Live a Little!

Sometimes you just have to live a little...so I decided that this weekend we would live it up with my good friend Elizabeth in town! Now let me just say that Elizabeth, my twinner, is amazing! This girl has stuck it out with me since tenth grade and oh boy have I put her to the test! But over the last 7 years (can you believe it's been that long!?!) she has been the best friend I've needed to keep me happy and sane! Pretty much I have loved knowing Elizabeth and look forward to the many years ahead that we will continue to fill with memories!



The weekend started with some crazy tennis playing in which all three of us, Broc, Elizabeth and I were a little bit rusty! But we played through the cold and survived the freezing fingers long enough to get in some fun games and a good warm up to the season! We returned home to a yummy enchilada dinner! Thanks Elizabeth for the help! :) We then finished off the night with a few rounds of Rummikub! Fun game!



Saturday morning we whipped up some yummy waffles and even made a delicious banana topping for them! It pretty much could not have been a better start to a super day! Once the waffles were gone we took off for the National Zoo! Although we didn't get to see the sloth bear eat, we did get to see some of our favorite animals including the apes, an emu, panda bears and of course the elephant shrew! Don't know what an elephant shrew is? Click here to find out and your life will be changed forever! Promise! ;)



Once we were all animaled out we made our way over to the Tidal Basin for the opening of the Cherry Blossom Festival! Wowie was it beautiful! Elizabeth went trigger happy and took over 180 pictures but it was all for good reason! The blossoms were absolutely beautiful! It was a little cooler than we had anticipated but when all was said and done we each got some sun and loved being out for the start of spring! Thank you D.C. for this wonderful tradition! We hope to be around again next year when the blossoms come out!



That night after giving our feet a little rest we went to P.F. Chang's for a delicious meal! With all the walking earlier in the day we had no problem going out for a nice, big meal! It was divine! And then to finish the weekend off right we snuggled up in our jammies and with full bellies watched an episode of Matlock! All in all I think I can honestly say that we certainly lived a little this weekend! A special thanks to Elizabeth for being our first non-family guest! We loved having you Elizabeth so please don't be a stranger and come back soon! :)