We thought that moving away from our family and friends would mean a lot more down time. One thing we both discussed when making the decision to move, was that for a while it would only be "us..." until we made friends, established ourselves, a routine, etc. etc. Could we handle that? Would we get sick of each other? Well, it's proved to be quite the opposite. Not that we thought otherwise, but moving away has reminded us what awesome family and friends we really do have! Our lives are so full because of all of you! The past month or so has been filled with exciting events involving our family and friends. And although, each of these moments is deserving of it's own post, time has escaped us, so we thought we'd do a nice summary instead.
Without further adieu, we present...
FALL FESTIVITIES 2011!
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| Was it October? Yes, the first weekend in October, Mr. & Mrs. L came to town for a weekend visit! Here we are in Old Town Alexandria on the Pier by the Potomac. |
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| We also made our way into DC for some sightseeing! |
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| We ate at this FAN-Tastic restaurant called Founding Farmers. I was OBSESSED with their bathroom. This is one of 3 pictures I took while visiting the facility. |
Ok, on to the next weekend. Home for Ben & Joanne's wedding extravaganza!! Check out some shots of the beautiful day...
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| Love them. |
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| Gorgeous. The Jackie O Salon in Fairport is old faithful for our crew. They do beautiful work! |
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| All done up and somewhere special to go! |
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| Peek-a-boo. I love this picture; she looks so beautiful! I call it excited anticipation. |
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| Fancy. Fancy. |
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| It was a family affair. There's Brit, Ben's sister, reading a beautiful poem and off to the side is "Deacon Dave," Ben and Brit's bro, who married the happy couple! |
We could go on and on about the things we loved about this wedding, but this is supposed to be a summary, after all! If you'd like to see more, check out Jaime's shutterfly site:
http://snapphappy.shutterfly.com/
Sooooo, on to another special part of our lives...Next up while home, was a visit with new parents, Casey & Ryan and baby Nolan!
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Unfortunately, we didn't take any pics at our visit, so we snagged this one off of Facebook. Too cute to pass up!
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| I'm a bat! Can't wait to see you again, Nolan!! |
The very next weekend, Karyn came to visit! She had a wedding to go to in Maryland and a cake to make for it! Our apartment smelled sooooooo delicious that weekend! Check.it.out.
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| Look, there she is! What a fruit! |
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| Ok, so again, I forgot to take pictures. But, I did get a shot of the sliders she ate for brunch. Yum. |
Let's see, what was next?? Oh yes, Mike's visit, the following weekend! We already posted some of the photos, but what the hell, here are some more. Mike took the drive, by himself, late Friday, after an exam. What a dedicated friend! Thanks buddy; we had a great time with you!
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| Ponder. |
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| Don't worry. Be happy! |
Neeeeeext up...Rylyn came to Baltimore with the tour of
La Cage Aux Folles, so naturally to Baltimore we went! Unfortunately, I didn't get any pics of our faces together. :( I really need to get back on the photo train! Here are some shots at the show, though...
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| There she is! Her name, at least. The show was WONDERFUL! We can't waiiiiiiit till it comes back to DC in January! |
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| There's the pink stage before the show! It's SUCH an entertaining show with an incredibly talented cast; one young female in particular ;). |
It's been a whirlwind of a Fall, that's for sure, but we've enjoyed every minute of it! Looking forward to upcoming events...especially the WINE TOUR OF THE CENTURY over Thanksgiving weekend with our families! Now those are going to be some interesting and incriminating photos ;)
That's all for now!
