Andy's Golden Birthday

Today my Andy turned 28 years old. I took the day off of work so it was a fun day for me too.

Here is how Andy spent his birthday...

• Had a nice breakfast with his mom & I at a new diner down the street
• Picked up mulch and then mulched the yard (it looks SO good)
• Went to the gym
• Had a massage at Twin Image
• Met his parents and Brian and Meghann for dinner at the Atlas
• Indulged in his favorite turtle cheesecake back at our house and opened presents

In our house, we actually celebrate 'Birthday Week'. So technically, the celebration isn't over yet!

Happy Birthday, honey! I love you!

Two Year Anniversary

Two years ago today Andy and I were married. It was such a perfect day. All of our friends and family were with us and the weather was just beautiful. Here are a few pictures to reminisce...

Tonight we celebrated by going to Cafe Dodici in Washington, IA for dinner. We had a wonderful meal...the picture turned out a bit fuzzy though.

And tomorrow...ANDY'S GOLDEN BIRTHDAY!!!

Weekend visitors

Desiree, Lou, and Baby Nico came to spend Memorial Day weekend with us here in Iowa City. We went to the Kernels baseball game, the boys went golfing, Des and I shopped and enjoyed downtown IC, and we had some good Indian take-out for dinner. Tyler and Dana just arrived and will stay with us for the night. We love having visitors, especially sweet babies!

This is hilarious. Lou loves to dress like Nico!

Amazing

Make sure your volume is up...And don't look at my double chin:)

Tri Tip Steak with Red Wine Sauce

Here is a great grilling recipe. It calls for flat iron or tri tip steak. We get our tri tip steaks at Costco and they are really good and pretty darn cheap for good beef. Here is a link to the recipe. The only alteration is that we don't strain the sauce as we are both onion eaters.

I hope you enjoy it!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/flat-iron-steak-with-red-wine-sauce-recipe/index.html

Two Lindsey's

My very good friend Lindsay Larson came down from Minnesota to visit us this past weekend. We don't see each other that often and we don't talk on the phone that much, but each time we are together it's instantly just like old times. Maybe that is because we have been friends since we were really little. Or maybe because our parents (who are good friends from college) named us the same name:). She is one of my favorite people. Here we are in front of the Old Capitol building here in Iowa City.

And here she is with her nice boyfriend Aaron. Thanks for visiting, guys!

And here's Andy and I at the Old Capitol Criterium bike race. Flights of bikers race a 1 kilometer loop around downtown which includes a HUGE uphill and a downhill with a sharp turn at the bottom. Yes, we saw a few good wipe outs here. Andy decided he wasnts to be a bike rider now.


Andy and I went to hit some balls at the driving range, but it was closed due to wet conditions. We did some putting instead. Andy said that I was the #1 putter. Watch out dad, we're already practicing!
And we finished off the weekend with a great dinner with Andy's parents. I'm posting the recipe soon. See, I told you I was catching up on my posts!!

A little catch-up

Sorry. I have been the world's worst blogger the past month. I THOUGHT about it a lot, took pictures of food so that I could post some new recipes, but haven't gotten around to it. I have catching-up to do.

Here are some pictures from Easter. We went back to the suburbs for Easter with my family on Friday and Saturday and then we came back to IC early Easter morning for brunch with Andy's family. It was a nice weekend!

Here is Andy's prized egg. It is a Hawkeye football helmet. He later dipped it in the yellow dye for the full black & gold effect. He's so artsy!
And here is sweet little Nico! He loves his Auntie Lindsey!!!
And here he is with Grandma!

My mom, Des, Nico and I are heading up to our friend's wedding in Minnesota in two weeks. I can't wait to go with him on his first road trip!