Party like it's Cinco de Mayo

Of course in honor of Mexico's defeat of the French at the Battle of Puebla we decided to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the Erwins' (which doubled as a going away party as Drew & Rache shipped out for their Austin summer the next day). And what's a fiesta without a pinata? Here's Jeni trying to wack the candy out for us (and she succeeded).
And here's a close up of the "Azetec God" or tiki guy.
And what do you do with a pinata when you're done? Burn it of course.Ok so after enjoying candy and fajitas we headed to William & Mary for Rachel to take care of some last minute business. Oh yeah, and she was April's Employee of the Month, way to go Rache!And of course the boys had to play a round of catan...or it wouldn't be a party.What a fun night! We are going to miss Drew & Rachel...they sure can throw a party :)

17 again...

Most of our guy friends around here are law students and it's finals time, so their wives have basically been single. Rache had the idea to see 17 Again, and of course I'm always up for some more Zac Efron. Last night we saw it at the new Movie Tavern with Laura & Jeni. And let me just tell you, it was awesome! I loved it :) It was super funny, and there was a tear jerking moment. It is definitely worth seeing.

Party with Fresh Prince in Bel Air

Last Friday, Luke, James and the other regional guys had an area meeting in Columbia, MD. So instead of Luke being gone for a night and driving all that way for nothing, we decided to make a weekend out of it and hang out with Drew & Stacey at their pad in Bel Air! The Pierces are also from Texas and Drew took Luke's job in Maryland about 8 months before we moved. They have a super cute townhome with a sweet home theater basement.

We got there late Thursday night, and Friday everyone had to go to work, so I spent the day shopping :) I got some super cute fabrics from Joann's. There isn't really anywhere great to find fabrics around Williamsburg, so I was super excited at the size and amount of fabrics Bel Air's Joann's had! Stacey got home early, so we headed to Michael's for some more craft shopping :) After the boys got home, we all went to eat at La Tolteca (which was good for northern mexican food) and saw State of Play (which was pretty good).

Saturday, we ate Five Guys and hung out outside trying to make their wennie dog Jasmine do tricks to get cheese:
We also played disc golf where Drew kicked our butts. Here's some good actions shots of the group:
That night we watch The Day the Earth Stood Still (which was kind of lame, the only thing good was Will Smith's kid's acting) and of course taught them the train game.

Sunday, we went to their church where Drew & Stacey are worship leaders (man could they sing) and ended the day at Chipotle!! I always have to load up on Chipotle if we go out of town (Williamsburg is supposed to get one at the end of the year).

Anyway, we had a great time with them and can't wait until they come to our neck of the woods!

Hannah Tanna

Rache & I went to see Hannah Montana: The Movie tonight and it was AWESOME!!!!! Don't pay even a hint of attention to its rating on imdb. I loved it!!

Tasty Mexican Dinner

Tonight I made pico & enchiladas and they were pretty sweet:

Zesty Chicken Enchiladas
1 tbsp canola oil
1 lb tomatillos, chopped
1 white onion, chopped
1 poblano pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
3/4 tsp ground cumin
salt & pepper
1 cup heavy cream
2 cans chicken
1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes, drained
1 1/4 cups grated monterey jack
8 6-inch corn tortillas

*Heat oven to 400. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the tomatillos, onion, poblano, garlic, cumin, and 1/2 tsp salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the veggies are tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a food processor, add the cream, and puree.

*In a large bowl, combine the chicken, tomatoes, 1 cup cheese, 1/2 cup of the tomatillo sauce, and 1/2 tsp salt & pepper

*Warm tortillas. Spread 1 cup of the remaining sauce in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Roll the chicken mixture in the tortillas and place them in the dish, seam-side down.

*Top with remaining sauce and cheese. Bake until beginning to brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve with pico.

Pico de Gallo
1 lb tomatoes, chopped
1 jalapeno, chopped
1/2 white onion, chopped
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1 tbsp lime juice
salt & pepper

*Mix all ingredients and enjoy

I got it out of the May Real Simple, and we thought it was excellent.

Easter

This year was our first Easter w/o family, so it was kind of sad, but we did have a great time getting together with some friends at Drew & Rachel's. We grilled some chicken, had some mac-n-cheese, some muffin tops, and chocolate cake.

And what's a party with out games of course?? We went old school style with separate boy and girl games. The girls played the train game (obviously) and the boys played some catan.
So we finished the first round of games around 5:45ish, but the boys decided to go for round 2....and 3, so us girls enjoyed flipping through creative memories magazines & Rachel's scrapbooks while watching Miss Congeniality. Finally around 9ish we left the Erwins spending a mere 8 hours over there. Hopefully Drew got some studying in...boy I'm glad I'm not in school.

Poor Altima

Here's what Luke did all day today...
And I didn't just stand there taking pictures...I worked on our taxes. Luke is definitely going to have to check them b/c currently we owe $16,000 and that just doesn't seem right :)

We did finish the day off good with some gumbo and train game playing, except we played with 7 people which can be pretty frustrating.