Counting Our Many Blessings

As we head into Thanksgiving, we thought we'd take a moment to count our many blessings and reflect on life's little pleasantries. We have a LOT to be thankful for, but here are a few favorites that stand out, in no particular order:

1. fall leaves on the East Coast
2. cars with seatwarmers
3. peppermint tea with honey
4. a temple nearby
5. Tostitos lime chips
6. dark chocolate
   
7. dentists
8. fuzzy socks
9. e-mail
10. mothers willing to put together weddings in 5-weeks' time
11. dads who support moms on their quests
    
12. down comforters
13. sharpies
14. digital cameras
15. modern-day revelation
16. the ability to work
17. the ability to run
18. pizza
19. smoothies
20. pine trees
21. googletalk
22. little siblings and nephews
    

No Way, We Live in DC??

Sometimes it's easy to forget in all the hustle and bustle where it is that we live. Sometimes you have to remember to slow down, take a big breath and just look around you.


That's what I did the other week when Shane dropped me off at that National Mall on the way to class. I found a warm bench and just took in the sights.

Flashback: Engagement Night in NYC

Not the best photos (my camera has trouble taking night shots, apparently), but definitely a memorable moment. Shane officially proposed at the top of the Empire State Building on Friday, June 1, 2007.


We were both exhausted by the time we got to the top -- having rushed to get through traffic in time to get our sisters, Kayla and Megan into a Broadway play (we all four literally ran to the ticket office). After eating at a local vegan restaurant, Shane had a stomachache and I was limping around the city having somehow injured my knee. It's all kind of comical now but hard to laugh at when it happened. Definitely a night we won't soon forget. Too bad the pictures are so blurred.