MARCH MADNESS

March Madness is upon our household...bets have been made, teams have been picked, and now we must sit back and watch it all fall apart. There is nothing better than feeling like you have picked perfectly...It's only when the games begin that March really turns to MADness!! If you are curious as to how Ellie and I picked click on our pictures below to view our brackets!!

We Love Brown Grass!

Today is a momentous day! ALL of our snow has officially melted! We were the last on the block to lose it, but now, on display in our front yard is BEAUTIFUL, BROWN, SOGGY GRASS!!! We are so thrilled.

...THIRTY...

Today is the official mark of WEEK 30 of pregnancy! We've made it past the twenty-somethings! It seems as though I've been asking Jeff..."We're at week 27 now, right?"...for the last decade. I think we'll throw a party. Thirty is good.

Fast-Food Slow-Down...

So February Fitness has come and gone...turned out it was actually gluttony month. I must have missed the memo!! So this month "WE" have decided after gorging ourselves eating out last month to set out to not eat at restaurants for the month of March. This feat has not come easy thus far. It has become quite clear that many times eating out is something we do socially with others and we quite enjoy this time!! We also have never really been ones to make extravagant meals at home. We get home from work and are looking for an easy way get fed. Now, it must be made clear that both of us are decent cooks, but neither of us really enjoy spending the evening in the kitchen...or so we thought!! "Still Golden" has provided recipes for many-a-meal over the past two weeks. We have bought extravagant ingredients like ginger root and shitaki mushrooms, and have enjoyed the smell of sauteed garlic and red peppers. IT HAS BEEN GREAT!! And to tie it all together I (Jeff) am reading the book "Fast Food Nation" in the hopes that after this fast-food slow down is over on March 30th, I will not be tempted to return to the processed meat and grease that have clogged my arteries with cottage cheese. Let's be honest...there is nothing like keeping a great streak alive!!

The 3 AM Club

I just found out that our newspaper arrives at 4 AM--I've always wondered about this mysterious delivery. I'm sitting on the couch at this early hour because I cannot sleep. I still have 3 months to go in pregnancy...so I'm thinking that this God's way of preparing parents for having a newborn...

Bull Moose Lodge

We spent the weekend with Jeff's family at a cabin outside of Leavenworth. It was a great weekend to relax with family--and to snowshoe for the first time (for me, anyway). Jeff had his first Weinerschnitzel, many a wedding detail was planned, Scott found his calling as a XBox 360 racecar driver, Annie's parents beat everyone in pool, and we went to our first ever WINE TASTING. (Well, Jeff tasted, we both went). Here is our last pic as we left on Sunday--Jeff and I, Drew and Annie, Scott and Colleen, and Annie's parents, Tom and Linda. Oh, and of course Brodie and Lilly, the faithful and entertaining canines.