2009 in review.

Rockefeller Plaza. NYC.

JANUARY

Jason and I welcomed the year 2009 in NYC.


Times Square. NYC.

FEBRUARY

Jason traveled to Germany.

I made us a mean homemade King Cake for Mardi Gras when he returned.

MARCH

We celebrated my birthday with a surprise visit from our parents.

Jason & I did ShamrockFest for the second year in a row.


Cherry Blossoms in DC.

APRIL


Jason promoted at the National Archives in front of The Constitution.

We left at the end of April to go down South.




MAY

Megan and Derek got married in New Orleans and we got to be a part of their day.

Sister graduated from high school (& I took her Senior pictures. :) )

Jason and I celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary. And, husband bought me a gorgeous black and white diamond square knot ring.


St. Louis Cathedral. New Orleans, Louisiana.


Whitney.


Square knot ring.

JUNE

Jason and I were able to work at camp, another summer. And, spent all summer eating in the new Dining Hall.
Jason and I celebrated being together 5 years, this month.


New Dining Hall.

JULY

We finished camp, and came back to DC, with Bryan and Chris in tow.

We had a fabulous time showing them around. They especially loved Ben's Chili Bowl, one of our favorite landmarks in the city.

Our car was broken into, while we were shopping at Eastern Market for steaks for our farewell dinner before they went back to Texas.
We waited around 2 hours for the cops to show up, and got lots of attention from passersby. Maybe it was the fold-up chairs we were sitting in beside the car and the broken glass everywhere. Or maybe not. You can read the full story here.

We ate breakfast at the Blue Moon Cafe in Baltimore. It was featured on Food Network, and we just had to try the Captain Crunch French Toast. We also found and took photos in front of Charm City Cakes.




Our 'farewell dinner.'


Captain Crunch French Toast.

AUGUST

Remembered my Dad. This month marked the 3 year anniversary of his death. We always miss him.

We visited Boston, where I fell in love with the city, and Double Tree chocolate chip cookies, so I came home and got a recipe to make them myself. We also toured Fenway Park.


The original Boston Cream Pie and where it was invented.








SEPTEMBER

Jen visited us in DC!

We spent Labor Day in Virginia Beach with family.





OCTOBER

We took a little camping trip and had lots of fun and some fabulous s'mores!

We watched the Yankees play in the World Series, and later win it!

We Trunk or Treated with at our church and carved pumpkins with our sweet friends, the W family.







NOVEMBER

We went to the unveiling ceremony for the 100th Year of Scouting stamp.

I redid our bedroom.

We had Thanksgiving with wonderful friends, who have become our family. And, I successfully made my Grandma's Cherry Coke Salad. It's congealed. :)

We stood in line, in the cold and rain, to get in Target when the doors opened on Black Friday. I found out on Christmas Day, Jason also bought my 'big' Christmas present there.








Our free gift for braving all that is Black Friday, at Target.

DECEMBER

The squadron Christmas party at Murphy's was a wonderful night!

I successfully used a candy thermometer and made great pralines on my first try!

We went to Disney World. We had dinner with princesses. We attended Mickey's A Very Merry Christmas party. We had some amazing blood orange custard.

We had a wonderful Christmas here in DC, with a small dinner and a day at home. We sure missed everyone, though!







HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! We hope it's a blessed year!