I have been a major slacker lately. This is about 2 weeks worth of favorites. April is just flying by! It has been a busy but very good month so far.
1) Family - My family came to visit for Easter. This was the first time they had been to visit since October, so they got to see what all we had done to the house since then.
1) Family - My family came to visit for Easter. This was the first time they had been to visit since October, so they got to see what all we had done to the house since then.
2) Easter - We do our Easter dinner on Saturday evening so my family can make it home at a decent time on Sunday. We had so much food! I'm used to cooking for 2, so it's hard for me to judge how much to make for 8. We had ham, a roasted chicken, mac n cheese, potato salad, mashed potatoes, asparagus, carrots, yeast rolls and peas and snaps for dinner. For dessert, I made German Chocolate cake, banana pudding, lemon blackberry mousse bars and strawberry pretzel salad. My mom and her boyfriend also brought carrot cake and cheesecake. Clearly, we had no shortage of desserts! Dinner was great. I was so busy all weekend, I didn't even take any pictures.
3) Dogfish Dash - I've never run a 5K before, but Josh and I have signed up to run a 10K! Luckily, it's in September, so I have plenty of time to train!
4) 5K 101 - See above. I need to start running! I started Todd Lange's 5K 101, which works just like Couch to 5K, a couple weeks ago. I did the week 1 run once and decided I was ready to move on to week 2. It is not recommended to skip weeks, and I won't in the future, but I had been doing some cardio already and week 1 wasn't challenging. Stepping up to week 2 was definitely a challenge, but Josh ran it with me the fist time and he kept me going! I just started week 3 on Saturday and it went really well! It's funny, because I pep talk Bailey when we're running, when I'm the one that needs the pep talk. Haha.
5) Running Gear - Since I started running, I picked up a little bit of running gear. I love getting new clothes, even if it's just clothes I wear to work out in!
6) Calphalon - We got Calphalon pots and pans when we got married. I LOVE them. Well, a couple of them have become pretty hard to clean, like the non-stick surface has started to wear off a little. I was a bit disappointed. Calphalon definitely isn't the most expensive brand out there, but they're not cheap either! Luckily, they have an amazing warranty. I was able to send them in and get replacements very easily! Now I have a few brand new pans!
7) Sod - Since we moved in our house, we have had mostly weeds in our yard. It has been so ugly. Most of our row looks like this. One of our neighbors had grass seed planted a year or so ago, and her yard looked like this again before too long. The front of our yard gets a ton of sun, so I guess her seeds burned and the weeds took over again. I didn't want to deal with that. We had Capital Landscaping, a local company, come in to give us a quote. I thought it was a bit pricey at first, but once I factored in the tools we would have to rent to do this ourselves, it was only $100 more for them to do it. I know we wouldn't have done as good a job, and we would have likely spent the entire weekend doing what it took them less than a day to do. I'm so happy with the results!
After
4) 5K 101 - See above. I need to start running! I started Todd Lange's 5K 101, which works just like Couch to 5K, a couple weeks ago. I did the week 1 run once and decided I was ready to move on to week 2. It is not recommended to skip weeks, and I won't in the future, but I had been doing some cardio already and week 1 wasn't challenging. Stepping up to week 2 was definitely a challenge, but Josh ran it with me the fist time and he kept me going! I just started week 3 on Saturday and it went really well! It's funny, because I pep talk Bailey when we're running, when I'm the one that needs the pep talk. Haha.
5) Running Gear - Since I started running, I picked up a little bit of running gear. I love getting new clothes, even if it's just clothes I wear to work out in!
6) Calphalon - We got Calphalon pots and pans when we got married. I LOVE them. Well, a couple of them have become pretty hard to clean, like the non-stick surface has started to wear off a little. I was a bit disappointed. Calphalon definitely isn't the most expensive brand out there, but they're not cheap either! Luckily, they have an amazing warranty. I was able to send them in and get replacements very easily! Now I have a few brand new pans!
7) Sod - Since we moved in our house, we have had mostly weeds in our yard. It has been so ugly. Most of our row looks like this. One of our neighbors had grass seed planted a year or so ago, and her yard looked like this again before too long. The front of our yard gets a ton of sun, so I guess her seeds burned and the weeds took over again. I didn't want to deal with that. We had Capital Landscaping, a local company, come in to give us a quote. I thought it was a bit pricey at first, but once I factored in the tools we would have to rent to do this ourselves, it was only $100 more for them to do it. I know we wouldn't have done as good a job, and we would have likely spent the entire weekend doing what it took them less than a day to do. I'm so happy with the results!
Before
8) Natalia - After my family left on Easter, Natalia stayed with us for the week. I took the whole week off, and Josh took off Wednesday-Friday. We had lots of fun with her! After church on Sunday, we took her bowling.
Monday morning, we made M&M pancakes, then we went to the park.
Tuesday, we did crafts at home then we went in to my office for a little while.
Then Josh played Mario with Natalia while I cooked dinner.
Wednesday, Josh was off and we went to the aquarium.
We went to the dolphin presentation. I love the dolphins!
We even got Natalia to check out the shark tank. She was cool with the tiny sharks, but she wanted nothing to do with the large ones.
Thursday, we got on the road to take Natalia home. She had a good time, but she missed her mommy.
They were both still a little tired.
Can you believe how good Bailey is being with chicken nuggets within reach?!? I was so proud of her!
Tuesday, we did crafts at home then we went in to my office for a little while.
Then Josh played Mario with Natalia while I cooked dinner.
Wednesday, Josh was off and we went to the aquarium.
Thursday, we got on the road to take Natalia home. She had a good time, but she missed her mommy.
Nap time. So adorable!
And for a random story from Natalia's visit...remember Kid Cuisines? I used to love them. As an adult, I think they look disgusting. I'm convinced that I only liked them because there was a penguin on the box.
Anyway, Natalia had one while she was with us. As I was opening the box, I told Josh that I didn't think it looked remotely appealing. Natalia looked at me with the most confused look. She said "Why are you using a remote to peel it?" Haha. Kids are just hilarious!
9) Raleigh - After dropping Natalia off and visiting with my parents a little, we went to Raleigh. We spent the weekend with Anna and John. We visited a couple local breweries while we were in town. We visited Roth and Lonerider on Friday. Roth is a cool place to hang out, but I wasn't impressed by any of their beers. Lonerider's beers are pretty good and they had a good tour. It was packed though!
Friday evening, Hutch came over to visit. We hadn't seen him since Thanksgiving, so he gave us our Christmas gift. He bought Cards Against Humanity for us. It's hilarious! It's kind of like Apples to Apples, but a lot of the cards are inappropriate.
Saturday, we visited another brewery, but it gets its own number :-). After the brewery tour, we headed back to the Martins. On the way back, I accidentally spilled the beans that we were having a surprise birthday party for John. Oops! I had been really good about it all weekend, but I accidentally let it slip. We still had an amazing time Saturday night and we got to catch up with almost all of our friends in Raleigh!
10) Aviator - Saturday afternoon, the 4 of us met Brittany and Lee at Aviator's Smokehouse for lunch. We were starving and it smelled amazing when we walked it. I love this place! The prices are reasonable, the food is great, the beer is great and I love the atmosphere. I would definitely go back. Josh and I enjoyed seeing a little bit of downtown Fuquay-Varina since it's an area we are interested in moving to when we go back to NC.
My 2 favorite ladies!
Funny face pic
After we had lunch, we went to the brewery for a tour. The tour was really good. It was interesting and informative for someone with experience brewing, but it was also not too advanced for someone who knows nothing about beer. It was also well balanced as far as information about the history, beers and processes. Most tours we have been on are too heavy in one of those areas. The fact that the tour guide was Australian had absolutely nothing to do with my enjoyment ;-). Aviator is officially my favorite NC brewery for sure. It's neck and neck with my favorite MD brewery, Flying Dog. I did discover my new favorite beer though. Devils Tramping Ground Tripel. It's delicous! I absolutely love Belgians, they're my favorite. This one tops my list. It will sneak up on you though. It's 9.2% and it doesn't taste like it at all!
And for a random story from Natalia's visit...remember Kid Cuisines? I used to love them. As an adult, I think they look disgusting. I'm convinced that I only liked them because there was a penguin on the box.
Anyway, Natalia had one while she was with us. As I was opening the box, I told Josh that I didn't think it looked remotely appealing. Natalia looked at me with the most confused look. She said "Why are you using a remote to peel it?" Haha. Kids are just hilarious!
9) Raleigh - After dropping Natalia off and visiting with my parents a little, we went to Raleigh. We spent the weekend with Anna and John. We visited a couple local breweries while we were in town. We visited Roth and Lonerider on Friday. Roth is a cool place to hang out, but I wasn't impressed by any of their beers. Lonerider's beers are pretty good and they had a good tour. It was packed though!
Friday evening, Hutch came over to visit. We hadn't seen him since Thanksgiving, so he gave us our Christmas gift. He bought Cards Against Humanity for us. It's hilarious! It's kind of like Apples to Apples, but a lot of the cards are inappropriate.
Saturday, we visited another brewery, but it gets its own number :-). After the brewery tour, we headed back to the Martins. On the way back, I accidentally spilled the beans that we were having a surprise birthday party for John. Oops! I had been really good about it all weekend, but I accidentally let it slip. We still had an amazing time Saturday night and we got to catch up with almost all of our friends in Raleigh!
10) Aviator - Saturday afternoon, the 4 of us met Brittany and Lee at Aviator's Smokehouse for lunch. We were starving and it smelled amazing when we walked it. I love this place! The prices are reasonable, the food is great, the beer is great and I love the atmosphere. I would definitely go back. Josh and I enjoyed seeing a little bit of downtown Fuquay-Varina since it's an area we are interested in moving to when we go back to NC.
My 2 favorite ladies!
After we had lunch, we went to the brewery for a tour. The tour was really good. It was interesting and informative for someone with experience brewing, but it was also not too advanced for someone who knows nothing about beer. It was also well balanced as far as information about the history, beers and processes. Most tours we have been on are too heavy in one of those areas. The fact that the tour guide was Australian had absolutely nothing to do with my enjoyment ;-). Aviator is officially my favorite NC brewery for sure. It's neck and neck with my favorite MD brewery, Flying Dog. I did discover my new favorite beer though. Devils Tramping Ground Tripel. It's delicous! I absolutely love Belgians, they're my favorite. This one tops my list. It will sneak up on you though. It's 9.2% and it doesn't taste like it at all!
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