DC day 2

We thought we'd sleep in without the kids but of course our internal clocks woke us up at 7:45 et.(which technically is sleeping in for us, sad but true). So we just got up and headed to Georgetown.

We got coffee at GW hospital and headed to meet patrick's college roommate John. (he's a reporter for the 700 club so he may look familiar to some of you and he's super nice-no wonder Patrick has so many great stories/memories about him!) mow I have some too.








We then went to Georgetown Cupcakes (from TLC's show DC cupcakes) so cool!


























The line was out the door and down the street. But they were totally worth it. They were like little works of art that tasted delicious!



























They even handed out menus while we waited.








I was very excited to be there.








Patrick got salted caramel and I got key lime.


















Then the three of us went to Washington Harbor for lunch. We went to this great restaurant called Sequoia. It was delicious and we got to sit right on the water with a gorgeous view.

















Then we took a stroll to work up another appetite for cupcakes from baked and wired. (I forgot to take a pic. But we all had red velvet ones and they were great too) by this time I was stuffed and we headed back to the hotel to run and shower before the wedding. We had so much fun with John (thank you for sharing Georgetown with us)

We got a nice run in and showered. Then we went to get a cab over to the wedding.








Doesn't Patrick clean up well?! We didn't realize that there was a jazz festival going on so it took a while for the cab to come








(I seriously had the hottest date)

and our driver didn't know where the brookside gardens were. Thank goodness for smart phones. Patrick and I both whipped them out and started telling the cab driver where to go. We got there as the wedding should have been starting, but as anyone knows they never start on time so we were golden. The wedding was like a scene from a movie.








We came over the hill to this beautiful scene and very peaceful music being played. It was pretty cool. And I have to say that the weather really couldn't have been better. It was warm in the sun and just perfect in the shade.








Joe waiting for his bride.








Shilpa with her parents.








Shilpa and her sister Anjali are two super beautiful women I was trying to capture them smiling at each other but this is what I got.

















Don't they look so happy?!








This is Ujala our friends Tarak and Sharvari's daughter. Isn't she the cutest.





She and our other friends Vin and Mitva's son Deven (who I somehow don't have a pic of kept me entertained most of the night.





What sweet kids. I hope Finn and Ainsley get to meet them soon.

We had a blast at the reception and danced our hearts out. Then Vin, Patrick, Tarak, Sharvari and I went to a cute townie bar named the Stained Glass Bar. We had a cheese pizza that rivaled Pizza Rustica in Miami (yes a phi girls it was that good)

Then we headed back to crash at the hotel-overall great wedding day for Shilpa and Joe, great weather and great celebration.
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DC day one

We went for a nice 45 min run as soon as we got to the hotel. There is this great Sligo creek trail that's super close.

The we took the metro down to the art museum where George Lucas and Steven Spielberg had their private collections of Norman Rockwell paintings. We saw a segment on it on Sunday Morning a while back and we were super impressed. It was really neat.

Then we went to Ford's theater, where Lincoln was shot. It was really neat.
The president's box.


Patrick enjoying himself.


Me very excited-Patrick and I have a slight obsession with Lincoln history (slight being an understatement).






Then we walked to the mall-smithsonian mall. And went through the museum of natural history and the smithsonian institute. And walked by congress.











Then we went to the holocaust museum which was very interesting but depressing at the same time. It was a special exhibit about hitler and the Nazi propaganda-I knew hitler was messed up but wow, I now know how much more twisted he was than before.


Then we had the reversal dinner which was super fun. We hung out with everyone until late and then I thought I was going to go to bed, but Patrick and I just changed and went walking around. All the bars were closed so we just walked and then went to bed.
The discovery channel building was super close not sure if this is where that crazy guy was last week.


The kids were good for Bob and Lolly.





Her shirt says "ididapoo" like the iditerod.


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Do you know me?

Okay three funny things already this morning and it's only 6:15 am. First we got on the shuttle with Cindy Pressler the meteorologist from channel 5 this morning. I thought,man that lady looks like Cindy, and then the driver asked her when the rain was going to stop and I knew for sure-so funny.

Then, the security guy at the security check point thought he knew me so he was super nice, I just smiled and played along bc I really have no idea who he was.

Then
As we are going through security I got patted down bc I'm wearing a sweatshirt but that's not the funny part. The guy checking bags says "hey hold up send her back here" and I thought okay what did I leave in my bag? He goes that's my kids doctor. I thought who? He goes "oh wait, are you a doctor? You look just like my kids doctor" and then the lady who patted me down says "I saw her the other day, yeah she does look like that doctor". I just smiled and thanked them for what I took as a compliment. I'm hoping their doctor isn't ugly. Haha.

Dr. Murphy signing off. Oh, I mean the other Dr. Murphy.


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Vacation and smiles

So Patrick and I are headed out for our first vacation without kids. I'm gonna miss this smiling girl!

She has the best red hair and dimples.


And I'm really gonna miss this guy. He had a seizure this evening and this is Patrick holding him while he recovers. Please pray for his health while we are gone this weekend.


Love those kids. Some old pics for fun.





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Welcome to Kirkwood

We had a welcome to Kirkwood party at our house Tuesday. Mainly for a few of our friends that we wanted to introduce to each other and also because we really wanted to have a fun party. We didn't exclude anyone on purpose but also didn't want the party to get too big that people couldn't mingle well. I think we pulled it off. We hope to do it again next year-we are accepting bribes to be invited next year. Hehe.

Here are some pics if the house before the party started. Notice Patrick working hard in the reflection.











Our living room dressed up nicely.
















































The kids slept upstairs through the whole thing. Yay to good sleepers. Here they are at sams with us shopping for food.























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Before and after

So this week Patrick is on vacation here at home which means we get a lot done around the house (well he does at least). This was our front yard project that I wanted to do by myself, but 2 hours into it and about 5 blisters later I found out God did not make me for manual labor, but Patrick was. He's my big burly, strong husband man! He came out and finished the entire project in under 2 hours (let me tell you it would have taken me at least twice that). But he noticed I was struggling and knew how important it was to me -so thank you honey.

Sorry the pics are dark it was super shady that time of day.

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The orange line is where I needed to dig up all the grass and the plants are just sitting where I wanted to plant them.





Finished. Didn't he do a great job?! There will be more plants added in the spring. I can't wait.





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Back in the saddle

Literally.

After some encouragement from Patrick I decided to get back to one of my favorite things in the world. Horseback riding.


I decided to return to Baskin Farms-the stable I first started riding at when I was 9 years old. It was amazing to see how much had changed but also how much was still the same. The memories of my childhood and teenage years came flooding back-suddenly I was 16 and care free again. It was great. However, I had a 10 mile run the day after (training for the 1/2 marathon) and realized that my body is that of a 28 year old mother of 2 and not a sprite 17 year old with the recovery time half as long. So, needless to say I'm a bit saddlesore, but loving it all the same.


This was the school horse I rode. His name was Rylee- he was a gentle giant:)


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Oh and my favorite part besides the smell of the barn (which I really do love) is how dirty your fingernails get in less than 5 min. That's when you know you're gonna have fun!


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