Hello, friends!  Patrick and I are settling nicely into our new apartment in California & I am sure enjoying the SUNSHINE down here!!  Patrick is excelling at his studies whilst I search high and low for a job, and we are big fans of this marriage thing so far .

For your enjoyment, here are some links to the wedding photos and to the slide show we played during the ceremony:

WEDDING PHOTOS (use the password amyandpatrick)

WEDDING SLIDESHOW

Thank-you notes are still being written and plans for the California reception are underway…

with love,

Amy

I was thinking of making one of those construction paper chains to count down ’til the wedding, but with still a very long to-do list until then, this is much easier:

COUNTDOWN

I wonder if my bridesmaids would go for this…

Though we might have to widen the center aisle…hmmmmm…

Four weeks ago I signed the contract for my dress.

Not just any dress, the dress. My wedding dress. My once-in-a-lifetime huge white sparkly princess wedding dress. (I’d post a photo but I have to keep it secret from you-know-who . )

Through the years, I have been wedding dress shopping with many of my friends; I have watched them try on these uniquely large white gowns; I have witnessed each find the one that eventually and finally made them gush and say, “WOW! This is it.” READ MORE

Wheaton!! Yay!!

Welcome!!

The first words I said to Amy. On January 12, 2007.

The story of how we met… coming soon…