I.

Triton on the boardwalk.

Sunrise

Our two-in-one vacation ended way too soon and we found ourselves packed up and on the journey to DC - our home for the next few months - to start real life again. We rented a car and stopped at several sights along the way. For some reason we didn't think to take any pictures at UVA, in Richmond, or at my first visit to Trader Joe's. However, I must have thought this highway was especially neat seeing as it's the only picture we have of the drive.Weird.

Finally home. :) Here's the Washington Monument to prove it.

This was our first real glimpse of the apartment building!
We've seen those red awnings through Google Maps more times than we can count.

We're standing at the window of our studio apartment. You're seeing it all, people.
AJ's head is covering the bathroom and there's a couch and a mattress behind his body but this is it. We can reach into the kitchen, the closet, and our living room right from our bed. How convenient.

So after two weeks of vacation, we're finally here. AJ had his first day on the job yesterday and think he's really going to love working there. He came home with all sorts of free stuff and tales of unlimited access to free food, extravagant lunches, his personal office, a no-tie dress code, and cool coworkers. Between job applications I get to explore the city on foot or on metro. It's kind of fun to play the part of a city girl. 

Anyway, I think that brings us up to date. We already love it here and our studio is starting to feel like home.