Putt Putt

He lost.  I won for once.  I just had to document the fact. 

 

Saturday fun

On Saturday we headed over to Dim Sum at Oriental East in Silver Spring, Maryland.  I had to take a picture of Dad eating chicken feet.  You can't judge it until you try it.

 

After lunch we headed over to take a look at the huge Mormon Temple.  Ugly building but the grounds were lovely.  All these people walking back and forth from their cars were carrying bags.  Dad said they were probably the holy underwear they are required to wear when they go in.  Yikes!  Too sad.   

Then we headed over to wear Andy works currently.  It's the first time I've seen the place too.  I didn't know there was this gigantic chair outside the place.

Andy works on the top floor in that gray section.  The window of his office is right in the center where the two buildings meet.  You can see three windows there.  His is the middle of those three windows. 

However, thumbs up for the new building they are building for them next door.  It was supposed to have been completed a few months ago, but sadly, still being worked on today.  Oh well, maybe at some point he'll get to work in there.

Happy Birthday Andy!



We went out to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse on Andy's birthday.  It had a wonderful view part of Washington D.C. and the Potomac River.  The dinner was a piece of heaven melting in your mouth.  And Andy got a nice little dessert. 

 



 

 

 

 

We had to go home of course and open presents and have birthday cake too. 

 







Asian Dinner

Even though these are dad's pictures, I thought I'd show them too.  This is where we shop for our Asian food.  Below is me preparing some food for our Chinese meal that night at home.

 

Monticello

We decided to head over to Monticello the day after the 4th.  Unfortunately, by the time we got there, all the tickets had been sold out for the house tour.  In other words, buy online in advance. We did get a chance to walk around and snap some outdoor photos before the long drive back home.  Oh well.  At least it was a nice day outdoors. 

 

 

Stove Rebirth

I've been looking for summer projects.  So far, I've reorganized pretty much every closet in our place.  But I wanted to challenge myself.  I decided the stove of death was on my next to do list.   

 

Don't judge...between school and the phrase, I'll get to it later, to which I know you are all guilty, my stove has gone to a very bad place.  When summer came and a break, I knew I had to get at it.  I just couldn't stand to look at it any longer.  I had tried to clean up after spills, but burned on grease doesn't come off that easily.  And that's pretty much what I was going to be dealing with here.  So, I went at it.  And, I went at it.  After two days and about 10 hours total, I realized that despite my now crippled fingers, I could have a potential future job in stove renovation.   

I know...it looks good.  As for how I did it.  Well, that's my secret. 

Birthday

Andy took me to Longhorn Steakhouse for my birthday dinner.  It was a very nice dinner.  Here's the birthday girl at 31.  

 

Memorial Day Weekend

We headed to St. Michaels in Maryland along the eastern shore during Memorial weekend.  It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed driving around for the day. 



New York City

 

A view down on our hotel.  It's to the right of the big black building

 

Downtown view and the new Freedom Tower.
 



 

I like the Empire shadow.

One girl on the trip told me she brought some fingernail polish.  Then she pulled out a bag and I had to laugh.  A girl can't be too careful when you plan to be in the city for a day and a half.

 

The new 9-11 museum soon to open.  We might go next year.

Right next to the museum is the new central train station being built.  I guess it's supposed to take over Penn Station's operation at some point.   

Back Log - Easter

Easter did happen awhile ago, but I've been so busy that this is the first time I've really had in a long time to sit down and post a few pictures.  Here is the cross from the front of church that we each stick flowers into and then put on the front steps after the service.  Very pretty.

 

The butterflies on these banners are done by the students each year.

 

Confirmation

Andy's confirmation was very nice, even if we were having heavy rains outdoors.  

 

Mom and Dad sent some lovely flowers for his confirmation. 

Pastor and Andy 

The Next Lutheran

March 30th will be Andy's confirmation.  I told him that means we must watch the Luther movie.  I'm probably more excited then he is, but he's a good sport about it.    

 

 

What pole?

Well, at least it wasn't me who hit the pole that you couldn't see in a parking lot.  Sometimes it feels good not to be at fault and let the husband take the blame.  :)