alexandria here we come : )

brooke, jen and i decided to get a little dressed up for our night out in old town alexandria!
get ready, cuz here we come!
we are just so silly...
jen's house warming gift!

This past weekend was a blast! It started with a drive up to Alexandria, VA to visit Jen and her family in their new home. On the ride up, during one of our many phone calls,  Jen and I realized that we hadn't seen each other in almost 6 weeks! I think that is a record since we've known each other (a record that was ready to end). The Wilson's new home was beautiful (of course...Jen couldn't make it any other way), and perfect for their new lifestyle. I brought a small addition of my own, a painting that I had made for their living room. The birds in the painting have special meaning to Jen and I, and brown and orange just happen to be our favorite colors, so it was meant to be for this to end up on their wall. 

I was so excited to see Jen, Caden, Scot and Brooke that it would have been a fabulous weekend no matter what, but we ended up doing all kinds of fun things to make it even better. The photos above are a few shots Scot took of us before the three of us girls headed out for dinner in Old Town Alexandria. We hit up a yummy Thai restaurant called Mai Thai, and then grabbed ourselves a Starbucks before walking along the Potomac. We found a bench and gabbed until the parking garage was about to close (I think I did a little too much talking....ha ha), and then headed home to chat and giggle some more. It was a perfect evening!

Stay tuned for pics of day two...sight seeing in DC!