Apple Pie

In celebration of the beginning of the World Series, Jeff and I made apple pie! He peeled and cut the apples. Oh, and he brushed on the milk right before we put it in the oven. I did everything else. :) But it's so yummy, and I decided that we should do this every year on the first night of the World Series! Great idea, right? I love traditions. :)

Phillies are winning 2-0 at the moment! Top of the 6th. But it's almost 10pm and I'm ready for bed.......

Tomato Potato Soup Tonight

Just some fun pics from beginning to end. :)


Oh, and Jeff told me to tell you all that he thinks I'm a fantastic cook and he's loving all the meals I'm cooking for him. :)

Baseball & Scrabble

We've been watching lots of Phillies and Yankees lately. Phillies have made it to the World Series... Looks like the Yankees will make it too.... And I don't know who I'm going to root for! Grandpa is a Yankees fan, so I've always liked them too. But of course I love the Phils too!! (Being from the Philly area and all.) Huge dilemma.
Scrabble game while we watched the baseball game. Jeff creamed me.

Youth is like spring, an over praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.
Samuel Butler

A Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to meeeeee
I turned thirty threeeee
I went out for dinner
With my new familyyyyyyyy
Phil & Kiff
My birthday appletini! Very yummy.
I love this picture.... Kiff took it :)

The birthday lemon cake that Kiff made for me... mmmmmmmm
See the new dangly earrings??? Jeff's gift to me. Love them.

Sunroom

Our sunroom is finally looking like a sunroom! We got this wicker set on Craigslist a few days ago, and with a few plants and things around, it has become a lovely little sitting area. :)

Heart Surgery

So we were keeping this on the down-low, but now that it's over.... We decided to let you all know that Jeff had open heart surgery this past Friday. He had a genetic abnormality that caused an aortic aneurysm to develop. He's such a healthy, active guy that having this come to light was really out-of-the-blue... We found out about it only a week or so after we got back from our honeymoon.

It was discovered by accident ~ Jeff had a couple tests done for something else going on, and one of those tests showed this aneurysm, which was large enough to be in the "danger" zone. Normally these aneurysms don't have any symptoms, so what a blessing it was that it was discovered! Had it not been discovered in time, it could have ruptured, and that most likely would have been fatal. We are so thankful to God for bringing it to light.

And the surgery was successful! Risks were very low going into it, but of course open heart surgery IS open heart surgery; the aneurysm was cut out and a Dacron tube was grafted in; it all went very smoothly. The surgeon, Dr. Speir, was wonderful, as was all the staff... Jeff was well taken care of. It was done at Inova Heart & Vascular Institute at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Overall we just couldn't have asked for a better experience, and Jeff is doing the best he could be at this point. Thank God! And many thanks to all those of you who knew about it and lifted us up in prayer.

We've got a long road of recovery ahead of us. Jeff came home today (yay!) and isn't allowed to drive for 6 weeks, and so he'll be taking at least that much time off of work. But we are so relieved that the surgery is behind us, and things will only get better from here!