Since we are teachers in the Primary at church we got to help out with the annual Easter Party. There were games for the kids, some treats, and then the hunt for the 400 eggs that were hidden around the church grounds.
I got to help EMCEE the event (who knew I looked so good in pink?!)
and Al helped sort through the generous bounty that our class kids found.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007
Florida Gators at the WH
Rarely do we get to see some winning teams in DC, but luckily for me 1) we had some visitors in from out of town, the 2006 NCAA Football champs, the Florida Gators and...
2) I got to leave work in the middle of the day to see them! Now as for UF's other newly crowned champs I'll be more than willing to work a full day when they come...GO HOYAS!
2) I got to leave work in the middle of the day to see them! Now as for UF's other newly crowned champs I'll be more than willing to work a full day when they come...GO HOYAS!
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Al's St. Patrick's Day Party
Al and her friends, Ashley, Lilian, and Lizzie, decided to get together to have a St. Patrick's Day potluck dinner where everyone would bring a green dish. Allison decided to make a green jello salad the night before using my Mum's recipe. The next day she took her jello salad with her (along with some green vegetables just in case it didn't turn out). She had a fun time, had some great food and came back with positive feedback on her jello salad. Now, either she is lying to me about her lack of abilities in the kitchen and she can cook, or I owe her friends something green (ie: money)!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
The Shins in concert
So Monday I'm sitting at work and I see that the Shins are playing that night at Constitution Hall in downtown DC. After a quick search of Craig's list I had two tickets in my hand and we were off to the concert. We grabbed a little dinner-to-go from Subway and ate in a great little park on E and 18th st. We then headed inside and enjoyed the warm up band, Viva Voce, after which The Shins put on a great show. "See, we are fun".
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Visit from Mom
Saturday, March 10, 2007
1st Anniversay Celebration
We made it through our first year of marriage. To celebrate we decided to visit Keswick Hall which is just outside Charlottsville, Va. I took some time off work and we drove down Thursday afternoon, grabbed some lunch in historic downtown, and then caught the last tour of Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello. We had great weather and loved seeing the home in the late afternoon.
We then went to the hotel and got ready for a romantic dinner at Fosters, the restaurant at the hotel named after one of Jefferson's chefs. We had some fabulous food and enjoyed the time together as we reminisced about our first year of marriage.
The next day we enjoyed sleeping in before heading off to the spa for a massage. It was great to finally get a pair of hands on my back for longer then a couple minutes. I forgot how much I love massages (hour long ones). All relaxed, we packed up and checked out. Just down the street we found a nice trail for a hike and decided to spend just a little more time in the warm sun before heading back to DC. All in all, we had a great time celebrating our anniversary and I can't wait to do it again next year.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Spring Break in AZ
So, if you had a choice to celebrate your first anniversary with your husband or go to Arizona and spend spring break with family, what would you do. If you're my wife, Allison, the choice was easy. It's Arizona all the way. I give her a hard time about it but it just happened to work out that her Mom, brother Kevin and Bryan, all went to visit Amanda and Aaron the same weekend as our anniversary, which was March 4th. I learned early on that the key to being happy was making sure my wife was happy. Thus, I not only let her go, I encouraged it. And of course they all had a great time in the Arizona sun.
They all went for a hike in a nearby desert and enjoyed plenty of milkshakes.
I was glad she decided to come back to the unseasonable cold East Coast. We spent the rest of her Spring Break relaxing and doing a little traveling. We decided to celebrate at Keswick Hall, a little hotel resort just outside Charlottsville, VA.
They all went for a hike in a nearby desert and enjoyed plenty of milkshakes.
I was glad she decided to come back to the unseasonable cold East Coast. We spent the rest of her Spring Break relaxing and doing a little traveling. We decided to celebrate at Keswick Hall, a little hotel resort just outside Charlottsville, VA.
Monday, March 05, 2007
Mardi Gras in Arlington
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