Tag, y'all are it!

I was tagged by my friend Jamie and have never actually done a tag so here goes.

RULES
1) Post rules on your blog
2) Answer the six "8" items
3) Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving them a comment

8 Favorite TV Shows
1. The Office
2. Heroes
3. 24
4. My Own Worst Enemy ( I hate to admit we are into the Christian Slater show, but we are.)
5. So You Think You Can Dance
6. According to Jim
7. Seinfeld
8. X-Man and He-Man (a couple favs from the Old School – Me and my bro watched them together)

8 Things I did Yesterday
1. go to church
2. play the violin
3. play the piano
4. play the organ
5. go to Brandenburg, Kentucky
6. play games with friends
7. heat up leftovers for dinner (love those days)
8. do Kira’s hair all spiky with mousse

8 Things I look forward to
1. Our Mexican Riviera Cruise with family in December
2. Finding out where we will be for the next two years
3. Thanksgiving dinner
4. Seeing Kira smile and laugh everyday
5. paying off our student loans
6. spring, then summer (I hate winter and the cold.)
7. seeing our families again
8. Mike getting home from school everyday

8 Favorite Restaurants
1.Cheesecake Factory2
. Cheddar’s
3. Olive Garden
4. P.F. Chang’s
5. Famous Dave’s
6. Melting Pot
7. The Marakesh (in Vegas)
8. Texas Roadhouse

8 Things on my wish list
1. to pay off loans quickly
2. a house
3. to go to Chile and Brazil with Mike
4. vacations to anywhere (I do prefer beaches. J )
5. to take our parents on a cruise one day
6. a hot, hunky, perfect husband for my sister Tiffy
7. more charity in the world
8. more time in the day

8 People to tag
anyone who wants to do this tag

Sweet Virginia

Road trip to Virginia

As many of you know, Mike has been interviewing at orthodontic schools for the past month. He interviewed at VCU in Richmond, Virginia on October 30-31. Since he had a fall break from school after that, we decided to make a family trip of it!

We had a great time! We got our hotel for a smokin' deal off Priceline in downtown Richmond. While Mikey interviewed, I toured around the city. One of the days, I went to tour the Confederate White House where Jefferson Davis lived during the Civil War. I say I went to tour it, but Kira got us kicked off the tour. If you know Kira, you know she is a socialite. She was so busy trying to get everyone's attention on the tour and blabbing on and on that they kindly escorted us both out! Can you believe she's getting us into trouble already? (They did end up giving me a private tour. Gotta love the southern hospitality!)

Mike and I were able to go to Washington D.C. for two of the days! It was awesome. Mike had never been, and I hadn't been since I was 14. We were able to visit the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the World War II Memorial, the White House, the Capitol, the Spy Museum, and the National Air and Space Museum. We had a great time! We both love our country and have tons of national pride. It was great to be in D.C. with all our American history.

This is the staircase that was made famous from the movie "Gone with the Wind." Rhett Butler was once on these steps.

Here's Kira attempting to climb up the steps. (Sorry to hog the camera with my large buttocks!)

Here we are at the Lincoln Memorial!

The U.S. Capitol

The gorgeous fountains at the World War II Memorial

World War II Memorial and Lincoln Memorial
Kira was loving hanging off these bars. But where is she trying to break into?
Take a closer look.

Do you see it back there? Yep, it's the ...

White House! Kira for president!

Here's the Jefferson Memorial. It's a little far away from the other monuments but so worth going to.

The Washington Monument at dusk.

Here's the infrared Courtright's at the National Air and Space Museum. We were laughing our heads off checking out our infrared selves.