Fall Fun!

In order to celebrate our favorite season, fall, we've had a little fun over the past couple of weeks. 

Dinner is Served!

Our friends John and Zach invited us over for an autumnal meal. Joe has dubbed this event "Friendsgiving".  I'm proud to say it our first themed dinner party in D.C.  Basically, it was a group of new friends coming together to give thanks and celebrate all the blessings that life has given us. 


John and Zach invited us over to their apartment where we met our friends Joey, Erin, Micheal, and Kathy. We had refreshing pumpkin beer, scrumptious buffalo chicken dip appetizers, and a deliciously planned meal of mushroom gravy pork chops, mashed sweet potatoes, roasted brussel sprouts, and butternut-squash soup. (Is your mouth watering? Yeah, mine is too.)  Top that all off with pecan pie and vanilla ice cream, and you're bursting at the seams with deliciousness. It. Was. Awesome. We're so thankful for all of these individuals, who coincidentally all attended Ohio State at some time or another, and their friendship.  It has made this big city feel like a little more like home.

John and Zach, our Wonderful Hosts!

If you know Joe, you may know that his holiday specialty is making cinnamon-sugar roasted pecans. In fact, my family literally fights each other for them.  In honor of our upcoming visit to Cincinnati for Thanksgiving, we decided to make a batch and bring them home with us. 







Below are some pictures of our baking adventure.  I'll tell ya what, Christmas music, sipping hot apple cider, and dancing around like a crazy person while baking with the person you love makes some wonderful memories.

Yummy!

Let's get ready to rumble!

We are both so excited to head back to Ohio for the holidays! We hope that we can see as many people as we can while we're there.  Love and miss you all!

Blake and Joe <3