Liberty Tax Ladies

FastSigns is located next door to Liberty Tax Service. Every January through April, a lucky few are selected to don the Lady Liberty gowns and crowns. Whether rain, sun or snow, they stand on Rt. 3 and wave at the cars going by. This afternoon Paul decided to challenge Rachel and me. He said, "I'll give you each one hundred dollars if you wear those outfits and wave for ten minutes." How could we refuse? After explaining why we needed to borrow their extra outfit, and Rachel bribing one of the Ladies already waving, we cheered our hearts out for Liberty Tax as the 5 o'clock traffic whizzed by. I'll update when we see the hundred dollars ;)

UPDATE: On March 1st, Paul's Birthday, we both had 100 dollar bills on our keyboards!

Snow Day

We started our Sunday with a trip to Target, as usual. The slippery trip to the car with our new goodies was the unusual part. Once we made it home, we played outside for a little while before retreating inside to watch the snow fall. We also put our new vacuum to good use. Obviously our old one didn't suck ;)

UPDATE: Cleaing up the morning after the snow fall isn't as much fun as playing in it...

Big Bowl of Fun

Today Matt, Caitlin, and I braved the windy weather of Reston. It's amazing how it can take 2 hours to drive 70 miles on a Saturday afternoon. It was worth it to dine with Caitlin at Big Bowl... even if there were no booths available... ever ;)

This is Caitlin at her apt complex, pointing out the obnoxious wind chimes that keep her up at night. Unfortunately our trip was fairly short, we do have a puppy to worry about. Also, we couldn't wait to introduce him to his new toy.

How to be an Adult: Lesson 4

Eat a peanut butter & jelly sandwich with milk for dinner :)
Okay, maybe our posts should be "How to avoid becoming an Adult"

Nevermind, it's SNOWING

Matt came home very excited due to the icy precipitation seen above! Doc checked it out, made some yellow, and came back inside to sleep with his cone (today was neuter-day).

It's getting HOT up here

We spent the afternoon down by the river at Old Mill Park. I can't believe we're in northern Virginia and it was warmer here today than it was in the Kiln! Doc is enjoying the warm weather walks for sure.

After our park visit, we spent an hour driving up and down I-95 trying to find this billboard. Tricord Homes is my favorite client, and I was happy to design this for their new golf community, Pendleton :)

Christmas, Christmas time was here

Matt, Doc, and I spent Christmas in Clarksville, TN with my family this year :) Traveling with Doc (freshly groomed) was quite the experience. We strapped him into his seat, and stopped very frequently. It was surely worth it though, just look how cute he is as a sidekick for our lab, Zoe. Once we arrived, my dad was eager to open presents, especially the one from us. Everyone loves an oversized canvas!

I spent most of the week laying around, but I did help Mom a little bit while she prepared our Christmas Eve feast. Grandmother kept a tight hold on Doc, while I mingled with my many new cousins. The newest additions are Callum and Mackenzie.

This was the scene at Target at 6:55 am the day after Christmas. Mom and I pushed our way to the Christmas ribbon to save for next year and managed to find some good clearance clothing items as well. I love Target. The men stayed at home and enjoyed their new pjs :)

Look at that form! Matt and I enjoyed a night out with Kayla and Lance and the newly engaged Hallie and Josh. Please take a look at the scores from our first game. Hallie and I spent the rest of the week talking about her wedding, and trying on dresses. Kayla and I are going to be two of her bridesmaids :)

We returned to Virginia for the First Night celebrations which featured the Fredericksburg Pear (shown above) and some entertainment from the local high school improv troupe, Shenanigans, Inc. I offered our assistance to them after the show, but I think they probably just thought I was crazy.

Nerds go to Washington

I stole the title for this post from Laura.

Last month, Houston and Laura came to visit :) We explored DC, and even though Matt & I have lived here for over 6 months, we definitely still behave as tourists would.

After all that site seeing, we were surely hungry... as you can see by all the Chinese food.

Laura finally gave us the reason we needed to explore downtown on a Sunday afternoon. Ice cream and puppy stores... what more could I need? We loved having Laura as a house guest, and of course Doc loved her too :)