I thought I should bring you up to speed on what's been going on in our lives since January was the last time I posted.
We made the trek up to Iowa in January to visit Mark, Russ's dad. He is on assignment with FEMA until probably the beginning of June. He is now renting a house which makes things a little more comfortable for him. It was sure cold!! (You can probably tell by the heaping mound of snow we are standing in front of). We packed in lots of fun, family activities such as the Amana Colonies, a German restaurant for lunch, Kill Bill, Sushi, and bowling. It was great just to be together. I know it's hard on Mark being away from everyone. We love you!
At the end of January I celebrated my 29th birthday (ouch, I will be 30 next year!!). Russ surprised me with a Coach clutch. It's very cute. It's my first Coach purse ever! We had an AMAZING dinner at Capital Grille on the plaza. If you have never been, it's a must! It was delicious and the service was amazing. We were so sad when we left our leftovers out on the kitchen table all night. Then we met a few close friends at JP's Wine bar for drinks and good conversation. It was a fairly low key birthday but a good time.
My parents neighbor, Sara Cox got married at the beginning of February. They served individual wedding cakes on each of the tables at the reception. It was very cute and original. Plus the cakes were DELICIOUS! We started trading pieces with the tables around us so we could try and accomplish tasting every cake there.
Tahisha and I (a work friend) threw a co-worker, Whitney a baby shower for her and little Mr. Drake. We definitely could not have pulled this off without Kyla. She was a ton of help with shopping and then saved us when we had a small disaster with the clothes line. The shower was alot of fun. We played a game called dirty laundry where you had to match up all the mismatched baby socks. Drake was spoiled with lots of good gifts! Congrats to your upcoming, new arrival Whitney!
This last weekend Russ and I celebrated Valentine's day. Russ got me a beautiful bouquet of roses and we enjoyed a nice dinner at the Grand Street Cafe. We kept the celebration simple with nice cards to each other.
Sunday, our dear Carolyn was ordained to a Priest. There was a very nice service and a lunch celebration with friends and family at the Pearson house. It was nice to get to see everyone for such a special occasion.
Yikes, maybe I shouldn't let so much time pass by next time we are due for a post!
