2 Years!

As of this past Monday, July 9th, Mark and I have been married for two wonderful years. We actually "celebrated" our anniversary Sunday night, with Mark surprising me with a dinner at Brasa, a Brazilian Steak House. Neither one of us had ever been to a Brazilian Steakhouse, but it came highly recommended by some of Mark's co-workers. Well, all Mark's friends were right, because the food was awesome and we had a blast watching the servers carrying huge skewers of meat around to the tables. I managed to get one of the servers to let me take a picture of Mark pulling off a slice of grilled cinnamon pineapple, as you can see below. We had such a nice evening relaxing and enjoying eachother's company.














Monday morning, I awoke to a beautiful bouquet of Fourth of July flowers and a super-sweet card from my husband. He's always making me personalized on his computer, using pics we've taken of the two of us together. Unfortunately, that night, Mark had to work his night shift at Biogen, so I decided to take him some yummy food for his "lunch break". Even though we didn't get to see each other much on the actual day of our anniversary, you could definitely feel the love in all the little things we were able to do for each other. We can't wait to share many more years of memories and marriage!

Fourth of July Fun!

I can't believe the 4th of July has already come and gone! Unfortunately, Mark had to work a bunch this past week, so I decided to drive home for the Independence Day festivities in VA. Mom, Dad, and I joined my Aunt, Uncle, Grandma, and cousins for some yummy food and celebration. This year, Dad came up with a seemingly brilliant idea to try to get on the Yorktown Coast Guard base for this year's firework display. (There is a pretty awesome dock that we had planned to walk out on to watch the show.) Since he is a retired Coastie, the base's gateguard stated on the phone that it would be fine for us to get through the road blocks. So, the 'rents and I (plus my cousin Drew) piled in the convertible and headed out for the show in Yorktown. We ended up getting past one roadblock, only to be stopped a little further down the road at another blockade. Unfortunately, we were informed that only "active duty" Coast Guard were allowed on base for the night. Total bummer! However, Dad had a plan "B", and we headed across the bridge to the Glouster side of the York River to catch the show. We found a sweet parking spot and the perfect spot on the Glouster Beach to set-up our stadium chairs. The weather was gorgeous and the firework show was great...the only thing that would have made the night more perfect would have been for Mark to be there with me! ;-) So, that was my firework adventure for the year. We'll totally be prepared for next year's show!


Mom, Dad and me enjoying the show!



Here's Drew workin' the mini tri-pod!






Just a couple shots from the show