Home again

It's always nice to go home. I'm so lucky that I am able to travel back to South Carolina from DC as often as I do. Especially when it's to celebrate special times with some of my oldest friends. Congratulations to Gray and Jessica Yelton (formerly Weeks)! I'm so happy I could be there to share with you such a special day! Here are a few photos. (I stole these from FB, so credit goes to Ms. Susan for the wonderful wedding pictures!)

BFFs since fourth grade. Yup. 15 years.

With Kaley, Bridgette, Lindsay and Lisa. We've started adding little ones to the mix. How presh is Mara Mae? Congrats again, Bridgette!

My dad sent me this little gem the other day, too. Just thought I'd share how adorbs they are. :)

Nothing much is happening this weekend. Hopefully I can convince Adam to go with me to buy a bookcase for our living room. Sounds exciting, right? Oh, and we'll spend lots of time watching Mad Men Season 4. Man, what I would give to be friends with them. :)

Dinner, last night.

Greek salad with grilled chicken. Dang, it was tasty! The whole meal took about 20 minutes to prepare. Just grill some salt-and-peppered chicken tenders in a pan over medium high heat until they are cooked through. Let them rest a sec while you combine your lettuce and feta cheese in a bowl. I chose to use Romaine hearts because they are crunchy and are also Adam's faves. Then slice some grape tomatoes in half and throw them in the bowl with some pitted kalamata olives (you can buy these in a jar at the grocery). Lastly, slice the chicken and throw it in there and toss with some tongs. Dress with Greek vinegarette (I used Newman's Own) and serve.

I added some homemade pita chips as a side. Just buy some pitas at the grocery and cut them into fours. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and cover a sheet pan with tin foil. Arrange the pita slices in a single layer and coat them with extra virgin olive oil spray (or Pam, if you've got it.) Bake them until cripsy for about 15 minutes, give or take. Salt them somethin' fierce when they come out, so it sticks to the hot oil. Woop! SO GOOD!

That's all for now! Until next time,

Reunion

Love a good reunion.

Come back soon, Philip!

Cherry Blossoms

Last weekend was the start of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in DC. Adam and I had never been, so we decided to brave the Metro and go roam around on the Mall for a bit. The trees were really beautiful and they made for some really pretty photo ops.

Here are a few Instagrams I snapped while we were on on our adventure.

So now I can check that off my to-do list of DC tourist things to accomplish. Hope you all have a great weekend! We'll be celebrating Katie's birthday tonight and hanging out with Philip while he's in town from Tennessee! Wahoo!