Lots of Photos!

We had a very quite Thanksgiving this year - just the two of us. I made a really yummy sage and cranberry cornish hen.


Our first snow in the house!




I knew we weren't going to be at the house for our first Christmas of home-ownership, but I wanted to decorate anyway. We did lights outside, stockings on the mantle, and of course, a tree! We threw a holiday party, so we could see our MD friends before the trip to Florida. There may be pictures of that to come...



Similar to last year, we spent the first part of the trip with Nick's family and the second part with my family. We celebrated Nick's birthday early with his family. That means lots of food and friends and fireworks. This is Logan, Eric's son watching TJ (Nick's brother) shoot off Roman Candles. He LOVED it! :)



Ah... A "tropical" Christmas Eve in Florida.







Merry Christmas! Christmas at Nick's involves lots of running around the yard with airplanes, frisbees, bubbles, badmitton, fireworks, bee-bee gun target practice, and a burn barrel.






On the 26th, we drove over to Dunedin and had a 2nd Christmas at my family's house. This is Grandma Nonie (aka. Grandma Sugar).


We stayed at a little hotel right in the marina. Here's the view from our room at sunset.




The 27th was Nick's B-day. Happy 30th!!! We spent the morning going thrift-shopping per Nick's request. We then went to the Tarpon Springs Spongedocks. That place is like the Greek Disney World. The sponges are stinky, though! We ate outside at this packed Greek resturant. Afterwards, we went to the beach with my family and went rock-hunting. Then Grandma took us all out for a birthday dinner. It was a good day.













The next day, we went to Caladesi Island, which was rated the 2nd best beach in the country this year. It is a national park island which is left totally natural. You have to take a ferry to get there. It was a beautiful, clear, sunny day. Then out of nowhere this thick, wet, cold fog blew in. We were thinking about packing up, and it blew away as quickly as it came in...freaky. The island has a playground for the kids, surrounded by a lot of natural Florida beauty.

Hello!

Hi all,

I apologize for the LONG amount of time since the last post. We have been very busy with me finishing the Fall semester, throwing a holiday party, going to FL for Christmas...
Florida was wonderful. It was so good to get away, see friends & family, and enjoy the warm weather. We wish we were still there! Pictures to come...
The latest news is that our furnace broke. Yep, that's right folks, the day after we got back from Florida it stopped working. Just so happens to be the two coldest days so far this season(about 17 degrees). Luckily, the furnace is under a service contract, so the repair man is supposed to fix it today. This is good, because I could see my breath in the house this morning!
I hope to post some pictures soon!

Washington, DC

We went to Washington, DC the weekend before last. We took a lovely stroll in the sculpture garden at the National Gallery of Art. Then we saw the Edward Hopper exhibit, which was amazing, but super crowded.






After we took in our fill of modern art, we got back on the Metro and went to Georgetown. Wow. That place is crazy. I have never seen so many rich teenage Paris Hilton wanabee girls. There are great stores and good food, but the place is full of jerks. Towards the end of the night, we stopped at a bar which claimed to be "the friendliest bar in Georgetown" on its sign. Well, the roaches were friendly, anyway.

Pittsburgh

So, last weekend we took a day trip to Pittsburgh, PA. "Why?" you might ask. Well, it's this little thing called Flight Club. This is a club started by Dan Klos, a guy we work with. This was the third day trip Flight Club has taken. Check out the site for Dan's commentary about the day. Also, pictures are uploaded to Shutterfly (you may need to refresh the site to get it to work). Feel free to check out the 240+ pics.

Halloween

For Halloween, we went as a 70's couple. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of us together, but here's one of Nick. He's sitting by the fog machine, but we think it looks appropriate with his costume. :) You can see a glimpse of my super awesome polyester jumpsuit in this photo.



I also made super scary finger cookies for work. Don't worry, the "blood" is chocolate syrup & food coloring.




A couple of weeks before Halloween, we drove out to the country and took a hayride out to the pumpkin patch.






I didn't do a pumpkin this year, and Nick did his really quick.



Just because, here are our pumpkins from last year.

Catching up - October Version

October has been unseasonably warm, but that hasn't stopped us from doing some Fall decorating. I made a wreath for our door and we bought fake pumpkins!





Pandora likes to play and drink in the bathtub. Nick took a video of her. Apparently, she likes to watch her own home movies.


So, the couch that we got from Adam and Jessica - definitely a bit too big to fit down the stairs to the basement. Let's just say, 3 holes in the walls, a car jack, an hour of kicking, and two very happy boys once it was done. Thanks for all the help Shaun! Luckily, Nick will get very good at repairing drywall.



Um. Uh... Yeah.





And some other random outside pics

Catching up - September version

Okay. So it's been about a month since our last post. Apologies!

Lot's of stuff has been going on, so here's a bunch of photos and a quick recap.

My friend Jessica's dad got an awesome job a Google and moved to California. This is his going away party.





Jessica also had a baby shower for Peabert. I designed the cake and had it made! (Yeah, I'm a little behind on the posts, because Chase Harper was born yesterday morning - Congrats Jessica & Adam!)




The same night as Jessica's shower, Nick and I took a Thai cooking class. We had lots of fun and ate all the food before I remembered I brough the camera. Oops.



Our friend Amy got married, too! There are more pictures to come (thank goodness, because I look like I ate a bug), but have yet to arrive. It was a great time with lots of amazing music, food, friends & open bar. We are posing with our friend Kara. Her baby is due in less than 2 weeks and I can't wait to meet her!