update overload

it's so hard to blog when there is so much to catch up on. here's a quick rundown of what has being going on in our lives over the past few months:

cherry blossoms (love that i made steve walk the tidal basin with me, all while he was complaining about "being tourists" especially because i was carrying a water bottle with me, very funny)

the pierce's came to visit us during spring break and lucked out with perfect weather while they were here, of course we did all of the tourist things and watched lots of march madness, so fun to have visitors!

too many extra hours at work for steve... boooo to election years.

a 25th birthday for him (a few weeks ago) and a 25th birthday for her (in a few weeks).... 25's all around this year, although we aren't doing anything extravagant like a trip to the bahamas or another tropical island, we are certainly enjoying ourselves and making the days extra special

beautiful spring weather perfect for walking around embassy row right near the naval observatory (and vp biden's house)

lots of basketball for him and running for her

apartment hunting, still trying to decide if we want to move to another apartment in the area or stay where we are at for another year... why does real estate have to be sooo expensive, can't we just buy already? oh wait... still have grad tuition to pay for each semester! maybe in 2014?

cooking, cooking and more cooking, have i ever mentioned how much we love to cook at our house?

rediscovering our love for boy bands, particularly our new favorite... one direction. i just love those 15 year old boys (in a non-creepy way)

looking forward to more visitors this weekend, my mom!

the itch to spring clean, redecorate and completely revamp our apartment.... too bad we don't have more square feet or else this could be incredibly dangerous.

lots of okc thunder basketball. we are big kevin durant/russell westbrook/nick collison fans in this house, actually big fans of all the thunder players. it's impossible to not be.

cherry blossoms around the tidal basin and the jefferson memorial

steve with winston churchill & the british ambassador's residence

there are the most beautiful tulips by the tidal basin, took this photo for my mom

steve's favorite: the franklin d. roosevelt memorial (missed the "t" on "third:)

this is my favorite area in the district, the view from the back of the lincoln memorial overlooking memorial bridge and the potomac, across the bridge is arlington cemetery

we love our nursery kids, steve especially loves wheels on the bus during singing time

of course we had to participate in the mega millions lottery last weekend - $10 well spent even though we didn't win, count it as a $10 donation to the public school system

vietnam memorial and washington monument at sunset on a sunday walk- independence hall in philadelphia at 1:30am on our way home for a concert downtown philadelphia