Baby Claire

This last Sunday we had the opportunity to attend our friends daughter's baby blessing, baby Claire. We sure love baby Claire and are so glad she has joined us. We also love her family so much and could not help but get some darling pictures of all of them.

Cherry Blossom Festival

We arrived back in Virginia in time for the Cherry Blossom Festival.The trees were gorgeous this year. We even got to enjoy the parade with the Hawks. We don't have a lot of pictures of the trees or the parade, but we have some of one of our favorite girls, Carolyn.

Go Cougars! Go Virginia!

It's been a while since I posted last, sorry. We've had a lot of things going on lately, plus I lost motivation to blog there for a while. We're now back in Virginia, but I'll try to catch you up on our last little bit in Texas.

We enjoyed watching the cougars play basketball this year. We didn't get all of the games in our hotel room so we had to venture out to find places that were showing the game. Our favorite was this amazing Irish Pub, Lion and the Rose

We took a differnt way route back to Virginia than tthe way we came out. We decided to head to New Orleans to see Peter's cousin Tory and his family. We of course had to stop at Cafe Du Monde and Bourbon street in downtown New Orleans. It was really cool to see the city in person and not just in the movies. Then we drove through the rest of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and home to Virginia.

It's so good to be back. We are enjoying being in one place, and with family and friends. Peter is busy in the hospital doing family medicine this rotation and I just took a job as a child protective services worker.

You know you're in Texas when....

the waffle makers are in the shape of the State of Texas. Isn't it great?! It's one of the charms of our hotel and I love it.

And yes, I do realize it's backwards, sorry about that.

Visit with Shelley

I recently found out that my friend and old roommate, Shelley, lives just an hour and a half away in Austin. So a week or two ago when Peter was on call, I drove up to spend some time with her. I have missed her over the years and it was so fun to get to catch up with her and relive old times. Austin is a darling town! We enjoyed a great Tex-Mex dinner, drove through the city and then enjoyed a cupcake from a food truck on a very charming street. 

If we end up coming to Texas for Peter's residency one of the highlights with definitely be Shelley living so closely in Austin.

Our Valentines Day

Our Valentines Day was sweet and simple. We went to dinner at a great Japanese place and then enjoyed relaxing at home. I love my man!

A Real Life Texas Rodeo

We have officially been to a Texas rodeo! It was a huge production here in San Antonio at the AT&T center, definitely different from the same Oakley and Folsom rodeos we've attended. After the rodeo, Clay Walker performed a concert. I was so impressed by him and surprised by how many songs I recognized. It was a great night with friends, even though I didn't get lots of pictures to document it.