Family, Food and Rain

The title pretty much sums up our Easter, but it really was a great day (even if we did all have to run for cover right after the Easter egg hunt!)

Mom, Mike and Ryan came down Friday night and helped me get ready for Sunday. Here's a peak at what we did:

I managed to get some pictures of Mom and Ryan playing Guitar Hero Saturday night!  (If you know my mother, you know how difficult it is to get a picture of her)

I think she was actually enjoying it!

I worried about the weather for days, but when I woke up it was a glorius day. You couldn't ask for better Easter weather.

I think she would have laid there for hours.

For the table centerpieces, I pulled out the tea cups that were given to me by so many family and friends for my bridal shower. Mom and I made little flower arrangements in each. And of course, you can't have Easter dinner without candy on the table, so I put different candies in even more tea cups.

Instead of using regular drinking glasses, I gave everyone their own mason jar with a paper straw. The tables were super cute and everyone seemed to love them!

We had no shortage of food!

After dinner, we had an Easter egg hunt which of course Libby was trying to get involved in again.

It was about two minutes after this picture was taken, that the skies open up and rained like crazy. So we moved the party inside for dessert and coffee.

If you have never made a cake pop, or heard of Bakerella, you need to go check out her site! They are so good and so much fun to make!

So that was our Easter. How was yours?



Taste Tested and Mom Approved

Mom, Mike and Ryan came down for the weekend to help celebrate my birthday. Mom insisted on trying Georgetown Cupcakes and boy are we all glad she did. They are so good! They ship all across the US and you won't be sorry. 

I thought it would be nice to go into DC and eat dinner and cupcakes next to the Jefferson Memorial. We stopped at Panera, picked up sandwiches and headed to Georgetown. I heard about the hour+ wait just to get into the store, so I pre-ordered online. Mom and I went into the store to pick them up and I was a little afraid to look any of the other customers in the eye. I thought we might get punched. Not only did we skip the entire line, but once we got into the store we skipped yet another line and went right to the register. Here's mom beaming in front of Georgetown Cupcakes. 

Next we headed into the city. We found a parking spot and walked to the Jefferson Memorial. Mom didn't let the bag out of her sight. 

We found a place to eat our sandwiches and then checked out the monument. Here are my favorite pictures:

We sat and enjoyed the view of DC from the front of the monument for a little while. 

None of us wanted to deal with the park police and eating food on the steps, there were signs all around saying no food allowed, so we decided to head home and enjoy the cupcakes at home. 

I of course had to take a ton of pictures before we ate any of them. So worth the cost was the consensus all around! 

Happy Birthday weekend to me!