Virginians are Odd

Seriously? We get it; you're children are athletes.  No one behind you cares.

Volunteering Makes a Difference!

In an effort to become more involved in the Arlington community, and hopefully meet some cool people in the process, we attended a volunteer information session last night for the county.  Numerous local organizations were there to snatch up some volunteers for their cause.

We found some great programs that need our help:

• Tonight we're going to help coach athletes for the local Special Olympics games. 
• Friday, Wes is lacing up his skates (for the first time since his accident!!), to help individuals with disabilities and their families tackle the ice!  The event actually takes place at the rink where the Washington Capitals practice...which is on the top level of a parking garage, might we add.  Random.
• Sunday we may garden at one of the local elementary schools.  The crew goes out for cervezas afterwards.  ;)

We're excited to be more involved!

Fun fact:  Did you all know that Wes was a Service Scholar when he was at Fisher? :)   

Happy Daylight Savings!

...and what a dayLIGHT Savings it was!  The sun was shining bright today, so we ventured outside to enjoy the rays while running some wedding errands.  Take a look!

And we're off!

The Cherry Blossoms are popping out!

Happy Socks!  How fun are these?  P.S. these were in the Men's Department.  Oh, and this stop on the tour was to find Wes some new threads for our engagement shots!  He found something snazzy, but you'll have to wait until you receive your save the dates for a peak! 

We had to hop in the Metro to get to our next destination and check out what we found!  Every Friday in April, Crystal City (a section of Arlington) holds free 5k runs!  We'll be home to celebrate Easter for the first one, but our plan is to tackle the last three!

Our time in the Metro was brought to an abrupt halt when I was attacked by a seriously vicious cough that literally took my breath away and caused my eyes to water uncontrollably down my face.  So we franticly ran out of the Metro and into CVS to get water and tissues.  And look at these freaking tissues!  I was meant to get that cough.    

Seriously.  Look at the details in the packaging.

Ok, enough about the tissues.

Absolutely gorgeous day!

You know, just a typical Sunday afternoon.

The best part of our sunny day was stopping by the Container Store to pickup our new, awesome, cheese container.  Yes people, we eat that much cheese.

Ok, perhaps the best part was walking to get some delicious gelato to end our day.  :)

We're Slackers, please forgive us!

Hi lovely blog readers!  It's Jaime.  :)  On behalf of Wes and myself, we want to apologize for our lack of posts this past week.  I have been fighting off something since last Saturday afternoon.  Perhaps it all started after I had a 1st grader, literally, sneeze in my face. :/   

Needless to say, this past week has been a rough one for me, and Wes has been preoccupied taking SUCH good care of me!  Seriously people, the man makes a mean pot of tea.    

One positive of being sick is the endless amount of tea I have been drinking.  mmmmmm...

We're keeping Kleenex in business.

And take a look at how he serves Mac n Cheese.  Look at that irresistible face.  Unfortunately, the wine was only for him - perhaps that's what kept him so sane this past week? :/

Once a New Yorker, Always a New Yorker

It's a sad day; we started the conversion process.  That ugly McDonald's colored sticker you see above, is the Virginia Inspection verification.  We have no words. 

Happy Read Across America Day!

What's your favorite book? Ours are...
Jaime: Ish by Peter Reynolds
Wes: 'Tis by Frank McCourt

We have AMAZING friends.

As many of you know, last weekend we took a quick trip home to look at a couple venues for the BIG day!  More on that, this week.  While we were home, we got together with some of our most wonderful friends.  

We are constantly amazed by how thoughtful, creative, and genuine our friends are.  Seriously, it's something we talk about on a weekly basis...at least.  Take a look at photos from the engagement celebration Joanne & Ben put together for us! 

Banner hanging in the hallway outside of their apartment door!

Another creative sign set up next to the AMAZING cake pops Joanne made!  Speaking of...

Seriously

freaking

aaaaaaamazing.

Personalized votive candle holders - Joanne printed out photos of us onto transparency paper and then wrapped them around the holders.  Just say it with us - AAAAAMAZING.

Hanging in the living room were these handmade "streamerations" (streamer/decorations. ha!) - over 300 circles were cut out to make these AMAZING decorations. 

Freaking fantastic flower arrangements. 

Tulips and mason jars make the world a better place.

Love, love, love all the little details.

Thank you to Ben & Joanne for always opening up your home and making us feel so loved.  Also, a big thanks to Brit, Dan, Mike, Engel and Erin for celebrating with us - we love you all!