Wow! I can't believe it's 2012. So much has happened since I posted last- I think I'll just post some pictures to highlight the last six months (most recent pics first).

Brandi making a funny face- Hollywood sign in the background.

California Adventures!

Mouse ears!

Tower of Terror

Skating in Cincinnati on Thanksgiving.

Petting a penguin at the Cincinnati Zoo- a dream come true.

Elephant- Cincinnati Zoo.

Smokey Mountains.

Smoky Mountains.

Relaxing on an island in the Chattahoochee River.

Dollywood!

Rainbow over Monticello.

Connecticut state capitol.

Hartford skyline from Bushnell Park.

Independence Hall

Independence Hall

There was no way I was waiting in line to see the Liberty Bell... so I just looked through the window.

Tomb of Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta.

Freedom Tower in NYC.

The Statue of Liberty. Duh.

Iceland- Snaefellsnes Penninsula

Reykjavik graffiti.

Napoleon being a geyser.

Hiking on the coast.

Gullfoss.

Icelandic horses (not ponies).

Geysir.

Thingvellir National Park- site of the world's first parliament.

Hallgrimskirkja.

Whale watching!

Blue Lagoon.

View from Hallgrimskirkja tower.

Reykjavikers love a hip mural.

Sunset over Georgetown and the Potomac from the Kennedy Center.

Lincoln Memorial.

Man on a mission.

Vietnam War Memorial and the Washington Monument.

Jumbo Slice- one of my favorite things about DC!

Don't rock the boat!

Last week we ventured down to Everglades National Park to see if we could find an alligator or two. We stopped first at Royal Palm and went on a short hike on the Anhinga Trail. We found ourselves merely feet away from dozens of sunbathing alligators... and lots of birds too.

We then tried our luck hiking through a "hammock" forest but got chased out by a swarm of mosquitoes (the bugs proved to be much more threatening than the alligators or crocodiles). We wanted to try something a little more adventurous so we rented a canoe at Flamingo and explored the only habitat on earth where alligators and crocodiles coexist. Paddling past crocodiles was definitely a thrilling experience.