Time in the Craft Room

Its always a good weekend when I get to spend some time in my craft room. I made a few cards, tried my hand at some origami flowers, and started to design our wedding invitations.

Hello Baby

Origami Flower (perhaps to have some place in the wedding decor)

Sneak peak at some design elements of our invitations

The Powell Family Comes to DC

Last weekend Dena, Heath and baby Peyton came to visit us from Orlando! We had a great time but the weekend definitely passed too quickly. We were so happy to meet Peyton - she is adorable and so lovable.

Aw.

And she loves penguins just like me.

On Saturday we took a quick trip down to the Capitol to snap some photos by the snowy Capitol.

Snow bunny.

A little bit of sledding. Ha.

And the rest of the weekend was spent eat, drinking, and catching up with friends. It was so good to have them here!

Mmmm.

Have I mentioned JB is an amazing cook? He is! And with company in town this past weekend he had the chance to spend some time in the kitchen cooking up some delicious food. We started out with a shrimp appetizer - a recipe he picked up from his mom.

For the main course we had some delicious veggies...

John and his sous chef

The result

And prepping the pot roast

Finished product

A side of mac & cheese? Yes please!

Perhaps we will go with yellow instead...

And a chocolate mousse for dessert.

Am I on a diet? Of course I am!

Snowmageddon Round 2

We missed Snowmageddon Round 1 when we were home for my dad's surgery but we made it back just in time for Round 2! Round 1 brought about 2 1/2 feet of snow and slowed the city down. Round 2 brought another 2 inches and brought the city to a screeching halt. The government and all schools have been closed this entire week. On Wednesday morning, the 2nd day of Round 2, we ventured to the grocery store in the blizzard. That wind was LEGIT. It was absolutely frigid out, and so windy you couldn't see to the end of the block. We were only outside for about 10 minutes, but I had windburn on my cheeks when I went to bed.

The store was completely out of meat and cheese...

but we got everything we needed for John to make delicious reubens.

This morning I walked to the office to get some work done and snapped a few shots around the neighborhood. You can see there is a LOT of clean up left to be done. The majority of the roads still have not been plowed, and they are beginning to dump piles of snow on the side of the street because there is just no where else for them to put it.

My Dad Rocks

After finding out a few weeks ago that his heart needed some lovin', my dad was scheduled for bypass surgery. Yesterday the doctor operated and did three bypasses. The surgery went well and my dad is doing great today. He's comfortable and recovering in the hospital for the next few days. After that he'll have a couple of months at home to completely recover. I am so glad the doctors caught this - and I'm optimistic because this was the first great step to him getting healthy. I really appreciate everyone's support, thoughts, and prayers over the last few weeks.