March 25, 2012

27

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On March 13th, Todd turned 27.
We celebrated this year in Hilton Head with friends.
No school or work to get in the way.
Happy Birthday Babe!

March 9, 2012

Rocky Steps

Todd's favorite thing to do in a new city is to wake up early and go for a run.  Philadelphia is a great place to do this because they have awesome paths that lead you straight to the Art Museum.  So we enjoyed reenacting Rocky Balboa as we ran up the steps.  However, we did not drink any raw eggs before hand.  Maybe that's why our filming isn't very good.  But to give us some credit, we were using Todd's phone to film this and filming while running is no easy task.      

March 8, 2012

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

February 24th-26th
We are trying to take advantage of living on the East Coast so we ventured up north to see what Philly had to offer.  I had prepared myself by watching Rocky and National Treasure before we left so I knew what to expect!  We had a lot of fun exploring the city and seeing the sites.  
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Rocky Steps
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LOVE park
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City Hall
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Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell
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the Todd House
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Philadelphia Museum of Art and Rodin Museum
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Philly has some awesome artwork inside and out.
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Jim's Steaks for our first real Philly cheese steak.
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Such a fun city.  Hopefully we will be back one day soon.

February 29, 2012

VCU Winter Ball

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We had so much fun at the Winter Ball this year.
Lots of friends, food, games, and dancing!
This time it was held at the Richmond Convention Center.
Not as pretty as the Jefferson Hotel but plenty of room to dance.
They had a room full of carnival games and 
it was fun to watch our future surgeons play the life size Operation game.
(Based on that, I don't know if I would trust any of them doing surgery on me!)

A Lunch to Remember

A few months ago we saw a groupon for lunch at Feathernesters.
We looked it up online and it looked good so we decided to get it.
Some of my coworkers had told me about it too and they have a cute shop there.
A few weeks ago, we went for lunch and when we walked in we both starting laughing.
Todd was the only male in there and we were probably the youngest people by at least 30 years.
The old lady sitting next to us, asked if we wanted our picture taken because we were on "a cute, little date."
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The food was good and the shop was cute! 
But it's a place to go with your girlfriends, not so much your husband!

February 12, 2012

Natural Bridge, Foam Henge, Humpback Rock.

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A few weekends ago, we decided to take advantage of this awesome winter weather we are having.
We headed to the western part of the state to see the Natural Bridge.
On our way back, we saw a sign for Foamhenge and decided to see what it was.
It was definitely an interesting replica of Stonehenge someone created.
We also stopped in the Blue Ridge Parkway and hiked up to Humpback Rock to watch the sun set.

January 31, 2012

New Orleans.

January 12th - January 16th, 2012

Since Todd didn't have school on Martin Luther King Day, we wanted to plan a trip.  And who better to travel with then the Thompson's!  Todd and Kyle served in the same mission and have been friends ever since.  Now that we live in Virginia and Kyle and Kina live in Texas, we never see each other anymore.  We decided that we would meet up somewhere none of us had been and where it would be warm.  So you would think we would have chosen some nice Caribbean Island but nope, we headed to New Orleans, Louisiana.  It was such a fun, little get away and we were able to see and do a lot.

Some of the highlights...
National World War II Museum
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New Orleans Hornet's game and Meeting the Honeybee's
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Touring Cemetery's
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French Quarter Ghost Tour
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Beignets and Hot Chocolate at Cafe Du Monde
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Jean Lafitte Preserve
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Air Boat Tour into the Bayou looking for Alligators
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French Quarter
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Bourbon Street
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