I am terrible and haven't posted any photos from when the fam came to DC. So for now enjoy what my sister created on her blog...courteneycole.blogspot.com
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Our Traina-Filled Summer
We've had some good times with the Jen & Blake Traina this summer. An old favorite of theirs and a new favorite of ours, Los Tolteco's, has become a weekly occurrence for the four of us. We've spent many margarita and sun-filled afternoons hanging out on the patio. 
Here we are at the Virginia Wine Festival. There was about 30 Virginia wineries tasting booths in the middle of nowhere in Roundhill, VA. We had a great night as official taste testers and wine connoisseurs. I would have to say one of the highlights of the night was hitting McD's on the way home. Wine & McDonalds the perfect combination...
We spent last weekend in the Shenandoah Valley at Martha & Keith's cabin in Bryce. It was so relaxing and wonderful to spend the weekend with friends without any responsibilities. We stayed up late, slept in, ate a late breakfast on the deck, and drove around the beautiful, historic town making pit-stops at all the cute little wineries.
Yay for new friends and for many more memorable moments to come.
Here we are at the Virginia Wine Festival. There was about 30 Virginia wineries tasting booths in the middle of nowhere in Roundhill, VA. We had a great night as official taste testers and wine connoisseurs. I would have to say one of the highlights of the night was hitting McD's on the way home. Wine & McDonalds the perfect combination... We spent last weekend in the Shenandoah Valley at Martha & Keith's cabin in Bryce. It was so relaxing and wonderful to spend the weekend with friends without any responsibilities. We stayed up late, slept in, ate a late breakfast on the deck, and drove around the beautiful, historic town making pit-stops at all the cute little wineries.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
CFWO intermission
I got home from a long day of work and play on Friday night and started to undress to put on my pj's...and I caught a glance of myself in the mirror...and my arms were ENORMOUS. Apparently over the course of the day under the sleeves of my tiny pink sweater my upper arms had been growing exponentially. I could not stop staring at and examining them and I was suddenly wishing Tanner hadn't stopped off at the store.
When Tyler and Tanner did get home I ran down the stairs to show them. Tyler thought I was allergic to bees and had been stung by them continuously. Nope not the case Tyler, I just have the case of the swolls from my crossfit workouts on Wednesday and Friday. None of us had ever seen anything like it. I felt so nasty and I was in so much pain. The swelling is slowly going down but its two days later and I am still icing and covering up in sweaters which I am having a difficult time stretching over my massive, creepy arms. Pull ups are definitely not my friend after this turn of events.
When Tyler and Tanner did get home I ran down the stairs to show them. Tyler thought I was allergic to bees and had been stung by them continuously. Nope not the case Tyler, I just have the case of the swolls from my crossfit workouts on Wednesday and Friday. None of us had ever seen anything like it. I felt so nasty and I was in so much pain. The swelling is slowly going down but its two days later and I am still icing and covering up in sweaters which I am having a difficult time stretching over my massive, creepy arms. Pull ups are definitely not my friend after this turn of events.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Summer Time 09 Part Uno
Tanner: Remember when we went to Mount Vernon?
Kirsten: Ya, I do, why?
Tanner: Just making sure. That was fun.
We've had some seriously fun summer activities sans studying (if you can believe it) and no one else has been able to enjoy them because I haven't been blogging! I haven't been taking very many pictures either so this post may seem pretty lame but I just want to write down some memorable moments.
....last sunday july 26 - Mount Vernon awaited us. We woke up late Sunday morning and the weather was pretty crappy and we were both like, We want to do something today. So we did. We packed ourselves up for the one hour drive to GW's old house. It ended up being a hella hot day spent standing in line for 2 hours but we loved it anyway.
wednesday july 29 - happy hour with 19th and w - This group of guys is one-of-a-kind. Tanner had already been hanging out at Clyde's for a few hours when I showed up after work. The night was spent listening to their crazy stories and planning future vacations to create more crazy stories.
thursday july 30 - wine tasting party at Martha's - Do I really want to tell this story? Yeah! Nancy's friend Martha joined a pyramid scheme selling wines from Napa Valley. Whoever thought this up is genius. Wine up your friends and sell oodles of wine and have them sign up to host their own parties all while having a good time.
friday july 31 - crab feast - The Espejo's had us over for our very first fresh crab feast. This dinner didn't come easy, we had to work for every ounce of crab and mussels that we devoured. So it wasn't surprising to find that we were pretty tempted by the kid's food (pizza and mac and cheese) that was prepared in the kitchen when our dinner was over.
saturday aug 1 - training camp in the heat, Los Tolteco's for margs and dinner (a new...what's it called? You know, you do it every week or every year? tanner: annually? No you do it by holidays and with your family....TRADITION!), then listening to tanner's radio show...the Sports Hub.
Tanner: Just making sure. That was fun.
We've had some seriously fun summer activities sans studying (if you can believe it) and no one else has been able to enjoy them because I haven't been blogging! I haven't been taking very many pictures either so this post may seem pretty lame but I just want to write down some memorable moments.
....last sunday july 26 - Mount Vernon awaited us. We woke up late Sunday morning and the weather was pretty crappy and we were both like, We want to do something today. So we did. We packed ourselves up for the one hour drive to GW's old house. It ended up being a hella hot day spent standing in line for 2 hours but we loved it anyway.
wednesday july 29 - happy hour with 19th and w - This group of guys is one-of-a-kind. Tanner had already been hanging out at Clyde's for a few hours when I showed up after work. The night was spent listening to their crazy stories and planning future vacations to create more crazy stories.
thursday july 30 - wine tasting party at Martha's - Do I really want to tell this story? Yeah! Nancy's friend Martha joined a pyramid scheme selling wines from Napa Valley. Whoever thought this up is genius. Wine up your friends and sell oodles of wine and have them sign up to host their own parties all while having a good time.
friday july 31 - crab feast - The Espejo's had us over for our very first fresh crab feast. This dinner didn't come easy, we had to work for every ounce of crab and mussels that we devoured. So it wasn't surprising to find that we were pretty tempted by the kid's food (pizza and mac and cheese) that was prepared in the kitchen when our dinner was over.
saturday aug 1 - training camp in the heat, Los Tolteco's for margs and dinner (a new...what's it called? You know, you do it every week or every year? tanner: annually? No you do it by holidays and with your family....TRADITION!), then listening to tanner's radio show...the Sports Hub.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
An interesting day at the pool
I went to the pool to relax and read a book. Little did I know that wouldn't be as simple as it sounds. There was far too much going on to focus on Nights in Rodanthe. Warning: People watching can suck you in no matter how hard you try to avoid it.
There was the ugly, large girl with the full VA Tech sweatsuit on (in 90 degee weather, mind you) with one of those loud voices that carries and pierces the eardrum talking about cute boys and parties to her bikini clad high school friends. And the lonely middle-aged woman tanning, listening to music, and reading a book. She seemed quite harmless until her favorite song came on her iPod. Then it was a blur of snaps, claps, and singing. I was ready to pull out the video function on my cell phone. That is until I got distracted by hairy chested dad. I'll be honest it was the most red hair I had ever seen on a person. His legs, his chest, and his back were a forest of vibrant red hair.
Today I learned that preggo girls want to be tan too. Blonde-pregnant-pretty girl stripped down to her favorite tube-top swimsuit and instantly fell asleep in the sun. Grampy and Grammy still want to catch some rays too. Grandpa stayed busy with a crossword and Grandma spent the day people-watching. Which is quite understandable considering our surroundings. So, next time I want to read a book I will definitely have to find a different spot.
There was the ugly, large girl with the full VA Tech sweatsuit on (in 90 degee weather, mind you) with one of those loud voices that carries and pierces the eardrum talking about cute boys and parties to her bikini clad high school friends. And the lonely middle-aged woman tanning, listening to music, and reading a book. She seemed quite harmless until her favorite song came on her iPod. Then it was a blur of snaps, claps, and singing. I was ready to pull out the video function on my cell phone. That is until I got distracted by hairy chested dad. I'll be honest it was the most red hair I had ever seen on a person. His legs, his chest, and his back were a forest of vibrant red hair.
Today I learned that preggo girls want to be tan too. Blonde-pregnant-pretty girl stripped down to her favorite tube-top swimsuit and instantly fell asleep in the sun. Grampy and Grammy still want to catch some rays too. Grandpa stayed busy with a crossword and Grandma spent the day people-watching. Which is quite understandable considering our surroundings. So, next time I want to read a book I will definitely have to find a different spot.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
NYC
We went to New York for the 4th of July weekend. Kind of old news but it was really fun and I am sure you all want to hear about it, right? We originally planned on meeting up with Billy and Nikki but our dates didn't work with their dates so when we slipped out of that depression we decided we'd go up there just the two of us. I am so glad we did. It was an easy, quick trip but we were able to do tons of schtuff.
Day One - Busy Bus Tour - Our trip started with a painful wake up at 6 am Friday morning. There wasn't much traffic and we made it there by eleven o'clock. We drove right into some mad traffic but were so excited to be there that it didn't matter. New York is awesome, there is so much going on, so many people, and so many gi-normous buildings. We jumped on a double decker tour bus and got to see the whole city.
Can't wait to go back, we love New York. 
Day One - Busy Bus Tour - Our trip started with a painful wake up at 6 am Friday morning. There wasn't much traffic and we made it there by eleven o'clock. We drove right into some mad traffic but were so excited to be there that it didn't matter. New York is awesome, there is so much going on, so many people, and so many gi-normous buildings. We jumped on a double decker tour bus and got to see the whole city.
Our Lady Liberty
Times Square
We stood in line for two hours to freeze to death on top of the Empire State Building.
Day Two - Gum on the sidewalk, harrassment, & baseball - We had another eventful day that started off with Tanner and I arguing about what these black spots are all over the sidewalk. Come to find out that it really is old gum, am I the only one that didn't know this was gum?
Just a great photo
Canal Street (we got all of these good buys for less than $100) 
My first ride on a subway (I also saw a newborn baby taking her first ride from the hospital to home, talk about building up her immune system.) 
Tanner was very surprised when I told him to grab some papers off the printer and in the stack were a couple of Yankees tickets for the 4th of July.
Getting drawn in Times Square
Day Three - Killer Grates - We were very sad to leave the wonderful city of New York. We had breakfast at a cute little diner and walked up and down Lexington Avenue checking out the street vendors. A common theme of our trip was my fear of road grates and the joy that Tanner had of freaking me out by walking on them everywhere we went.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Happy 2 Years!
Holy crap is it July 14th already? I love being married to Tanner, it's been a wonderful two years spent sharing our lives and growing together. I feel really lucky to have such a sweet guy that puts up with my sassy-ness and busy schedule. I love that he can always makes me die laughing in any situation. Tanner, thanks for being you!
I could watch this video every day, it was an amazing day that flew by as fast as the past two years.
I could watch this video every day, it was an amazing day that flew by as fast as the past two years.
