Trip Home to Visit Family in Colorado

Albert and I went home to Colorado for an entire month in January. We planned two weeks of snowboarding with our German friends, Jule and Bastian, and then found out that Albert's sister was getting married just two weeks later. So we stayed. And what a month it was. Everything was so relaxed and wonderful. (Well, excluding the fact that Bastian broke his collarbone but we'll get to that part of the story later.)

Breckenridge was the first stop. We spent a week there at my parent's condo. The first day we arrived Albert and Bastian went night boarding at Keystone. Bastian should probably have stopped earlier, or gone slower, but he fell and broke his collarbone. We made the best of it and went ice skating one day. The snowboarding was awesome for the rest of us (Bastian even went once with his broken bone!)

Sapphire Point in Breckenridge where we were married.

We spent the next week relaxing in our parents' homes, shopping a lot, taking brewery tours, and checking out the Mustang.

While Albert got Jule and Bastian off the ground to head home (it was blizzarding that day and their flight was canceled twice), I jumped over to Oklahoma to visit a writing friend. She posted on my blog about the weekend. This is her sweet and crazy dog, Ophelia.

And then there was all of the time with family and friends. We ended up with extra bags that were very full, I don't really know how. My best friend, Cora, and I did the photography at the wedding. Then early the next morning we were off back home. Oh yeah, and I fractured my toe a few days before the wedding. First broken bone, yay!

Married 1001 Days

My husband and I have been married 1001 days. Yesterday he surprised me with a special occasion to celebrate and a cute elephant necklace from etsy. He kept hinting that we would have a special occasion coming up, but my birthday is still a ways off and I couldn't think of anything else. So when I woke up he said, "Happy 1000 days!" (Isn't he just too adorable?) To go along with that I'll post some pictures from our wedding.

We were married on December 17, 2007. It was sunny and gorgeous, but crazy windy. (We got married on the side of a mountain in Colorado.) It was a complete family affair. My sister and I baked the cake. My best friend provided the flowers. Everyone helped make it happen. Chris Giles and Randy Barnes from Alpine Wedding Photography were the photographers.

It's been a wonderful adventure over the last 1001 days and even before that. Here's to the next 1000!

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My grandparents were married in Notre Dame during the war. Isn't that totally romantic? They had one glitch that day...the mayor of Paris had died and his funeral was being held in Notre Dame as well. He got the pleasure of the main chapel while they were married in the little chapel behind it. Still, it's a beautiful church.

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Pablo and Rachel

Pablo and Rachel's wedding was on September 6, 2009. This group was a ton of fun. Pablo is a complete ham. Rachel is absolutely beautiful. And the entire family and wedding party were very excited for them both. Congratulations!

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Sam and Christine

Here are a few of my favorites from the wedding Cora and I shot last weekend. Congrats to Sam and Christine! It was a beautiful wedding, and you guys were so fun and flexible.

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