Sofa City

Move Day went smoothly; 3 movers, 1 truck, 18 miles, all in five hours! Now the unpacking; 2 people, furniture shopping, 100 plus boxes, all accomplished in two weeks. We've even had our first house guests. Meredith and Murphy joined us for a slumber party on night one, hence the post title. Then we properly accomodated our guests for game night last weekend. Did we mention how much we love all this space!!!

Life is Good Today!

Toes in the water
Toes in the sand

Not a worry in the world

Got a cold beer in my hand

Life is good today

This was our theme song for the Key West Getaway, if only this was our everyday! The Three Best Friends that anyone could have (see Hangover) headed south for a little R&R and almost didn't come back. On our adventure we met several tourists that had actually made that decision not to return from vacation. Once you go to Key West you'll understand the temptation. October and 90 degrees, Sunsets, Margaritaville, Scooters, need I really say more?!?!

Dodger Day

I've finally found someone with as much love for LA as I have, Erik Bursch! Ok, so I might love the city and he their baseball team but in the end its all about LALA Land =) We took in two games of the series while the Dodgers were in town but Bursch really out did himself organizing this years Dodger Day event. What could be more fun then open bar, 50 friends, and a rickshaw ride where you have to get out and push...don't ask!

September Surprises

September was an eventful month for us! Sandra got a new job, Shaun's parents came to celebrate his b-day, and we decided to move to the suburbs =) Yes, you heard that right...Suburbs. Some might wonder why we would be willing to give up our wonderful commutes for the Northern Virginia traffic but try sharing one bathroom for your first year of marriage and you might get the picture. We're thrilled to now have four count them four bathrooms, visitors welcome =)

Congrats to the Carlsons!

While Sara was visiting, we packed our schedule full of fun activities, girls outings, and play dates. We included Erika in all our fun plans not expecting her to attend anything with a baby due at any minute. But to our surprise Erika was at the girls night out and baby play date. The new one wanted to give her some last minute fun with her friends, thanks Caroline! And congrats to pround parents and big sis!

Curious Girls go to the Zoo

Alli and Sara were in town for the Labor Day holiday and we toted Alli around to all of the hot spots. Back in the day Madhatters would have been considered our hangout but these days the Zoo seems more fitting. And boy oh boy were we not disappointed! We created our own zoo highlights tour which included the animal farm, tigers, lions, monkeys, and pandas. But we had two ah ha moments on our adventure. One included my National Geographic moment where we saw the latest addition to the zoo, the baby Gorilla. Then the most exciting part of our day was the O-Walk, we actually got to see the Orangutans use the rope swings that hang above the park. They really put on a good show! And to top off the day, we all of got the cutest little lunch bags that resembled our favorite zoo characters.

Sink or Swim

We avoided being shipwrecked on Gilligans Island but boy did I have my fears at the start of our journey! We went down to the boat on Sunday to sail it over to the marina for a makeover but when the motor stalled heading out of the slip I was rethinking if I wanted to be on the boat or chase car that was meeting us on the other end?!?! I survived the high seas and the pay off was great...yummy hard crabs!!!