Happy New Year! (and Happy 2nd Anniversary to us!)

We enjoyed a wonderful 2nd anniversary and the best New Year’s Eve outside of our wedding that we could remember. We celebrated with our anniversary brunch, menu a la Jackson Hole, WY. Then we headed to the beach with the pups for some sun and surf before the evening festivities.

After a fun day relaxing and remembering, we zipped on home to get ready for a fantastic New Year celebration. Mostly it was fantastic for Mrs. Mae and me because we were on the arms of the most dapper young men in the city.

Although, we must admit that we looked pretty smashing as well. (heehee.)

So we started off at Raval, a fun european tapas bar. Mrs. Mae and I enjoyed our conversation and goofing around while the boys took photos of us being silly.

Then we got hungry…

So we headed on over to 16 Market for some posh palate-pleasers and a chic count-down to 2008.

…10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

After we decided that our feet hurt too bad and that we were too tired because not one of the 4 of us could remember the last night we had been up until midnight, D tried calling a taxi……but they were all busy – so we walked home – a truly charming late night/early morning stroll through the unique and amazing city we are blessed to call home.

This year, D and I truly realized how much the Lord has blessed us with the friendship of Mr. and Mrs. Mae. We feel honored to be their BFFs. The four of us have a connection that only comes from those placed on our path by the Holy Spirit. God hand-picked us for each other and because of our love for Christ, we ended up on the same journey.

And of course there are no words for the joy and gratitude we feel from the simple truth that D and I are each other’s forever. When the Lord knit us in the womb, before our days were but one (Psalm 139:13-16). He had us planned out for each other – he designed us knowing that! He ordered our steps so that on December 31, 2005, we would become one flesh (Genesis 2:20-24 & Mark 10:6-8). Awesome.
We are excited to see what the Lord has for our marriage and the life we’ve built in the next year, and to walk in the grace He has lovingly set before us. Here’s to the fresh new mercies (Lamentations 3:22-24) of 2008!

and… we’re back.

The holidays came and went in typical whirlwind fashion, though I don’t think we were particulary swept away with Christmas-y craziness. But two things that fell to the wayside were Christmas cards (our apologies) and the blog. But, better late than never!

Amidst English Lit and Spanish finals, a new photography business, and baseball camps, the four of us still managed to enjoy some festive evenings tooling around King Street after home-cooked meals and having fun exchanging gifts before we drove up to Mom and Dad D’s for Christmas.


We arrived to a warm and cozy welcome at Mom and Dad D’s… cookies and breads and comforting seasonal menus filled our bellies every night. The house looked beautiful and we enjoyed lazing around, being silly, and cuddling up to the fire in our matching pyjamas. It was L.L. Bean through and through – Golden Retriever included.

We enjoyed a great Christmas Eve candle-light service at RBC. Pastor M delivers a genuinely compelling and straight-forward gospel message each year to reach those attending the service that would not normally be there but for the Christmas holiday. This was also the last time we were dressed respectably – after church Mom suprised us with those super-comfy, matching Christmas pyjamas!

Unfortunately, there are no pictures to prove it this year, but we got to see J! He came up from his parents’ new home in Winchester and spent the night with us in Clifton. Like last year (see photo below), he and D enjoyed catching up hipster-style in Georgetown. We miss you, J!