Washington DC

We recently had the amazing opportunity to visit Washington D.C. 

Here are some pictures from our trip!

National Air and Space Museum

United States Capitol Building

Washington Monument

Jefferson Memorial (my personal favorite)

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

Korean War Veterans Memorial

Abraham Lincoln Memorial

Vietnam Memorial

The White House

There is so much to see and do in Washington D.C.! We were blown away by the experience and can't wait to go back and spend more time exploring and learning the history of our country.

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I love my birthday. I always have. I love that it is one week after New Years day which is one week after Christmas. I get to continue the string of holiday celebrations a little longer that most. It's great! For my birthday, I usually take the day off, spend time with friends, pamper myself and go out for a fancy meal with my man. This year my birthday did not go as planned. I couldn't get the day off, my car broke down, we missed our dinner reservation, my dad had to come get us, there were white out conditions caused by blowing snow and by the time we got home we were so exhausted that we just called it a night. Not really my idea of how a birthday should go. Considering all of that I kept my spirits up and Micah and I decided we would declare the next day Birthday 2.0. Birthday 2.0 was a good one! :)

I still had to work so I decided to make it more special by grabbing a mint white mocha from Winans.

I got off work a couple hours early and headed to Scratch Cupcakery. I got the "Oh Happy Day" cupcake, it seemed fitting for the occasion. :)

And what is a day of pampering yourself without a stop at Sephora? I got myself a little gift of my new favorite perfume.

For the past 3 years we have gone to Orchard Green to celebrate my birthday. It is such a treat!

Micah being a moose....I think this was in response to us having just ordered the chocolate and peanut butter mousse for dessert. I love him. :)

And here it is.....whoah, this was good!

I was very excited...and rightfully so! It was de-licious!

Thank you Birthday 2.0 for making up for the first one. I'm looking forward to this last year in my twenties. It's going to be really, really great.

Christmas and New Years

Yes, I realize it is now the end of January and I'm just now putting up my Christmas and New Years post. The holidays are busy! And I can't believe we are almost a solid month into 2015....crazy. Time moves so fast! But that's what happens when we're so busy and having so much fun! Life....anyway, on to the pictures.

Gingerbread House

We tried our hand at building a gingerbread house this year. Yes, we did buy a kit, which to some would be considered cheating, but we wanted to see if we enjoyed it before we went all out making things from scratch. We had fun.

Christmas Eve

We still put cookies and milk out for Santa....we love Christmas. :)

Christmas Day

Opening presents!

On our way to my parents for Christmas dinner!

Some Christmas love.

Finishing the day off right, eggnog with my folks.

New Years Eve

We rang in the new year with some close friends. We played games and watched the countdown on tv. It was very low key and relaxing. A nice break from the big parties and hoopla that usually surround New Years Eve.

Happy 2015! Here is to the best year yet!

IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON

I don't know about you guys, but this holiday season is moving so fast for us. It seems like Thanksgiving was just yesterday and now Christmas is less than 2 weeks away! Slow down December, I need more time to enjoy you.

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Here is a look at our last couple of weeks:

Micah's parents came to visit the week of Thanksgiving, so we had the honor of hosting Thanksgiving dinner. My parents and my brother also joined us for the day. It was a cozy day filled with Macy's Thanksgiving day parade watching, cooking, eating, game playing and being thankful for it all and each other.

Micah's one task at Thanksgiving is the most important one, cooking and carving the Turkey. He did a wonderful job. The turkey was delicious.

Hours later, after we had gone from completely stuffed to still a little full, we had some pumpkin pie and caramel apple cheesecake. This was thanks to my mama, the dessert maker extraordinaire. 

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I am under the completely correct belief that as soon as Santa makes his appearance at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade, Christmas season has begun! So it may be of no surprise that the following day Micah and I, along with his parents headed out to find the perfect Christmas tree.

It didn't take us long to find the one that we wanted to bring into our home for the season. We rushed home to set it up and start decorating.

I hope the holidays bring you as much happiness as they do me. The lights, decorations, music, movies....I love it all.

 My handsome man placing the star on the top of the tree.

Merry Christmas everyone! Enjoy it while it's here!