Goodbye DC

On June 25th, our 12th wedding anniversary, we said goodbye to our DC home. It was a great home to live in for 20 months in an amazing city with so much to offer.

The kids and I hopped on a plane to Kansas City to stay with my parents while Derek made the trek with the dog over to KC. 

And then on June 28th, we all got up early and started the journey down to Texas! Derek and my father were in my dad's car with the Uhaul while my mother and I were in our car with the kiddos.

Compared to driving trips from Ohio to KC it was a SUPER short day (only 7.5ish hours of drive time!) and the kids were fabulous. We landed in Texas early evening with enough time to see the house and get settled in the hotel.

School Is Over

Super late but better than never, right?! Drew had a great year in Kindergarten with Mrs. Gray and Ady had a great year in preschool with Mrs. Hurwitz. Both great teachers in great schools and we feel so lucky to have had them both.

Drew's class had all the parents come so the students could show off their writing and storytelling skills. Drew was so excited to have mommy visit!

Mrs. Hurwitz read a sweet book on her last day of school and sent each kiddo off with a hug....

A couple from Drew's field day...

And here are the comparison pictures for fun...

Farewell Run

In late fall 2015 I joined a running group on a whim thinking I could maybe meet a few other moms here in DC. Little did I know what all would come from that decision. On the running side I ended up setting new PRs for a 5k, 10k and half and also completed my first marathon. I logged miles upon miles of running with these ladies discussing everything you could possibly imagine. But the friendship side is where I feel so lucky. Those mommas have been a support system for much more than running. If I needed to vent, they were there. If I needed pushed to complete the marathon, they were there. If I needed a babysitter, they were there. If I needed a mom's night out, they were definitely there. 

So, for my farewell run I choose to run an easy 5 miles to a DELISH cupcake and coffee shop. It was a wonderful morning for me and I'm so thankful for these girls! 

Father's Day

Well, this Father's Day was a bit strange. Derek had fallen in our Ohio house a couple nights before and ended up having a concussion so he wasn't really feeling that well at all. We did enjoy a nice, relaxing picnic on the National Mall and I rode the carousel with the kids instead of him due to his dizziness.

Then when we got home, I told him to take a nap while I took the kids outside for some fun in the sprinkler. Also, any mom who provides frozen treats in the summer is a good one, right?! :)

Kayaking the Potomac

We took Drew last fall and he LOVED it so much that we decided to do it one more time with Ady. I brought some snacks in case she wanted to stand up and try to jump ship but she did awesomely well and it was a perfect morning. I even brought a piece of bread which we fed to a pair of ducks who came within a few feet from our boat!

Definitely my favorite picture from the morning...

Lawyers Have Heart 10K

It was crazy hot, super humid and was a pretty hilly course, but I beat my 2010 10K PR by 7 seconds so a new PR it is for me! 1:02:03 this time. And last minute my girlfriend decided to run with me so that definitely helped! Can't wait for flat Texas. :)

White House Tour

We've tried for months and months to get a White House Tour but because they stopped them for a while this winter it proved quite difficult. Finally a date popped up so we grabbed the 2 slots. A girlfriend watched Ady while Drew was in school so that we could enjoy the quick tour sans the kiddos. It was really short and the house is much smaller in person than I had imagined! Still, so glad we got to walk through such a cool building who has house tons of amazing individuals... present one excluded.

Biking DC

DC has this awesome bike share program where you can pick up bikes anywhere around the city and rent them for however long you want only to dock them back up in a ton of spots covering miles and miles. I've wanted to have a bike date with Derek since we moved here so we did for his birthday! Unfortunately we had already sent our helmets back to Ohio so it was stupid but we risked riding without them. Anyway, we had wonderful weather and it was such a fun thing to do differently to see all of the monuments.

 Then it was on to get some yummy BBQ and play miniature golf to celebrate the big 3-6! :)