Now we play the waiting game

Well my mission papers are in as of Sunday night. My bishop said that if the the trend holds I should get my call next Wednesday as in the 25th. I will know on Friday if this holds true. Let the guessing game begin.

J. Ruben Clark Law Society luncheon

On Monday I flew home from Maryland, but before my flight I was able to attend a luncheon of the J. Ruben Clark Law Society, D.C. chapter with my aunt. She is the chair so it was really cool to meet all the attorneys. The luncheon was in the Senate Caucus room of the Russell Building on Capitol Hill. This room was awesome and had a lot of history in it. There have been a number of important hearings in this room, hearings on topics such as; the sinking of the Titanic, the Watergate break-in, and the Supreme Court Nomination of Clarence Thomas. Senator Bennett came and spoke about his life before he became a senator. It was a very cool experience and I kinda really liked walking around D.C. and being on Capitol Hill.

I know its a bit cheesy and he is lost in the primary but he is still Senator Bob Bennett and is still kind of a political big-wig, at least for a couple months.

The office of Senator Jim DeMint, pretty legit.

The office of Senate Minority leader Senator Mitch McConnell. 

Me at Union Station

Maryland

A couple weeks ago I was at my cousin's baptism and I was talking with my grandparents and they were telling me that they were going out to Maryland for the baptism of my twin cousins out here, and I decided that I needed a little vacation so I went home and figured everything out and bought my plane tickets the next day! I got here on Wednesday while my Mom ( she took the place of my Grandpa who wasn't feeling well), Grandma, and cousin Kimi came on Tuesday. On Thursday we went to DC and did a little sightseeing there because Kimi has never been out here before. Then on Friday we drove the 5 hours up to the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania where my cousins, Mason & Josh, got baptized. We met my aunts parents, Jim & Sharon Tate, up there, they have just finished being mission presidents for the past three years in the Birmingham, Alabama mission. They are great people and good friends of mine. I have known them since I was 10 and I sailed down the East Coast with them on their sailboat. The baptism was really cool having it be on the banks of this great river where the Aaronic Priesthood was restored.

On Saturday I rode back with the Tate's and we got to catch up. We helped them move back into their home that night. My Mom, Grandma, and Kimi left today and I leave tomorrow after a Law Society luncheon I am attending with my aunt up on Capitol Hill. I love being back here with my family. There is kind of a cool feel back here in the middle of everything. Maybe I will come spend a summer or more back here at some point in the future.

Chillin' at the Capitol

Chillin' at the White House

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial lookin on the Mall

Mason and I

On our way to the Susquehanna River we drove through Scranton! Yes there is really a Steamtown Mall. My life is now complete.

The whole group at the baptism

The view from Jim & Sharon's backyard. You go down these gorgeous steps to the dock where the amazing sailboats are. This is on part of the Chesapeake Bay.

Wing- the name of the boat. This is where my love of sailing and the ocean was born.

Amazing sunset.

Canoeing on the Chesapeake with Kimi and Josh.

Wheelin for the 24th

Yesterday Lynsee and I went up to Dock Flatts where Jena was camping. We rode the 4-wheelers up to Broken Reservoir. It was super dusty but we had a lot of fun spending the day up there.

Starting out

Broken Reservoir 

Leave it up to Lynsee to ruin a good picture

Today is also the 24th of July. Happy Pioneer Day! I'm so thankful for the sacrifices the pioneers made to trek across the country to find a place where they could be free from persecution. I love living in Utah and everything about it; from the Utah Jazz to the Holy War between the U of U and BYU; from the snow on Timp to the red rocks of Zion.  As Brigham Young once said "This is the Place"!

4th of July weekend

Well this weekend started off a bit rough. On Friday morning I was riding with some family friends in the back field and we kinda came off. I found out that Stretch and Kenai don't like it when you ride behind the saddle. So they kinda bucked and we all came off- luckily no one was seriously injured. I do have an awesome bruise though that covers my whole calf and hurts like the dickens.

My bruise- 5 days later. It looks like someone tye-dyed it.

On the 3rd we had a Berg family party. The whole family came over and we had a BBQ and had amazing desserts and roasted marshmallows. We had the huge ones because we like to go big.

Me with some of my cute little cousins.

Me and my Aunt NataLee and her huge s'more.

The family around the fire.

It was a great weekend- we had some rough moments on Saturday when a little boy almost drowned in the pool next door. We had life flight come and land on the road and everything but that is a different story. I love the 4th of July. I am proud to be an American and am thankful for the freedoms and liberties I enjoy everyday. I am eternally grateful for those who have sacrificed their time and lives since 1776. God Bless America!