Our life together on the east coast!

(I didn't take that photo...google did) :)

The first weekend I was out here was 4th of July weekend. We spent the first day going all around D.C. with Erin and Dirk and a couple other friends. It was a great day of foodaboozapalooza. :) The next day we ended up going to watch the fireworks over the Mall. The four of us found a nice spot on a hill by the Air Force Memorial which is up on a hill so that we could see the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, and the Pentagon. We all concurred that the best thing about the firework show was that we saw no less than 15 different firework shows all along the horizon... in addition to the huge show right in front of us. It was a great evening.


I then moved down to Charlottesville and started my job at the Intelligence Center. It's been a slow start, but it will be a good job for the next year.


Our first weekend (living in the same state) I went up to visit Dan. We had dinner in the city and then walked over to the Capital building where the Army band was doing a concert. It was a fun evening, sitting on the steps of the Capital and listening to great music. This last weekend Dan came down to visit me. We went to the Michie Tavern (est 1789) and to Monticello. We didn't end up getting to the actual house because tickets were out, but we'll go back sometime.

It's worked out pretty well so far. It's not very fun not living together, but we're just glad to be in the same state for now.


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Wedding Photos!

We got some digital pictures from our wedding. Check out the following links to see over 400 pictures. Looks like we had a fun time... oh wait, that's cuz we did! Enjoy!



Wedding pictures on snapfish.com
http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=1675576014/a=125335466_125335466/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

We're Married!!!

So exactly two weeks ago today Dan and I got married!!! Woo-hoo!!! It was a great ceremony in Redlands, CA. The weather was beautiful... which is a great thing since both the ceremony and reception were outdoors.

We had so much fun standing up front with all our friends and family. Dan's groomsmen were his brother Mike, bro-in-law Dirk, and my brothers Tim and Mike. My bridesmaids were my bestfriends Christine and Vicky, Dan's sister Erin, and my sis-in-laws Stefanie and Kallie. It was the greatest team ever! :) We even had Dan's niece Jackie as our flower girl and Dan's nephew P.J. and my nephew Jack as the ring bearers.

Our reception was a blast! In-n-out catered the wedding, so the main course was cheeseburgers and double-doubles! It was one of the best ideas we ever had. I don't know that there was anyone who did not love the fact that the In-n-out trailer was there.

Our wedding cake was also absolutely amazing. We got this little German bakery to make it, and it was the best tasting cake... EVER! It didn't hurt that it also looked pretty cute too!

We had a sabre arch, fun music, dancing, and personalized Nalgene bottles as the favors. So I guess you could say it was a great wedding. Tons of fun for all. We'll make sure to post more pictures once we get the professional ones back from the photographer... so stay tuned.

Our Honeymoon!

The day after our wedding Dan and I left to start our honeymoon out in the Dominican Republic. We went to an all inclusive resort and had a great time. The travels to and from there were pretty miserable (delayed baggage, long layovers, delayed flights, missed connections), but the resort part of the honeymoon was wonderful.

Our daily schedule was pretty stressful. We would sleep in and then go hang out at the beach, then eventually move over to the pool, go get lunch, come back to the pool, go eat dinner, and then go to bed early. I guess you could say we had to suffer though a whole week that way. ;)

The resort was beautiful! The Caribbean ocean is everything it's cracked up to be. The water was so clear and comfortable (in temperature). We tried snorkeling one day, but the water was a little too rough. We took a horseback ride down to a lagoon one day. Then our last night we had a private dinner on the beach. We were definitely glad for the time off together.