Happy Anniversary

Today was our 2nd wedding anniversary. We had such a great day. We enjoyed time at the park with Loryn and my Aunt Cinda and then went out to lunch to a great little bakery called Edgars. We finished off hte evening at a great restaurant called 26. We highly recommend this restaurant. On Wednesday nights they do wine tasting, so we had a great time.

Here is our menu from dinner. When I say YUM, it doesn't even begin to describe this meal.

We started out with thier house made potato chips with a bacon ranch dip and their chicken satay with a sesame peanut sauce. For dinner we enjoyed the Gulf Coast Shrimp, George’s Bank Sea ScallopsProscuitto Ham, Shiitake Mushrooms, Sweet Peas Handmade Strozzapretti Pasta, Sage White Wine Cream and the Citrus Braised Short Ribs with a Spicy Ham Cheese Grits Cipollini Onions, Summer Squash Natural Jus. The food was so good and so filling and rich. We ended up bringing back half of the meal for my Aunt and Uncle to try.

First Hanukkah Present

Last night we went and had dinner with Eric's brother Brian and his wife Karen. I should have taken pictures of the nursery and completely forgot. Our nephew Gabriel is due at the end of March and his room is perfect-it is decorated in a sports theme and the walls are just a very pretty blue. We had a great time hanging out, having dinner and opening presents. Uncle Brian and Aunt Karen bought Loryn a ball pit. She had so much fun dancing and jumping up and down on the box. We can't wait to set it up in the house and invite Brian and Karen over here.

Please check out some fun pictures of Loryn opening her present with her Uncle Brian.

Take me to the Zoo

Loryn and I went to the zoo yesterday with our friend Jeff Reese. Since he and I are both not working right now, we thought it would be fun to get out and go visit the zoo. Loryn had so much fun. She got to see the giraffes, pet a giant 700 pound pig, go on a private tour and check out some really neat birds and a giant giant porcupine. We had such a great day. It was a nice trip to hang out with a good friend and let Loryn experience the zoo.

Here are some great pictures from our little adventure...
Arriving at the zoo and checking out all the animals
Not sure if you can see it, but there is a tiny new baby gorilla. It was half the size Loryn was when she was born. Just tiny.
At Starbucks after the zoo. She loved being able to walk around. And she was given a free scone
Jeff holding the owl
Me holding the owl, and Loryn checking it all out.
It is amazing that the owl only weighed 4 pounds, but it seemed like a heavy 4 pounds when it all rested on your hand
Susie taking Loryn into see the giant pig. We each got to pet the pig. It was a really cool experience.
Loryn checking out the giraffe.

Happy Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving at Eric's mom's house was a whole lot of fun. There were lots of people there. Eric and Loryn and I (of course), Eric's mom and stepdad, Eric's grandmother, Marshall's parents, Eric's step brothers Jonathan and Eric, and Eric's wife Heather. Loryn loved the sweetpotatoes, the turkey and gravy and carrots. She especially loved her cupcake. Enjoy some pictures below from the festivities of the day.