Underwater!

Yesterday Jaime and I developed our underwater cameras from the Middle East. The photos are fun and blurry in a film quality kind of way! Now I have no reason to not organize all of my Middle East photos---soon, I promise!

Pillowcases

Yesterday Steve & Lynn came over for dinner. They brought us a gift in honor of our first anniversary--- hand knit pillowcases! I think they are just beautiful! The pattern has hearts interwoven throughout. I think handmade gifts are by far my most favorite, I mean who wouldn't love art like this! I just had to share photos of the pillowcases, because I love them.

Our One Year Anniversary!

Can you believe it's been a year already? We've been married for a whole year! Our first year of marriage has been filled with lots of love, new adventures and FUN! Being married ROCKS!

For our first year anniversary we went back to where it all started----- SKAMANIA LODGE! Rabbi Brad had us write letters to each other before our wedding and they were given back to us to read for the first time on our anniversary---we choose to read them on the exact site we said our vows. We had a feast of a dinner (just like at the actual wedding!) They served us the same amazing roasted vegetable torta and the same buttery Chardonnay, everything was wonderful! The only problem was there was WAY to much to eat!

After dinner we came home and had a slice of cake from our wedding --- still moist and incredible! And we opened a bottle of champagne (a gift from Steve & Lynn) and watched our wedding video. It was a great feeling, watching our wedding video and thinking to myself how amazing that day was, but even more important how it was just the START of this incredible journey Jaime and I are taking together.

Thank you to everyone who made our wedding so incredible. And a continued thank you to everyone who wished us a happy anniversary! It was just the first of many wonderful anniversaries to come!

Photo Requests!

I know many of you have asked for photos from The Middle East Adventure!

Well don't think I have forgotten--but the photos are taking longer then expected. I am still working on them, so check back soon!

Until then, check my facebook profile---I posted some of the photos Jaime took on his camera!

Home At Last

Last night around 11:30 PM we arrived safely home. It was a wonderful feeling to come home. The trip was filled with many adventures, but Jaime and I both learned how much we love where we live.

I'm sorry I was unable to blog while I was away. Israel was far to busy to find time to get on a computer and Jordan & Egypt were just a different trip then anticipated. I did however keep a handwritten blog (thank you Jordyn for the beautiful travel Journal), so I will try to find time to try that up soon.Over the next few days I will put up photos---so check the photo album pages on picasa.

I am so happy to be home. Thank you to James & Morgan for the airport rides. Jen, Sasha & Nick for keeping the house safe. And Steve and Lynn for caring for our bunnies while we were gone.

In Israel...at last.

Jaime and I arrived safely in Israel. We are currently up North at the border of Jordan & Lebanon. It's warm, but not terribly hot.

We flew into Tel Aviv and stayed in a nice hostel/hotel outside the city. The hotel had a roof top garden. We watched the sunset over the city and water. It was a beautiful welcome to Israel. We ventured into the city for the evening. Jaime and I are not "city"people per say, but we enjoyed the nightlife.

The groups keeps us pretty busy. We went on a wonderful hike today-----felt good to walk on dirt (after all the city walking in New York City.) The hike was on the Burma Road Trail, the road that's saved Jerusalem in 1947. We then drove North to where we are now.

Tomorrow we are going kayaking in the Jordan river in the morning. It is wonderful to just be able to sit back and enjoy the vacation. The guide is quite knowledgeable and we are both taking away a lot of information, history and a deeper appreciation for where we are.

We have a cell phone number, here is the number from the states to call (including country code.) Feel free to call anytime. 011-972-523-125-993

Leaving New York

We had a WONDERFUL time in New York City. Yesterday was fantastic! Brunch with the ESA Girls at Serendipity's. And then a great walk tour of the lower Manhattan. Including: Union Square, Greenwich Village, Soho, West Village, Chinatown, Little Italy & Hudson Bay. I will fill in all the blanks with more details later.

Last night we saw Lion King. I think visually this was the most amazing show I have ever seen. I truly felt I was swept up and had gone back to Africa. The music, lights, costumes-----all incredible!

Today we are going on a tour of the U.N. and then checking out some of the other Burroughs of New York City, and then, off to Israel!