June is here and my hubby is home!
Peter came home yesterday! I'm so happy to have him back. Driving to BWI was easy until I realized how dark the sky was getting with the impending rain - now that normally wouldn't be a problem, except I was wearing my sunglasses. My prescription sunglasses. And I couldn't seem to find my regular glasses. So I'm driving along, praying it won't get darker, when I arrive to the I-95 tunnel. Uh oh. I couldn't believe it but it wasn't that bad driving through the tunnel - darker than I'd like - yes - but impossible - no. But as I reached the airport, it was getting darker still, to the point that when I pulled under the building overhang for arrival pickups, that I had to call my hubby and say "hey, where are you? wave around a bit or something". I'm sure he thought I was crazy - like "why can't the wife see me?". But, I found him successfully. Alas, our first few reunion moments back together were spent with me frantically have him poke around the front seat for my glasses which we eventually found and I gratefully switched. Oops. Note to self: Never toss glasses case on front seat, it might roll off and end up under the seat causing driving panic.
We had a tasty lunch at Houlihans before going to see what I consider to be the best movie of the summer season - the SATC movie. I absolutely loved it! I was a totally fan of the show and have seen and own every single episode. I was so happy with the way it turned out - seemed just the way it should. While I'm a total fan of huge weddings, all of the people, the amazing details, the gorgeous clothes and tasty food, I also think there is something so amazing about intimate weddings - just the couple and/or a few of their close friends - I suppose that's why we chose the latter when we got married.
When we got home, Peter gave me two special gifts he brought back from his business trip.
A Hello Kitty Purse from their new travel collection - it has the coolest compartments. I love how the style and colors make this look like more of an adult purse - I'll definitely use it when we go out - heck, who am I kidding? I'll starting toting it to work this week I am sure.
A Hello Kitty fan for my desk at work. How cute is this? You pop her head open and turn on the switch to run the fan!
When I woke up this morning, I took a peek out at my little garden, and saw that my sunflowers are getting ready to bloom!
This brings me to a new blog section for the next few days: Anniversary Countdown 2008! This year, on June 24th, Peter and I will have been married for two years. That still makes a newlyweds don't you think? So every day, I'm going to share one of my favorite pictures from the days leading up to our wedding day, and the main event, along with a brief story.
Choosing the Location
After Peter proposed, we knew we wanted to get married as soon as possible. We'd been dating since 2001, and we were ready. We talked about doing the local thing with family and friends, but while we have a close circle of friends that we would have liked to be there, Peter's family is all abroad, in the Czech Republic, and one of his closest friends lives in India, and no one would be able to make the trip. So we started scouting travel mags and thinking about our favorite spots.
Knowing that this special trip would just be the four of us (my parents and us), I started looking at locations from the photographers point of view. I knew that at the end of the day, the one aspect of the entire wedding that was the most important to me was the photography. I wanted amazing pictures and I knew the location would have a lot to do with that. I've been fortunate to travel to most of the 50 states because my parents took me on many road trips growing up. I had wonderful memories of our summers spent out in Arizona in my early teens while my Mom was attending the University of Arizona through a distance learning program. One location was particularly memorable - Sedona.
The red rocks and mountains out there are absolutely incredible. I also remembered the Chapel at Tlaquepaque in Sedona. I remembered walking in a tiny chapel with beautiful light streaming through and thinking - "One day I should get married here". I found the chapel online and shared pictures of it with Peter who also loved it. So it was decided - we'd get married in Sedona.
We flew out a few days prior to the wedding and did a little hiking.
These were the incredible views I was talking about!