Thanksgiving

I haven't posted in a while. Now that I am on winter break, there are many things that I am trying to catch up on. Over Thanksgiving, we were lucky that my family was able to come and Jeff's parents came the next week. It was so fun to show them around Virginia and DC. My family flew into Baltimore on Thanksgiving. I was able to pick them up and we headed to my aunt's house in Maryland for dinner. 

On Friday Jeff had to work so I was the tour guide for the day. I woke Emma up early to do some Black Friday shipping with me before everyone work up. Then we decided to run to the lake behind our house to burn off some calories for the day. 

Afterwards we went to a donut shop called Duck Donuts. (Hopefully the run helped a little bit.) It was a really neat place. When you go in, you get an order form to customize your donut. You pick the

glaze and toppings. Then they cook your donut fresh on the spot. Such a fun idea!

  

We then went to the Town Center for their annual Day After Christmas parade. It was packed with people and the parade went on for over an hour. We snuck out a bit early but saw Santa waiting as he was the grand finale. 

     

After the parade, we decided to head to Manassas to see the battlefield. At this location there were two Civil War battles: The Battle of Manassas and The Battle at Bull Run. We got to watch a movie and had a tour around the fields. It was very interesting and is neat how close it is to where we live. 

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When Jeff got home that evening, we headed to the National Zoo for Zoo Lights. It is nice that the zoo is free because it is a Smithsonian. We  enjoyed looking at the light s and going in the animal houses to watch the animals. It was a busy day!

On Saturday we took my family to the Potomac Falls. We walked around and showed them the ruins of the Potomac Canal and the town Matildaville. 

We then headed to Georgetown.Our first stop there was to Georgetown Cupcakes where the show DC Cupcakes was filmed. It is definitely a popular place and sure worth it. One bite was rich enough. We continued walking to the shops around. It had the DC feel. 

It was a great trip and we are so glad that both families were able to visit. We love you!

Jeff's Birthday

On Monday it was Jeff's birthday! We were lucky that it landed on Labor Day so we didn't have to go to work. Instead, we hopped on the metro and went to the Washington Nationals Baseball game. Unfortunately they lost to the New York Mets but we enjoyed being true fans while drinking lemonade and eating hot dogs. 

We bought these hats from a vendor by the stadium. We wanted to attempt to look like loyal fans. ;)

I am so lucky to be married to my best friend. Happy Birthday!

The Luray Caverns

These last few weeks have been crazy. School starts on Tuesday and I have been in more meetings than I can count on both hands. We both decided that we needed a vacation so Jeff had the great idea of taking a day trip to the Shenandoah Valley. It is such a beautiful drive full of rolling hills and amazing views. 

Once we arrived, we decided to go to the Luray Caverns. Because it is Labor Day weekend, a lot of people seemed to have the same idea as us. It was definitely worth it though. 

These are all reflections from the water. 

Included with the ticket was a neat museum that had a lot of vintage cars.

We wanted to find a fun place to eat lunch so we looked on Yelp. There were tons of great reviews for this bbq place so we decided to head over. Little did we know, it would be a small trailer. The bbq food was pretty good though. 

 This day trip was a perfect way to start off the Labor Day weekend. We are excited to continue celebrating on Monday for Jeff's birthday!