Recently in Shower Category

This one is for the ladies! My old roommate Holly, who by the way is getting married on the SAME DAY as Matthew and I, invited me to have a joined bridal shower. Yay! We wore veils and opened lady-things and ate cute foods. I want to write more, but I think you should just look at Vicki's pictures, they say it all. I think Jenna got some group shots, I'll link them if they come to the Internets.

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(Yes, I am wearing the same outfit as the SJ shower. That's what happens when you live on the road (and put pictures online so that people find you out).)

On April 26th we convened for another shower. This time in Huntington Beach with the other side of Laura's family. We had a very nice time. Laura and I got to talk with Stephanie and Matt who are getting married not too long after us. We compared notes on finding places to live and planning our weddings. Also, Stephanie reminded me how great a catch Laura is!

This shower was originally proposed to be ladies only, but they let us guys in anyhow. So while they ladies were doing girly things us men went for a walk and ended up hanging out in the living room of house that was having an open house. I think it was really confusing and daunting for the realtor when the ten of us walked in. The house was pretty interesting because it was three stories with the living room on the center floor. It reminded me of the model home on Arrested Development.

All of the other photos from this event can be found on Flickr.

Last weekend we drove up with (most of) our families to San Jose. My Aunt Stacie and Uncle Michael welcomed us into their wonderful home and we visited with several generations of my family and family friends who live up north. We were greeted with love, enjoyed sushi and fruit, opened lovely gifts, and were filled with tenderness.

This was our first event, the inauguration of the wedding festivities, which appropriately included a stellar battle of hula hooping skills (shout out to Bridget), wii, and double dutch.

There are few words that justly portray the utter gratitude and humility we feel for all who came and offered their support for our new journey together. Thus, we simply bow. We are honored to know you.

What a gift to spend time with people who have such a wealth of life! Cheers!

Don't forget to check out all the photos of the event on Flickr.