Wedding Albums

One of my great obsessions is photography and photo books and I have just completed our photo books from both our weddings!

So if you are interested in seeing how we celebrated the joining of our lives...check out these books!

http://www.mypublisher.com/?e=OHm3Q8zJl3RTQzYvkuUXUtwCdErVwv11

http://www.mypublisher.com/?e=OHm3Q8zJl3QIv89XEMXsXoFU40YD_Wld

Enjoy!!

Chicago!

Em and I have spent the last week trying to keep our feet on the ground in the windy city of Chicago! 

We came out here for a friend's wedding and decided to make it a week of exploring.

To be honest, the things we have explored the most have been restaurants! We have eaten at some yummy places over the last week and I think we have both expanded our waistlines in the process. One of our favorite shows is Top Chef Masters and we got to try two restaurants owned by contestants.

We have done lots of walking and have really appreciated how FLAT this city is compared to San Francisco.

                                       
                                           We even got to see our friend Heather Hawkeye :)

The architecture here is really interesting. There are modern skyscrapers towering over historic buildings everywhere you turn. We went on a boat tour to explore the architecture, however, it was pouring down rain so we just explored the below deck bar instead! Our numerous walks made up for it though. 

 

                                                      We even hit up the bowling alley!

We really enjoyed our time in the windy city on the shores of lake Michigan and are looking forward to the next time we see each other in November in the UK. Emma is headed back to the UK for a week and then on to South Sudan for 4-5 weeks while Amber is going back to SF to pack up the apartment, have a garage sale, move stuff to Oregon and then come back and live in a near empty apartment for 3 months!

Until next time...

The summer is ending

This amazing summer is coming to an end...between two weddings and many adventures...it is officially time to get back to work. Fitting that it is Labor Day weekend here in the US.

 A "whale watching" trip to the farallon islands...
no whales, but LOTS of seasickness!

A rainy, but beautiful, day for our UK wedding

My mom, Nancy, enjoying some wine on our wine tasting tour

Emma, Eunice, and Amber enjoying some street
music

See....the whale watching tour was not that great for Eunice and I! Mark, Niel, and Emma had no problem and saw many birds (but no whales!)

An American baseball game! Go Giants!!

A very patriotic party indeed!

Naomi, Gabrielle, Natalie, & Amber

Grace picking out the best cupcake

Neil and Eunice

Eunice, Emma, Amber, & Nancy

Emma and Amber

Amber and Emma wine tasting

Mark and Emma braving the cold to see the view

And little Jackson enjoying the festivities!

Our US wedding day

Wine Tasting










This was just a taste of the incredible summer we shared with our family and friends around the world. Thank you to all of you who played a part in making it an amazing summer. But the "sun has set" on this adventure only to start a new one soon! Emma left today to head back to the UK and then on to South Sudan on Tuesday to start a new work season...

So until next time...