Disney World

Thank you, Risa, for being so thoughtful and including the whole family in your "Make a Wish" wish. All of us, including Blair and Rachel (Ryan's wife), got to spend a week in Disney World together! It was a jam-packed, exciting, exhausting and fun-filled week as we went through Epcot, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Animal Kingdom, The Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and, to Reana's delight, Gator Land! Risa was wearing a special pass around her neck which allowed us all to skip to the front of the lines. (We were spoiled rotten with that thing. The waiting time without Risa was almost unbearable.)

Back to reality again, but those memories will last forever. :)

Books we've read together

* Ender's Game
* The Magician's Nephew
* The Lion the Witch and The Wardrobe
* The Horse and his Boy
* Prince Caspian
* Voyage of the Dawn Trader
* The Silver Chair
* The Last Battle
* Miracles
* Of Mice and Men
* The Princess Bride
* Pastwatch
* Out of the Silent Planet
* Paralandra
* That Hideous Strength

Portland Trip #1

On Sarurday, October twenty-fifth, Blair and I finally got to visit Beaverton together for the first time since the wedding. The weather was beautiful for the drive, and the time goes by much quicker with the one you love. The very first thing we did was initiatories in the Portland temple; it was my first time since going through for myself. I loved it! I hope we can go back as often as we plan to.

After the temple, we visited an elderly woman I used to care for. We went to her home with honeymoon pictures and wedding stories to share, and left with arm-fulls of gifts and kisses on our cheeks. She was once a ballet teacher like myself, so Blair got to sit and listen to us jabber about ballet and my new teaching job and all her advice on how to teach the proper execution of a glissade. My husband's going to be a ballet expert pretty soon. ;)

The last thing we did on our Portland trip was visit my family at home. We weren't disappointed. The house was just as lively and full of laughter as we remembered. We ate good food, were entertained with some Halloween costume projects and ended the evening with fun conversation in the livingroom, (just like old times). My family doesn't like to let us leave empty-handed, so they decided to send us home with a truck-load of clothes and... stuff. Now the only problem is finding some storage space in our apartment to cram our souvenirs.

Grandma Whitaker

From Honeymoon

Rebecca and her family are at Grandma Whitaker's funeral today. We visited her together twice. Once at the hospital after the summer family reunion and again at her home at the end of our honeymoon. Her greetings and parting statements were always "life is good".

Honeymoon and Happily Ever After

Amore perfect union

One of our favorites...

From Engagement