Happy Birthday to ME!

My oh my, I'm 22! I still feel like I did when I turned about 17, but lots of things have changed. I got engaged, graduated, got married, and moved to Washington, D.C. Blake's family really knows how to celebrate birthdays. It involves waking up early, eating cake for breakfast, lots of decorations, and opening presents. My special day was no different. 

I thought it was pretty darn cute that Blake went all out on the decorations. He enlisted the help of our friend, Amanda, to make my BTS cake and it was delicious! My one request on my special day was that he make dinner for me and our friends. (My birthday fell on a Sunday this year, which meant eating in.) He made delicious Filipino food--adobo, rice, and lumpia. It was perfect. We had more cake after dinner and Blake made sure we all wore our party hats =).

Here's to another great year of life!

A Saturday on Capitol Hill

I am a sucker for farmers' markets. Eastern Market is "DC's Oldest Continually Operated Fresh Food Public Market." I had to look that up because I wasn't sure how to describe it. Anyway, it's super cute and picturesque. There are indoor and outdoor vendors. Everything from fresh meat and produce to crafts and apparel. We went mostly for the food but the alpaca hats were fun to try on too. 

From the top left, clockwise: the Andersons, delicious crepes,
lovely produce, and blake with some fresh mini donuts.

Afterwards we went on a tour of the Library of Congress. It is gorgeous and so neat. I've come to terms with the fact that I have the worst memory ever and one day I'll have to have Blake do a guest post and write about all the things we learn when we visit different museums or historical sites. It was a gorgeous  day in DC.

First DAY on the Job

Pun intended. So, Blake is interning with Senator Orrin G. Hatch. He gets to work with three legislative assistants who work directly with "The Boss," as he's called. I felt like a proud mom on the first day of kindergarten. Here he is before he hopped on the Metro for work.

I was unemployed for my first week in DC, so I had plenty of time to make sure the table was set and dinner was ready right when he got home. I bought him a few treats from Sprinkles Cupcakes and Godiva to celebrate.

I love living right next to Georgetown!

Mr. & Mrs. Day

I can't believe I have put off the married blog right of passage for so long! Ever since I graduated in December, I feel like it's been go, go, go. Blake and I went home, got married in the Los Angeles Temple,

went on a honeymoon to Las Vegas

and moved to Washington, D.C. 

This is our first home: 

It's small, but it suits our needs very well. We are located right next to Georgetown which is so fun. Trader Joe's is across the street and we're just a few blocks away from the Metro. I've always had a love-hate relationship with journaling, whether on paper or the web. I have a writer's remorse type thing where I feel like I need to go back track all our adventures so that I don't forget them. So, the next few posts will probably be jumbled up between past and present, like an episode of "Lost." I'll blog about that another time. But, for now we're enjoying being newlyweds in the nation's capital.