Life with the Lehmans

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Our Christmas Tree

This year, Christmas was very different for us. Having just moved to DC a week before Christmas, we didn't really have time to put up our Christmas tree and decorate the house. It was too depressing without the holiday decor, so I decided to pull out some ornaments and the tree skirt and decorate our plant. I thought it turned out cute and it was the perfect place to put our gifts.

Since we didn't have a tree this year, Jimmy was nice enough to take me to the National Christmas Tree in front of the White House. It was really neat, especially since there was tons of snow in the National Mall area and it was beautiful, cold, but beautiful.

I love the giant menorah!

Jimmy and the National Christmas Tree

Up close... I'm assuming it looks better at night with all the lights on

Jimmy by the Washington (state) Christmas tree

View of the Capital from the Washington Monument

I was COLD!

The snow was very pretty. Here's a view of the Lincoln Memorial from the Washington Monument.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

DC Bilzzard & Ham

Only our second weekend in DC and the worst blizzard since 1920 hits the area! We got about 22 inches of snow. You would think that we would be smart enough to stay indoors, but not the Lehmans! Jimmy insisted that we go to a ham speciality store and pick up our Christmas ham. I suggested that we pick it up after the blizzard was over, but Jimmy said that it was no big deal and that he knew how to drive in the snow. We bundled up and made the 5 mile drive to the Honey Ham store. It took about 45 minutes and we had a few close calls and almost got stuck, but we made it. However, the store was closed (as were most businesses that day). Nonetheless, we had a great adventure. We ended up picking up the ham the next day and Jimmy was right, it was the best ham I ever had ;0)

View from our balcony

Lucy was the only kitty brave enough to go out onto the porch.

This is her first experience with snow ;0)

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

7 years = 7 moves

Jimmy and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary yesterday! It's amazing to think that we have moved 7 times in 7 years.

1. Walla Walla, WA to Spokane, WA
2. Spokane to San Antonio, TX
3. San Antonio to a bigger apartment in San Antonio
4. San Antonio apartment to house in Converse, TX
5. Converse to Chester, VA
6. Chester to Fort Lee, VA
7. Fort Lee to DC

YIKES!

This year our lives have once again been turned upside down since moving to DC last Friday. We usually try to do something fun instead of exchanging gifts for special occasions. To celebrate our anniversary this year, we decided to celebrate (next weekend) by visiting the National Christmas Tree at the White House and go ice skating. I'm really excited!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Blogiversary

We've had our blog for 1 year, yay!

Here's a fun picture with Olivia and our dancing Christmas hippo. I love the look on Olivia's face!

Lucy Snout in a box.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Argh, moving...

The movers arrived on Thursday to pack and then Friday, they loaded up all our stuff onto the truck. Our items will arrive at our new apartment next week. Our Fort Lee house is now completely empty! For the next week, we'll be living with the 2 essentials in life: bed and internet.

All we need is a bed and the internet to live happily, ha ha ha.

Our bed... Livy seems to like it ;0)

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Band Hero!

Last weekend, we had some friends over and they brought over Band Hero so we could all play. We were hooked, so yesterday, Jimmy and I went out and bought it! Our band is called "The Snouts" and Jimmy and I played until the wee hours of the morning last night. We are looking forward to having our friends over, so our band can be complete.

Lucy Snout eating the Band Hero box

Lucy Snout planning a sneak attack on the other cats

Jimmy singing and drumming to a Taylor Swift song

Ha ha ha ha... I LOVE the headset! I was rolling on the floor laughing when he put it on.

Jimmy, again, with the headset and guitar.

Saying farewell to the laboratory

The lab threw Jimmy a nice going away dinner a few weeks ago at his favorite BBQ restaurant, Q BBQ. In addition, on his last day of work, the lab had a special breakfast for him as well. He was presented with a custom t-shirt with all of his known nicknames printed on it. It was very cute. I know everyone at the laboratory will miss him.

Here are some pics with some of the folks from the laboratory:

Jimmy and his BFF Diana

Jimmy was inducted into the "Lab Hall of Fame"

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Army's newest Medical Officer!

On November 18, 2009, Jimmy became the Army's newest Medical Officer. He is now officially a Clinical Laboratory Scientist and will be the Chief of Client Services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. I am so proud of him!

Here's are some pics from his commissioning ceremony: