A Weekend in Concord

This past weekend found us in Concord, Ma, for the wedding celebration of our friends Kristin and Mike - and what a party! The reception was held in a big barn. It was great, despite a little rain. Nate and I got some great pictures of the bride and groom having their portrait taken in front of the silo, just before the downpour!


Still in Concord on Saturday, Nate and I met up with our friends Bret and Ashley to see an Allman Brothers concert. What an experience! It was so cool to just sit on a blanket outside at Great Woods, and listen to non-stop great music. There was definitely some interesting people watching too!

Fine Dining

We broke out the fancy china. And the silver. And the crystal. Add some great friends for dinner... and we had our first dinner party! Our friends, Chad and Amy, are close to their due date, so the rest of us turned the party into a little shower for them. Ice cream cake rounded out a delicious menu. Fun!

1st Anniversary Weekend

We still have not gone on that hot air balloon ride. But we did have a wonderful weekend in Woodstock, Virginia, celebrating our first anniversary as husband and wife.

It was so much fun to re-create our engagement, right down to the balloon flight being cancelled during an early-bird dinner! We visited ten wineries, and brought back many new favorites for our wine rack.

Nate's Summer Adventure

Two broken elbows!

It's been almost a month now, and Nate's doing much better. I think he'll even be ready to start driving again on Monday. We were very lucky that the breaks were minor - and that he didn't need casts!

Taha'a - Day 10

Our last morning in French Polynesia: we were so sad to leave! We took just a few more pictures of the sunrise, spent a few more hours by the pool, and then headed off to the airport on the main island of Tahiti. Nana Tahiti!

Taha'a - Day 9

Our third day on Taha'a: another relaxing day spent on the beach and by the pool. We took out a sea kayak for a while in the morning and realized that Caitlin is not much of a kayaker. She had much more fun when Nate did all the work! We had a fantastic dinner (our last!) at the resort that evening. Caitlin had an enormous New Zealand veal chop on a bed of vanilla mashed potatoes. Yum! Nate had pineapple and vanilla gazpacho as well as BARACUDA!! He really enjoyed the fish. Besides, when else do you see local baracuda on the menu? He had to try it!

Taha'a - Day 8

Our second day on Taha'a: We enjoyed massages IN the lagoon in the morning, and smelled just faintly of the famous Taha'a vanilla for the rest of the day. It was so relaxing watching and hearing the waves lap below us during the massage. We then spent the rest of the day relaxing on the beach and by the pool. We enjoyed another traditional Polynesian feast served by the resort that evening for dinner. So much good food! Caitlin was especially impressed by the enormous dessert buffet.

Taha'a - Day 7, continued

First day on Taha'a: we really got to spend most of the day on Taha'a, which was a treat. Our room was enormous! So after exploring the island a little bit, we spent most of our first evening on Taha'a on our deck.

Bora Bora - Day 7

Our last morning on Bora Bora: since we had an early flight to the next island, we got up early to take one last round of Bora Bora sunrise pictures. We were sung off the island by our ukulele playing ferry captain.

Bora Bora - Day 6

Third day on Bora Bora: we finally slept in a little! Then we spent most of the day reading and getting some sun on our private deck. We also took advantage of the resorts mini-golf course - 14 holes of fun! Nate won, but Cait gave him a run for his money. That evening, we had dinner at the resort's fancy Italian restaurant. The concierge apologized for only having a 6:00 dinner slot left - we were thrilled with the early opening! The food was delicious and we made friends with the restaurant cat.