kate and adam: round 2

from the top: zipping up the dress; walking down the aisle; first dance (his concentration was adorable); cake (including red velvet tier - YUM!!); candy bar; me attempting to take a picture of my hair-do; finally asking someone else to take the picture. more to come.

here comes the bride . . .

i spent a gorgeous weekend in los angeles at the wedding of these two. as beautiful as they look in this engagement photo, they were a million times more beautiful on their wedding day. i loved being a bridesmaid - kate was a calm, cool, collected bride. very unlike me on my day. :P more pictures to follow!!

photo by next exit photography.

to the love of my life (you know who you are)...

love, me

photo via ffffound

mr. pink arrived!

and i could not be more excited to get out and play with my new toy. i think its going to be a match made in heaven. because i am in love.

image via ffffound.

one sweet day

i'm feeling a bit nostalgic tonight. the hubs and i are in bend, oregon for the weekend: we're hitting the lake and the trails - what a blast! but the gorgeous mountain surroundings reminds me of lake arrowhead where we got married. here's a picture of us on our big day . . .

bj's

when the hubs and i first started dating, we both worked very long hours. when we got off work, the last thing we wanted to do was cook dinner - we just wanted to eat and crash. bj's restaurant and brewhouse was just a few blocks away from our office, so we ate there at least once every week. we fell in love over those dinners at bj's.



after our move to the northwest, we were bummed to learn that bj's didn't have any nearby locations. we learned to deal with the loss, and found other places to ingest an indulgent amount of calories, but bj's remained a nostalgic memory for us.

today, on the way home from visiting the sis-in-law, we saw a bj's. and we stopped. and we ate. and ate. and ate.

bj's has the best:

berry cider

wedge salad


deep dish pizza


pizookie (cookie baked in a deep dish pizza pan topped with vanilla ice cream!!!)

leave the past in the past?

i'm not sure where i stand on the issue of discussing past relationships with your current one. part of me feels like its a giant no-no: after all, who wants to hear all about how wonderful meg was? or how jake was so much better at this or that? yet, part of me realizes that, as much as we may not want to admit it, our previous relationships effect us and change who we are. maybe its just in small ways - like knowing that certain habits that ex #3 had will not be tolerated in any future relationships. or maybe its in big ways - maybe you are divorced and have his children. sometimes talking about the past just can't be avoided, but what about when it can . . .

i've been pondering this topic quite a bit lately because i have stories from my previous relationships that i would like to share on this blog. i don't want to be insensitive to the hubs, but our past is part of who we are. and its silly to pretend that that past doesn't exist. it certainly does no good to get caught up in the past, or to discuss past relationships to be hurtful. but the hubs knows i love him, and knows that he is my life, my family, my future. telling stories about the path that brought me to him - even if it evolves other men i encountered along the way - is just a way for me to reflect on how glad i am to be where i am.

so, stories to come . . .