Heat Wave

So I know I don't live in the deserts of Arizona or anything and I probably shouldn't complain but holy cow it's hot outside. It's at least 100 degrees outside plus humidity. Which means it's probably a good day to go to the beach...or jump into a pool. Too bad neither one of those are an option right now.

What are your suggestions for beating the heat?

Philly

This past weekend, Ly+Alan finally went to Philly with some of their friends. They braved the crazy July 4th crowds and got to see everything on her list (well except the Betsy Ross house cuz Ly discovered that it was fake and apparently Ms. Ross didn't even make the first American flag). The best part was hanging out with friends. Here are a few pictures from their adventures in the city of love.

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With this in mind...what do you fear?

**illustration via http://stuffnoonetoldme.blogspot.com/**

Happy Summer!

It's one of the best times of the year -- summer!

All the cold weather clothes are boxed and the summer clothes are out and ready to be worn. It's the season for sunshine, the beach, eating outside, roadtrips, camping, and fireworks. Luckily Ly recently got her cast off so she should soon be able to enjoy all of those things to their full potential...well as soon as she gets the okay from the doctors to walk without crutches that is.

A few of Ly's summer goals:

+ Ace the GRE
+ Ace her classes
+ Be able to start running again
+ Find a rock awesome job
+ Go swimming on a tri-weekly basis
+ Make the new place feel like home
+ Visit the beach
+ Visit Philly
+ Go camping at least once (shocking, I know)


This summer is bound to be eventful for the Lee family - lots of exciting changes are on the horizon. What are your summer plans?


* image courtesy of cubikmusik.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/11/sunshine.jpg

National Zoo

Yesterday Ly+Alan's good friends invited them to go to the National Zoo. Never one to miss a chance to see pandas, Ly dropped her plans and immediately agreed...besides she has to take advantage of her husband pushing her around in the wheelchair while she can. While they did see the pandas, the highlight was the lion exhibit - the lions were quite active, even attacking some ice meat the keepers threw out there for them. Here's a photo for your enjoyment, taken, shockingly enough, by Alan. He's quite proud, as he should be.

Alive & Kickin' (well sorta)

No worries, both Ly + Alan are alive and at least one of them is kicking. They haven't updated in quite sometime because there has been one adventure after another in the Ly+Alan household. First off, Ly's mom is in town to help with her recovery from surgery and they've been to busy having fun to post. So don't worry there will be tales to follow (once Ly downloads her photos) involving geese, purple casts, trips, movies, quilting and wheelchair escapades.