Pierogies!

Finished Product! (Reverse order...)

Front Yard- Sunny Spring Flowers

Our friend Natalie Meador shared a family tradition with us on Sunday. We LOVE Pierogies, and she welcomed us into her kitchen to show us how to make them. It takes hours to make them but only minutes to cook them. They were DELICIOUS!!! Maybe one day, I will get brave and try to make them...... Until then, it's Mrs. P's from the freezer!

1st Annual Cookie Run

Pre-race with the Millbrook Wildcat

The rain held out long enough for the 1st annual "Cookies on the Run" to take place at Millbrook High School this morning. The idea behind this is similar to the Krispy Kreme Challenge in that you run halfway, eat 13 cookies, and then finish the 5K. (3.1 miles total) Needless to say, we only ate three each, but hey, that's still points for participation! Our friends Lynne and John Petersen, Jessica Martz, Alicia Gruenebaum, and Rick Suter also came out to support the Millbrook High "Class of 2009."

Spring Flowers

First Tulip!

It's cold, rainy, and dreary in Raleigh once again, but we have lovely Spring flowers in bloom! We'll take more photos once the sunshine comes back...

Playing Catch-up...

Keith and I are both sitting on opposite sides of our dining room table playing catch-up with work. We're hoping we can finish up soon so we can enjoy a bit of the gorgeous sunshine today! (Did I mention that sunshine time will be spent pulling the mass amount of weeds in our front yard???)

We've both been feeling under the weather the past two weeks and have sort of hibernated as a result. We did have the pleasure of hosting my parents here this past weekend. We all spent quite a bit of time watching basketball - I organize a yearly pool, and we were all eagerly checking our standings after each game - but we did manage to get out and enjoy a bit of culture around town. ("Miss Saigon" in Raleigh on Friday night and "Fiddler on the Roof" in Durham on Saturday.)

St. Baldrick's 2009 - Team Hardy ROCKS!

Keith bald for the third year in a row!

Hamming it up for the camera

Festive gals cheer on the shaving from the front row

Grayson and Kerry Heckle came out to show their support

Team Hardy pre-shave

This year, our neighbor, Tom Dowd, organized Team Hardy in memory of his cousin, Brad Appleby, who lost his fight against cancer as a child. The seven members of the team raised over 10,000. As you can see, bald on these boys is truly beautiful!

Upstairs' Update Plus...

Check out the new light and recessed cabinet work in the upstairs bathroom!

I spent last weekend visiting my friend Nikki and her family in Birmingham, Alabama. I also squeezed in a quick lunch date with my friend, Tatum, whom I"ve known since kindergarten at Concordia.

Friday night, Keith and I went to see Willie and the Wheel (Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel) at the new Durham Performing Arts Center. Saturday, we stopped by a fundraiser for "Team Hardy" for St. Baldricks' at Jerry's Artarama, managed by team leader Tom. (Check out http://www.teamhardy.org for more info. The boys get shaved Saturday!) Keith also did some handywork upstairs as you can see above.

Slack in Posting...

Taking advantage of the 70 degree weather on the deck at Sawmill Tap Room. NCSU friends Pam, Tracy (in from Michigan,) and Stephanie (in from Spartanburg.)

Lovebirds Tracy and Brian Dixon enjoying beers at the Big Boss Brewery.

SuperBowl party hosts Rick and Alicia

Yes, we have been slack in our postings as of late, but we will try and get back on schedule. Work for both of us has been busy as usual, and I have been nursing a frustrating knee injury. We've still managed to squeeze in many good times with friends both near and far.

Super Bowl Sunday was spent first at a party with friends at Rick and Alicia's house. We stayed through the 1st half and arrived at our neighbors' party just in time to see BRUCE!! You can only imagine how excited Keith was about that... (We did get tickets for the Greensboro show, and yes, the plan is to push to the front of the stage...)

Last weekend, we had a NCSU reunion of sorts. Our friends Tracy and Brian Dixon came in from Michigan, and the crowds followed, all the way from Edenton, Wisconsin, and Spartanburg. The highlight of the weekend was our ten-person feast at Tasca Brava. (Our table finished five bottles of wine and managed to run others out of our room, only because we were having such a fabulous time!)