NCAA Tournament

Thanks to our Baylor Bears we spent Easter weekend in Washington D.C. this year. We had an awesome time, even though Baylor lost. Jeff had been once to D.C. on business, but I had never been. I love history, so I was beyond excited to see as much as I could in the four short days we were there.

We toured the capitol building and went on a monument bus tour, ate in Georgetown on the Potomac River, toured the Holocaust Museum, visited Arlington National Cemetary and walked around Old Town Alexandria. By the end of the four days my legs had never hurt so bad...Vegas walking is nothing compared to D.C. I was ready to come home on Sunday, but amazingly still didn't see everything I wanted to see.

We found a yummy hamburger place to eat there called Five Guys Hamburgers. I hate to admit it, but it might just be better than my favorite In-N-Out. We also ate fabulous ice cream at Gifford's. Jeff, being a true Texan, will argue till the day he dies that Blue Bell is better, but Gifford's had the best ice cream I've ever tasted. I'm not even a huge fan of ice cream, but ended up having it twice.


Here are a few pictures from this weekend. I have a bunch more on our website for all to see...

Smiling at halftime...hopeful that we would come back and win.

The girls at Arlington National Cemetary...love the Cherry Blossoms.

The Changing of the Gaurd at the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier...by far the coolest thing I saw all weekend.

Funny Story...The Holocaust Museum has a few video rooms, one in particular about the rise of Hitler. We were waiting outside the entrance to this one when the group before us started coming out. A little boy, probably not much older than five, was walking out with his mom. With the most serious face, he looked at her and asked "Mom is Satan American?" She replied "No." He paused a second, and then asked "Is he German?" Nothing like a child to lighten the mood!

AI

I am addicted to American Idol. Jeff and I have not missed a season yet. Except for Amanda Overmeyer, I think the group as a whole is pretty good this year. For the girls I like Brooke White and Carly Smithson and for the boys, David Cook and Michael Johns. My favorite out of everyone though is David Archuleta. He has been my favorite since his first audition, so I don't consider myself one of the banwagoners. I've included two of the songs he has sung, especially for my mom to see, since she refuses to watch AI.

Oh What A Beautiful Morning

Look what we woke up to this morning!! I had pretty much given up on any white weather this year, but with Texas you never know. This week we have had rain, two days of beautiful sunshine, more rain, snow, and now it is once again clear and sunny.

I was so jealous yesterday when I heard my brother was getting snow in McKinney. We had been in Dallas all morning, but I guess just not far enough north. All we had was cold, nasty rain. Seriously, if it is going to be that cold and wet it should at least be snow.

Diego loves the cold weather. He loves to just sit on the back porch when it is freezing. I have to make him come inside so his paws don't get too cold. I sometimes feel sorry for him that he has to put up with so much Texas heat. I'm sure he would be so happy to live in Colorado.

Moose's first snow

He ran all over the backyard like crazy. I think he likes it as much as Diego. There were a few times where he looked at me with snow on his nose. It would have made for such a cute picture but he was just too fast. He was having way too much fun to cooperate with my picture taking.

And as usual, I don't have any pictures of Brinkley in the snow. He is a true Texas dog and could lay in the sun for hours. He hates cold weather, hates getting his feet wet, and really hates the snow...cold and wet, a terrible combination. He only went outside this morning to take care of business and then ran back inside after 30 seconds.

What a fun treat! I'm so glad we got one last taste of winter. Now I am officially ready for spring and warm weather!

Heaven on Earth

Do all you Baylor grads remember Dr. Pepper Hour at Baylor? Just a little slice of heaven in my opinion and reason enough for anyone to go to Baylor. Every Tuesday Jeff and I enoyed our yummy to the tummy Dr. Pepper floats while in undergrad.

Last week my cousin, Ryan, visited us from California. We spent part of last Tuesady over at Baylor, walking around showing him the campus and visiting the bear pit. We went to the Spirit Shop (which is going out of business in May...Boo Hoo!) to stock up on our Baylor gear. All that was fun and exciting, I love walking around Baylor, but the best part of the day was getting to have a Dr. Pepper float. It had probably been over 8 years since I enjoyed the awesomeness of the float "Baylor" style. It was soooo good that I think we will be making it a monthly tradition in our house to visit Baylor on Tuesdays!