Anniversary in Alexandria

On Saturday August 15th we turned 3. What better way to celebrate an anniversary than with food (how fitting, right?). So we took a mini-trip to Old Town Alexandria for a walking food tour. We spent an afternoon touring the streets of this beautiful historic city and making stops at local restaurants for samples of the chef's best dishes.

The city is rich in history, full of fabulous food, and is the perfect place to take a nap in the park along the Potomac (we were quite worn out after all that eating).




Inside the church that George Washington attended...


A very old building (I can't remember details. Let's be honest, I was there for the food.)...


An 8 foot wide townhouse (that probably costs 5 million dollars)...



Last weekend we crashed with my family at Holden Beach, NC (a summer trip that they have taken without me for the past 8 years)...


Brooke turned 15! That's my baby sister... all grown up!


And we dined on Thai food (we're actually in Wilmington, not Thailand).


Thus sums up the last bit of August. We're both unwillingly back in school and missing those carefree summer days.

Caught in the act...

I found this photo posted on Facebook by one of my little sisters...the caption read "doing what she does best"! Yes, I sometimes often take my dinner to the middle of the lawn to get a decent photo (apron included). Food blogging is hard work.

I was completely oblivious to the fact that she was taking my picture. Payback is due.

Two Weddings

The summer of weddings!
Congrats to Katie and Tanner who got married in D.C. last weekend....




Kristin tied the knot the weekend before...


And I got to be a bridesmaid for the first time!...

Charleston Charm

During our short week of summer break we visited the historic city of Charleston, SC...



And ate fabulous fresh seafood...



Walked along Rainbow Row...


and saw houses with crooked porches...

We toured Fort Sumter (start of the civil war)...


Admired fancy homes...



We even found a fox outside our hotel...

And Dustin swam while Jessie slept on a beautiful beach, which we had all to ourselves...



Best of all, near the end of our trip our passenger side car window got stuck partway open (this has happened before and cost us a hefty sum to fix). We had to risk a day and night of break-ins and then, worse, make the 7 hour drive home exposed to the howling wind/sun/heat. Which we survived, only to realize when we pulled into home (not a minute sooner) that we'd had the child safety lock on and the window worked fine. And that's why we're not yet parents. ;-)

Richmond Summer

It's been a while since I've posted, but we are still alive and loving summer in Richmond. We snuck down to the James River for a few moments on Friday night with some friends and took these shots...




Dustin has two weeks of studying before he takes the boards and I've got two weeks of class/finals before my summer break! Sitting indoors bent over books isn't our favorite way to spend these gorgeous summer days, but it'll be worth it someday, right?!

May Happenings

My first day of nursing school (the lunchbox adds to the effect) ...

My first day of scrubs...

Trying on my lab coat and stethoscope (not that I actually know how to use it yet)...

Backtrack a week or so- at my family's home for the weekend...

I went home for my best friend Aubrey's wedding. Together at her bridal shower...


Aubrey gets married...!
The gorgeous Evans girls (Megan, Aubrey, Kate)...

Let's just say I wouldn't have survived high school without Aubs. Love her to death!

My sisters' first prom. They are so old and so tall an so stunning!

All the Goodfellow girls (minus one mom and two cats)...

And boy (the tie was strategically matched just for this photo- he's not going to prom!)...

And that concludes this short and sweet post. No time for anything anymore. How I wish I'd never complained about being bored. Boredom is marvelous. School is not (yet).

P.S. I swear I don't wear the gray cardigan every day. Just every time I take a picture apparently. The sweater has worn out it's welcome.

Easter and the Eastern Market

My family was off on a spring break road trip to visit my cousins in Dallas, and so we brought along a few friends and crashed at their empty house for the weekend. It was a gorgeous evening and we hung out around the fire in the backyard.

We kicked off the party Friday night with a peeps roast. Impaled them with a stick and let 'em burn!

And then we made smores with them! Surprisingly excellent! I wish I could take credit for this brilliant idea, but I came across it on one of the many food blogs I read.

Trying to be artistic about it:

Darling Jenna, cute Katie, and I...

Let's face it, we came back to D.C. for one main reason: these crab cakes! The Eastern Market's Market Lunch (with it's hour-long lines) is worth the trip!

We shopped around in the rain and picked up a beautiful photograph that perfectly represents D.C./Virginia. It's our first piece of "artwork", and will be the first to be hung on our bare walls!

Wright brothers exhibit at the Air and Space Museum (the one on the Mall). We visited Kitty Hawk last month and now we got to see the real plane!

We stopped for dinner at Crepes A-Go-Go in Dupont Circle. It inspired a crepe baking frenzy, which you can read about here!

Can't get enough crepes.

And on a completely unrelated note, here were are last weekend camping with friends (Dustin didn't make it into any of the photos. I guess that makes me a bad wife.) From left, Jessie, Jenna, Sarah, Chelsey, and Samantha: