mini moon

the north shore was beautiful. we stayed at the larsmont cottages and it was gorgeous, right beside lake superior, just chilling and being together...

us atop a hill after short climb.

skipped some pebbles, but alas it was not the same doing it at the lake versus the mediterranean

in a flash

time flies... cliche I know, but it's been almost 4 months since our last post. Lots of things have happened and I will attempt to recall by putting down the main things I remember:

1. invitations

2. picking songs

3. getting the limo reserve

4. picking out flowers

5. trying out tuxes

6. trying to get gyury to come to the US

7. hiding the wedding dress from me

8. plans coming together

9. parents arrive!

10. tango lessons

11. trying out tuxes again

12. bridesmaids dresses saga almost over

13. more tango lessons

14. getting tuxes

15. dress saga over!

16. wedding closing in

17. nervous about candles

18. craziness before the wedding

19. friends start to arrive

20. relatives start to arrive

21. karaoke!

22. more nervousness about candles

23. night before the wedding

24. boys rehearsal

25. little sleep

26. the big day!

27. fun times with the photographer and great friends

28. girls get ready

29. shopping at target

30. negotiations at the brides house

31. tea pot, row row row, i dont wanna miss a thing peformance

32. tea ceremony!

33. sandwiches

34. sweaty

35. flowers!

36. limo!

37. mill city pictures

38. mustaches!

39. to the church!

40. waiting

41. 5 hour energy!

42. walking down the aisle

43. tears

44. breathe guys breathe

45. vows

46. funny vow moment

47. mazel tov!

48. bubbles!

49. limo craziness

50. bustling up

51. fun time!

52. awesome truffled mash potatoes

53. people to meet!

54. kisses!

55. grandma!

56. more kisses!

57. speeches, great awesome speeches!

58. prom dance

59. breaking out into tango!

60. drinks! dance!

61. craziness on the dance floor

62. drinks!

63. grandma on the dance floor!!!

64. end of the night

65. walking to the depot, ok more like stumbling

66. pizza!

67. sleep... finally

68. picnic!

69. nap time

70. mini moon...

engagement photos!

our pictures finally arrived! it was a gorgeous day for photo taking (over cast skies with dispersed sunlight) around walker art center and loring park. check out alisonhowie.com 

shakespeare on the lawn

3 old dudes put on a 97 min show of the complete works of shakespeare... abridged. it was a hilarious mockery of all the plays. despite the crazy winds that almost blew some of the costumes off the roof, it was great fun! there were raps and improv and a screaming lady from the audience, lots to digest in a mere hour and a half! 

rooftop lawn @ brits pub

birthday dinner

it was alison's birthday and we went for a real treat at La Belle Vie, a fantastic french restaurant that is well worth the premium prices! i would have written the names of the different courses if i could actually pronounce half of them. nevertheless, the food was incredible and we had way too much wine... =)

lamb from the heavens

edible chocolate birthday

hiking in afton

hiking through the fields

alison with her hiking poles!

the day was hot, but it felt really good to be in the sun again. we hiked around the hills of the ski resort for about 2.5 hours. it was great! 

It's finally summer!

The winter months were long and after our romp around South East Asia, we dreaded it even more. Looking back, it was sort of a blur, our time was packed with either school work or traveling for work. But since Alison will be done with school here in the next week, things will be different! I'm looking forward to camping and being outdoors for the next few months. It's probably also time to revisit with old friends again. We are excited for bright and sunny days ahead!

trip home: singapore!

we left the cold weather on christmas eve and spent christmas day aboard the 747 pacific bird. we arrived at narita and was looking forward to some japanese food but no luck, we had to rush our butts to our gate. oh and of course we had the most polite and anal japanese security lady who placed each item delicately in each plastic bin.

the second leg was rough even with the loads of movies we brought on board. 30 rock, 88 minutes, the 6th day, face-off, trans-siberian... well, it was about time we landed and we did, after about 20 hours on the airplane.

Home!

by the beach in sentosa

christmas lights along orchard rd

alison enjoying some durian! YUM!

family outing to the best seafood place in town

check out more pictures in the flickr link on the right!