Happy Birthday, Jeff!

Jeff is turning 25 again today! He's spending the day by the pool and then we're going to celebrate with a big birthday steak and homemade apple pie tonight!

In honor of Jeff's big day, here are three fun facts you might not know about Jeff that I absolutely love:

1. Jeff secretly enjoys watching a certain MTV reality show. I'm not going to say which one but it rhymes with "The Pills"

2. He talks about his family like it's the mafia and he is very committed to "the family"

3. He is very afraid of spiders. When he goes outside to knock down the banana spiders (which can get as big as your hand) it's always a fun thing to watch. It involves a long-handled broom, Raid, and a lot of swinging of the broom and running away. Even though he's afraid, he still takes care of all of our bug problems.

In all seriousness, Jeff is a fantastic person. He's the best husband and friend a girl could ask for and the world is a better place because he's in it. So, here's to you, my love, and all of the great 25th birthdays ahead.

Happy Birthday!

A Post From Jeff...

Thank you Kyle & Kim!!



Note from Amy: At least 50% of our household is happy about these purchases. Jeff insists these are necessities for food storage (just in case we need to start eating squirrel), emergency preparedness and home safety. I still think he's more likely to accidentally shoot me...

I promise we're still here...

...we just haven't been doing anything really blog-worthy lately! We've settled into a nice summer grove. I just love the slower, more casual pace at work in the summer and Jeff has settled nicely into his role as a house-wife. He's working out like crazy (about 4 hours a day...really!) and keeps a very clean house! I'm a really lucky girl to have such a handsome guy who takes such good care of me. I'm definitely spoiled this summer, which will make my transition into a dental school widow that much harder!

We have some home-improvement odds-and-end planned for the weekend and I'm off to Dallas next week for my cousins wedding. It's going to be a fun trip and I'm so excited to see my family!

A Little Fun In D.C...

We had a great trip to DC last week. I brought Jeff along for my trip to Society for Prevention Research conference and I was so glad that he came. He was able to meet up with some old high school and mission buddies and take an unofficial eating tour of DC while I was in my meetings. He even saw President Obama flying to the White House in his helicopter! (I was green with envy) The trip was great professionally for me--I won the student poster competition! It was great exposure and I was happy with the people I was able to meet.

I took Friday afternoon off so that we could go and explore the city (and eat some more) and we had a great day! First, we went to the National Zoo and saw all sorts of animals.

Panda Bears...



A bald eagle...



Even some prehistoric animals. (We took this picture for our nephew, Charlie. It his Uncle "Beff" and one of his favorite dinosaurs "tops")



But, this guy was definitely the highlight of our zoo visit. No kidding, he was 5 feet from me and we just happened upon him at feeding time...



We were a little unsure how he was going to get up the stairs.



About this time Jeff and I both commented on his "Tobler legs"



Hungry, hungry hippo...



Then we walked down by the White House. Sadly, I didn't get to see President Obama...



But, then we got caught in the rain...



And then it rained some more...



But, after it cleared up and we dried off, we had a nice sunset walk down the mall. It was a perfect time of day to take in the monuments and even a little live jazz in the sculpture garden.









It was a romantic end to a great trip!