For any of you who missed it or just couldn't hear it at the wedding due to the terrible speakers, here's the video we made to show during the reception:
(It's about eight minutes long, but you don't have to watch the whole thing!)
We'll get some pictures from the night up soon - we are supposed to get a cd from our photographer tomorrow!
- Krista
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Palm trees, monkeys & public transportation
Well, it’s over. After nine months of work (and some stress…) Brian and I are officially a married couple. It was an amazing wedding, although it went by way too fast and both of us wished we had much more time to talk to our friends and family who made such an effort to be there on our special night. We are so lucky to have such wonderful people in our lives, and appreciate all your love and support.
After a whirlwind wedding week and eleven nights in Costa Rica on our honeymoon, we are officially back to reality. It was quite a trip – we had a great time, but I think it was a little more than we both bargained for.
I had been to the Pacific coast of C.R. a year or so ago with my parents and loved it, but I don’t think Brian had much of an idea of what we were getting ourselves into. I forgot that he’d never even really been to Mexico before, and I think he was a bit shocked by the slightly third world nature of the country with its unpaved roads and shack houses… Plus, neither of us really did the best job planning for the trip since we were so busy moving to Amsterdam and making sure the wedding was put together by the 13th.
As a result, we took way too many public busses lacking air conditioning and a sufficient number of seats for the outrageous number of passengers on them, stayed in a few less-than-honeymoon-like hotels, did some unnecessary zigzagging around the country because we didn’t have our route totally planned before we left, and got a little sunburned along the way.
But despite our unplanned adventures, we both had a great time. We had some great weather (although it did rain quite a bit, as it tends to in rainforests), and our days were filled with activities like relaxing on beautiful beaches, attempting to surf, biking the dusty roads, hiking in the jungle, hanging out with monkeys, eating great food (I think we’re both sick of rice and beans for a while), ziplining in the rainforest canopy and exploring several tiny towns.
We had never been on a long vacation together before, and it was nice to get to spend some time together after being apart for a month and then having the chaos of the wedding to deal with. Plus, we both agreed when we originally planned the trip that we didn’t want a purely tourist experience – and we definitely got our adventure!
I’ve posted a couple photos from the trip below, but I’ve also put the majority on a Picassa web album so feel free to check those out as well. The link is here.
Brian surfing on the Caribbean coast of C.R.
After a whirlwind wedding week and eleven nights in Costa Rica on our honeymoon, we are officially back to reality. It was quite a trip – we had a great time, but I think it was a little more than we both bargained for.
I had been to the Pacific coast of C.R. a year or so ago with my parents and loved it, but I don’t think Brian had much of an idea of what we were getting ourselves into. I forgot that he’d never even really been to Mexico before, and I think he was a bit shocked by the slightly third world nature of the country with its unpaved roads and shack houses… Plus, neither of us really did the best job planning for the trip since we were so busy moving to Amsterdam and making sure the wedding was put together by the 13th.
As a result, we took way too many public busses lacking air conditioning and a sufficient number of seats for the outrageous number of passengers on them, stayed in a few less-than-honeymoon-like hotels, did some unnecessary zigzagging around the country because we didn’t have our route totally planned before we left, and got a little sunburned along the way.
But despite our unplanned adventures, we both had a great time. We had some great weather (although it did rain quite a bit, as it tends to in rainforests), and our days were filled with activities like relaxing on beautiful beaches, attempting to surf, biking the dusty roads, hiking in the jungle, hanging out with monkeys, eating great food (I think we’re both sick of rice and beans for a while), ziplining in the rainforest canopy and exploring several tiny towns.
We had never been on a long vacation together before, and it was nice to get to spend some time together after being apart for a month and then having the chaos of the wedding to deal with. Plus, we both agreed when we originally planned the trip that we didn’t want a purely tourist experience – and we definitely got our adventure!
I’ve posted a couple photos from the trip below, but I’ve also put the majority on a Picassa web album so feel free to check those out as well. The link is here.
Brian surfing on the Caribbean coast of C.R.
At a reggae bar in a town called Cahuita
On the beach
Ziplining in our dorky outfits
- Krista
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Family fun in Sunriver
This past weekend I went with my family to Sunriver, Oregon, a vacation I've taken with them nearly every year for my entire life. It wasn't the same with Brian not there, he was with us last year and says it already feels like tradition. Hopefully we'll both be able to make it next year.
It was a fun five days, filled with swimming, biking, tennis (for everyone else at least, tennis is not my strong point), reading, Goody's (the best ice cream/candy store ever) and more swimming. Some pictures (of mostly kids, because they're cute) below:
Jessy, Lily & Todd swimming
Mom & Braxton eating dinner
It was a fun five days, filled with swimming, biking, tennis (for everyone else at least, tennis is not my strong point), reading, Goody's (the best ice cream/candy store ever) and more swimming. Some pictures (of mostly kids, because they're cute) below:
All four kids spread out on the couch, watching Gummy Bears
Taj making an evil glare - he looks like a teenager already!
Dad & Todd watching the kids at the park
Kena & Wyatt in the sun
Dad & Todd watching the kids at the park
Kena & Wyatt in the sun
Jessy, Lily & Todd swimming
Mom & Braxton eating dinner
Lily & I in the pool
Braxton learning to play the guitar courtesy of Grandpa Larry
Countdown to the wedding... it's less than two weeks away now! Hope to see a lot of you there!
- Krista
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