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It's one of our most faithful reader and frequent commentor's birthday! Not to mention, one of the greatest friends anyone could ask for. HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOANNE!! xoxooo

The Few. The Proud. Wes.

This post brought to you by Jaime (a.k.a. proud gf).  

Wes has decided to run the Marine Corps Marathon next October!  Naturally, he's started training, and the Saturday morning before we went home for the holidays he completed this impressive run...

That's right, 9+ miles already!  Take that Green Honda Civic.

The official date is Sunday, October 28th, 2012.  Plan your trip down to cheer him on! :)  

We're Baaaaaack

Did you miss us?  Happy New Year!

We're slowly getting back to reality here in VA after a glorious 9 days at home.  As we ease back into our routines, here are just a few snapshots from our adventures in NY.  Enjoy!

We visited the Eastman House with Mrs. L & Jaime's Uncle Bobby.

We went bowling with some good friends.  It got intense...

 

Speaking of intense...Wes got a new tattoo.  You'll have to stay tuned for pics of the artwork; it's amaaaazing!!

We rang in 2012 by heading back to the 60's - Mad Men Style.

We had such an amazing time at home with our family and friends.  For those of you we didn't get to see, you'll just have to come visit us!  Schedule your visit ASAP - the kick a$$ air mattress is booking up fast!

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

We ventured into the "district," as the locals refer to it, to see the National Tree, last night.  Not to sound like Scrooge, but for being named the "National Tree," we expected quite a bit more than we got.  This thing has nothing on the Rockefeller Tree....then again, what does?  Here it is...

The train set going round and round did add a nice effect.

Aside from the tree, there were some fun surrounding details:

High School Choir from Columbus Ohio.

The White House from afar (minor detail).

Each state was represented by a tree.  The tree was adorned with hand-painted bulbs representing highlights from the particular state (e.g. NYC Skyline).

Check out this AWESOME fire-pit.  It was dug about 10-12 feet into the ground!

Merry Christmas!!

I pinched my boyfriends nipples and this is what I got...

Please, like you've never had the urge.  

So...last weekend I snuck up on Wes and pinched his nipples from behind.  hahaha - I'm laughing out loud as I write this.  Why is it that silly names are given to such funny body parts?  Nipples.  Haha.

Anyyyyyyway...Wes has cat-like reflexes, so he immediately grabbed both of my hands in one of his and started tickling me with the other.  Tickle - another funny word.  Well, anyone who knows me well, knows that I HATE to be tickled.  My reflex?  Not so smart.  I flung my body backwards, along with Wes' and crashed into the corner of our dresser at full speed.  The rate at which I reacted, combined with both of our body weights caused the below wound:         

This image is immediately following the incident.  Fast-forward a day or so and you would see an ugly bruise and raised skin.  It was a beauty. 

I'm happy to report that things are healing well.  A scab has surfaced and it's itchy - all good signs.

I've also learned my lesson - to successfully pinch nipples, move to an area free of sharp edges.   

Nipple.  :)   

And last but certainly not least...

 ...how could we forget our wonderful friends?  Before we're home again for another lovely holiday, we better finish up the last.  The Friday after Thanksgiving we gathered at Selena's for some missed Margaritas and much needed catch-up time with fantastic friends (and some family, too :))...

Pretty smiles!

Newlyweds

XO

 We hope to see all of you and MORE over Christmas!  We'll be home from Friday the 23rd - New Years-ish!

Kickin' it Old School

We stumbled upon this taxi in our neighborhood the other day.  Don't you wish modern day cabs still looked like this? 

Shout out!

Looking to freshen up on your cab riding skills?  Check out these Taxi Tips!  Personally, we like tip #5: Fasten your seatbelt.  Yeah, ok.