Garden to Plate

Bo & I got a late start on our garden due to wedding festivities but we are pretty proud of the progress it is making!  We have a tomato plant, bell pepper plant and about 7 or 8 jalapeno plants...Bo 'raised' the jalapenos from little seeds so the fact that we almost have peppers is pretty cool. 


Our tomato plant - looking a little droopy but doing well - 

We even have a tomatoes!

Our Bell pepper plant! 

Our Pepper and Jalapeno Plants!  No Jalapenos yet but I think we will have a 

ton pretty soon!

Saturday we picked the bell pepper: 

We had gone to the farmers market earlier that day and I decided to make shrimp and veggie

 stir fry for dinner! YUM! We ate our little bell pepper! 

Tada! 

It was very yummy!  Can't wait for more veggies from our little Garden!

#5 - Washington Nationals & DC Trip

We spent July 4th hitting up our 5th Major League Baseball stadium.  The Washington Nationals!

 Our goal is to go to ALL of them.  No real timeline for this but the goal is to go all 30 together. 

Washington Nationals Stadium Highlights: 

- Free Washington Nationals Hat! (their 4th of July Promo)

- Happy Hour - the Miller Light booth had $5 16 oz beers until the first pitch!  Being that most beers are $8 each that is a great deal! 

- Easy to get to from the metro station - about a 5 min walk. 

- Lots of family friendly entertainment including a kids batting cage and playground (Bo with the Giant Bobble-Head Abe Lincoln) 

- There are huge over-sized presidents that race around the bases. 

Some other photos from our DC trip!

Dinner out in Georgetown

The National Zoo - Mini Review: Although hearing the Tiger roar/meow? and seeing the giant Panda were both very cool I was not overly impressed with the National Zoo - BUT after going to the San Diego Zoo this just couldn't compare.  The first 5 animals we tried to see were not in there and their habitats were not as 'natural' as San Diego. HOWEVER it was FREE so at least there was nothing to loose - Great family cost efficient activity and you can even bring your own picnic into the park! 

The Natural History Museum - apparently the entire city of Washington thought this was also a good idea - again FREE!- but go on a weekday if possible! 

What trip to DC would be complete without a photo or two of some monuments?!