Happy Holidays from Michael and Nikki!

Happy Holidays!!

 We hope you're enjoying your holiday season!  We've been busy here in DC...

Nikki's first Thanksgiving turkey. 

Michael approved.

The National Harbor Christmas Tree

Sunset at National Harbor

We got to take a tour of the White House when it was decorated for the holidays.  There were many, many, Bo the First Dog figurines in the decorations.  They were made from lots of different materials...Licorice Bo, Button Bo, Tissue Paper Bo...all sizes!

 Outside the White House

On Christmas Eve we went to FedEx field for the Vikings/Redskins game.  Michael showed his support as usual.

We rang in Christmas Day at midnight doing a monument run with our Triathlon Team.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year!

We have some big things planned for 2012 (again, it's not that, jeez) stay tuned!

Las Vegas Rock n Roll Anniversary!

 This December was our 5th wedding anniversary!  It's hard to believe we're so old and have been married so long.  To celebrate, we went to Las Vegas and got married again...by Elvis!

We suckered convinced some very important people to come celebrate with us at "An" Elvis Wedding Chapel, and by running the Las Vegas Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon.

Las Vegas Rock n Roll is unique because the race is run at night: Start time is 5pm.  The highlight is running right down the strip.  Low points included unmanned water stations, water stations being filled from a fire hydrant, almost freezing temps, rain, wind and some parasite or virus that struck many participants.  Luckily, nobody in our party got sick: Read about it here.

 We had a ton of fun!  Renee (Nikki's mom) and Sipke came from Minnesota, Mike and Terese (Yeah, boohiss if you thought Terese would stop appearing in the blog just because we live on opposite coasts now,) came from Whidbey, and our friend Sam, who we met in Pensacola, lived near in Whidbey and is now our neighbor in DC all came, and EVERYBODY ran!  It was a first time 1/2 for Mike, Sipke and Sam.