The Windy City

A surprise trip for the squirrels, starting with a scavenger hunt to find out where they were going and their first plane ride. Eddy takes his girls to Chicago on a beautiful summer day.

And sometimes we occupy our time while standing in line taking photographs. This is our fabulous eye series. Can you guess who is who?

1. eddy, 2. zoe, 3. maya, 4. angiela

First Trip

"I can't believe you've never been up in the Arch," he said. To which I replied "I've been waiting for you. Where've you been?"

Me, in a glorious Eero Saarinen designed pod at the Gateway Arch. The first of many photos where I appear alien.

The Gifts We Brought to the Table

He has critters...

As do I...

First Date!

After happily running into ex-co worker and friend Eddy (whom I hadn't seen in over a year) at Curtis' BBQ, we scheduled our first date for the following Friday. We double dated with longtime friends Amy and Ryan, going to an ArtsAlive event where we saw our buddy Josh get tatooed, followed by an amazing performance by Quixotic.

Dearest Dan M had something to do with all of this. He might have inquired as to Eddy's dating status at a very important business meeting in the days following the BBQ. And then he might have dropped my name. That might have influenced Eddy to email a few days later to suggest catching up over lunch. Which might have led me to suggesting a real date on a Friday night. And I might have introduced Dan to his future wife a few years ago. I'm certain we ALL had SOMETHING to do with with helping each other find what we were seeking. Love has a way of finding it's way home.

To Do List

Too cute not to post. 

This was my husband's to do list for himself tonight when he came home from work:

dinner

talk geothermal-sign contract

pack

get check amount

work on book

love wife

Boy I like him.

Good Things to Come...

So many blessings have come my way over the last year and a half!

I started dating an old friend that would become my husband, our dear friends and neighbors got hitched in San Francisco, Eddy asked me to marry him, we took a year to be engaged and plan our wedding, we carved pumkins from the pumpkin patch, we celebrated two Christmas' together, his daughters gave me my first "mother's day bouquet", we were "showered" by friends, two other couples we're friends with tied the knot, we went to Chicago, Boston, Baltimore and San Francisco for fun, we had a beautiful Catholic wedding and an amazing reception on the most gorgeous day of the entire year, we spent a lovely week in Mexico for our honeymoon, Eddy started a new job, a project I worked on was in "O" Magazine, I took my new family to the country where I grew up, we've made our tiny apartment a home and we're about to buy a fixer-upper this week. {whew}

This blog is a way for me to honor all that has happened since my journey with Eddy started and also a way to share the adventure of our little family as it unfolds.

Stay tuned!