we absolutely cannot believe that it’s been an entire year that we’ve been married! it seems like just yesterday that nellie was forced to sleep with ear plugs for the first time. i am officially part of that age old club of guys who married way out of their league. nellie has been so patient with me as we start down this journey together. of course, she scored major “wife” points for buying me the oh-so-coveted “Flight of the Conchords” season 1.
we had an absolutely wonderful stay downtown in the unparalleled city of San Diego. however, to our grave disappointment, the pier 1 clearance store is no more - most of you know how beloved it was by the two of us. so to commemorate our loss, and the advent of another year, i busted out with a super-cute self portrait session. thanks for all your support this year!
thank you : to my bride for observing the worst in me and seeing the best, for encouraging me in growth and enabling me in opportunity, for being admirable, diligent, and worth all my deepest affections. to my family ( old and new ) for expecting more than i’ve desired to give, accepting less than was reasonable, and giving more than you’ve ever received. to all of our friends for your continual excitement about us and our community and enduring our quickly onset “old age” and an increase in occurrences of “are you crazy?! i was supposed to be in bed at 10:30!”. and to our Lord for loving us despite our ignorance, redeeming us from sin, giving us value that we could not have imaged, and a journey that is challenging as it is worthwhile…
thank you
the turn of the century brought some very useful and revolutionary innovations. however, non so beautifully narcissistic as the “make yourself a ( fill in the blank ) character!”
make your own here.
note that the coffee comes “between” us ;)
today is the carlsbad street fair. as you know nellie has an abundant talent for, well… being talented. so, we have a spot at the carlsbad street fair showcasing her goods hand-made vintage key necklaces. if you’d like to come on by, give us call!
so, we weren’t in gary, but we were in indiana. being embarrassingly uneducated in sports, we had no idea that notre dame was in indiana until we were picking the meager remains of fighting irishman from the bumper of our car.
we got out and looked around it is an unbelievable campus!
how rad is this peace that was just chillin’ outside one of the doors?
of course, nellie just about had a heart attack when she found out that they had a starbucks on campus.
and a nice little group of nellie and i enjoying dinner out chili’s
so, we’re back. there was a lot of speculation as to why we disappeared and the bottom line is this. despite my vast cornucopia of necessary and wonderful life skills , i suck at making web pages. after a 2-year battle with nellie’s website, i promised her that i wouldn’t blog until i finished her site. and while the site isn’t finished, she was gracious enough to give me license to post pictures of our travels. so, enjoy!
ps. note the amazing bedhead going on in this pic - that’s right! all natural baby!
