Photo Shoot

My anniversary lilies had a photo shoot!

Seriously, every time I get flowers I take pictures of them. It's kind of nuts. I have a lot of pictures of lilies...

Holidays?!

The super cold this morning (uh, 47?!) made me realize the holidays are creeping up. And I really should be making plans so I'm not spending ridiculous amounts on plane tickets. So I've spent the day trying to figure out what the best plan is.

I've gone through it all:
Thanksgiving in STL- which would mean xmas with John's family and my first Christmas not at home. Though, we'd do xmas in STL that weekend or something, I'm sure. Probably go get a tree with the fam, which I haven't done in years (and really miss)

Christmas in STL-the usual, then we'd miss Caroline's first xmas

Have the family come here for one of those holidays-which probably means a fairly cranky boyfriend at some point in the week. He needs small doses of the family.

Yes, I went as far as looking up cabins in the Poconos, thinking the entire family might actually spend a holiday together. While I could probably afford this (since I'd be spending money on plane tickets and hotels anyway) my family probably can't afford to come here (5 is a lot of plane tickets) and the boys only have so much time off of school, so travel isn't always practical.

I don't know what the best idea is and for some reason I feel completely stressed out about it this year. But I guess John and I will have to figure it out soon.

3rd Anniversary

Yesterday marked 3 years for me and John! And we couldn't be happier :)

(Anyone remember me saying I was NOT going to fall in love and stay in Maryland?)

Anyway, we went out on Saturday to celebrate. We hung around the house most of the day, but the celebrations started in early afternoon. We planned to go to a show in Baltimore, so we found a winery north of the city, but not too far. Of course, I was all excited about it by the time we got on the road, but when we arrived, the gate was locked. We could not figure out how to get Melissa and the wine together. So we just left.

That gave us like 2 hours to kill before the show. But we had no tickets yet, so we went to the theater to get them. Of course, we got a little lost since the GPS was only capable of finding the road, not the specific address. But we found it after some crazy loops. Luckily the show was at a hotel, so there was a restaurant, where we had some drinks.

The show as at Toby's Dinner Theater. We'd been to the one in Columbia back when we were first dating (For Kiss Me Kate) but they were doing Sweeny Todd, and I was not in the mood for human pies on my anniversary. In Baltimore they were doing Aida, which is a great show. Of course, we were pleased to have a good meal and lovers who end up being buried in the sands of Egypt. Always a good time.

As is becoming customary here on the blog, that means a collection of photos from start to finish. (We turned off the computers last night so we could spend the night together, so I am a day late!)

Pretending to fight....way back in 06 (October, maybe?)



At the 3 month mark. There was a video that goes with this where our friend interviews us about the future. Funny stuff, but I don't have it.


Beaches in Connecticut can be cold and rainy. Visiting Brad and Jenny/meeting the family for the first time, April 07.


Classyness


We've been to a lot of weddings.


Recent shot, in Annapolis, Sept 09.


Necessary kissing shot.