Dreams DO come true!

The Boys! :)

This may come as a silly post to most of you but...

Last Tuesday night one of my childhood dreams came true. I got to to see New Kids on the Block ( and the Backstreet Boys) in concert. I can't even begin to explain how much it meant for me to go. My parents never had the money to take me to something like that. During the concert so many childhood memories came rushing back, and at one point I was in tears. I sang along loudly to all their hits, squealed at their dancing, and loved every second of it. I'm still on a bit of a high from it.

I owe all this to my wonderful husband. He is the one that bought the tickets and went with me. He smiled and sat through 15,000 screaming 30 year old women (there were maybe 100 guys in the whole place). I'm pretty lucky. Pretty sure I have a keeper.

Pacers...and Dad's visit.

My Dad came for a visit! He was here April 21-April 30. Abhay and I throughly enjoyed having him here...and I was very sad to see him go home. I don't realize how much I miss my family until I am around them.

We got the opportunity to attend our 15th Pacers NBA game this season while he was here. Here's us decked out in our gear...

My two favorite guys!

Earth Day--a few days late

We had plans to plant two new trees in our yard on Earth Day, April 22. But it rained for days before...and after...so we had to settle for planting them today. We choose a Yoshino Flowering Cherry for the front yard and a Belle of Georgia Semi-Dwarf Peach for the back yard. Now we have 3 trees! Wooo! :)

Yoshino Flowering Cherry now

What the Yoshino Flowering Cherry will look like

Belle of Georgia Semi-Dwarf Peach now

What the Belle of Georgia Semi-Dwarf Peach will look like

Spring!

Spring has sprung at the Rawal house. I couldn't resist this planter of beautiful pansies. I LOVE the colors.

New Patio Set :)

We bought ourself a new patio set! Poor Abhay worked for 2.5 hours assembling it today. (I'm so thankful I married a engineer!) But it was all worth it in the end. It looks so cute on our patio. I can't wait for the weather to warm up a few more degrees so we can enjoy it.

Abhay hard at work assembling

Finished product!! :)

Indian food Sunday

I played sous chef to chef Abhay today. We made Chicken Tikka Masala and oven baked Naan. We tried something a little different with the chicken this time. Normally we'd bake the marinated chicken cubes in the oven and then add them to the "gravy" and simmer it on the stove top for a couple of hours. Today we grilled the marinated chicken cubes on the outdoor BBQ and added it to the "gravy" in a Crock Pot and put it on low for 5 hours. It got super tender and yummy! :)

DC!

A and I took a little spring break trip to Washington DC this past week. We were there for 4 days, and 5 nights...and loved every minute of it. The weather was perfect, and it really wasn't all that busy.

Here's the low down of what we did and saw:

Georgetown Cupcake (a show that is aired on the TLC network is filmed at the cupcake shop. They had the YUMMIEST cupcakes. They were worth the 1.5 hour wait), Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, White House, US Capital, WWII Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Smithsonian National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian National Museum of Air and Space, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Wheeewh, I got tried just typing all the stuff.

We walked a ton, rode the bus, and had lots of fun on the subway. While we were in DC we also go to have dinner with our friends Rachael and Josh, and spend a couple afternoons with our friend Aadil.

Georgetown Cupcakes

US Capital

The White House

Washington Monument

Lincoln Memorial

Before and After

Sheldon before a haircut (doesn't he look SAD?!)

Sheldon after a haircut! :)

Super Bowl Champs!!! Green Bay Packers.

Packer Cupcakes made by me!

I love him enough to wear a Packer's shirt

Sheldon watching the big game!

Yummy food. Chips, dip, beer bread, cupcakes, and 2 types of wings!

A boy and his dog!

Snow fun!

Abhay and I shoveling out our driveway after a day of constant snow! :)

(my parents backyard on 12-26-10)

We spent a WONDERFUL Holiday break at my mom and dad's house in Minnesota. We spent lots of time with family, caught up with friends, ate lots of good food, and did a whole lot of relaxing. :)

2010 was a great year for us! Many good things, wonderful people, new opportunities, traveling to fun places and a wonderful dog came into our life. We're excited to see what 2011 will bring.