Mia comes to town and then the Cherry Blossoms Bloomed!

Mia is one of my favorite people on Earth!  Full of energy, sassy as anything, sexy, intelligent, and truly one of the most motivated people I know.  I am so thankful my old college roommate Josh swooped her up when he did!!  I just wished we lived closer to Denver so we could visit more often!
 

We had an extra ticket to the sold out Black Crowes at the 9:30 Club!  We had a great time rocking out with Brian and Andrew and they put on an AWESOME show!
 

The following day we had time to head down to the Tidal Basin to check out the blooming Cherry Blossoms, which is TRULY my favorite time in DC!!   It was such a treat to enjoy it with such a good friend!!
 

I could decide which photo I liked better so you get them both!!
 

 

Till next time Mia!  Bring the family next time!!!!

Cherry Blossom 10 Miler

Thank you Amy for the motivation to get up early on a Sunday morning and join this awesome race!!  The cherry blossoms were not quite in full bloom, but nobody seemed to care!

15,000 people entered this race, making it the largest event I have ever been in!  I couldn't believe the number of people on the sidelines cheering us on!  I wish I would have slowed down to take more photos of the support signs....A few of favorites read:
"You can't quite you are not the Pope"
"Smile if your not wearing underwear"
"Worst parade ever"

A strong finish on such a beautiful day!!  Now we are off to the Camden Yards for some well earned baseball, hot-dogs and beer!  Thanks again Amy for making this happen!!

100 Years of Blooming Cherry Blossom's -- Thank you Japan for making this my favorite week ever in the District of Columbia!

When the cherry blossom are blooming I might actually tell you I enjoy living in the District!  It is pure magical enjoyment.  Such a special time of the year, that doesn't last that long....your lucky if they stick around for a week, as they are so easily damaged by wind and weather.

With our temps being so warm this winter they bloomed two weeks early!  A bummer as they had a huge festival scheduled to celebrate the 100 Anniversary of the trees that were given to the U.S. as a gift from Japan.  Our photos (Andrew got an A+ for his photo skills), still don't do it justice.....just something you have to experience! Please come visit next year so you too can experience the beauty of the tidal basin in all of its glory!