8 years!

Since the last time we celebrated an anniversary we have...visited Italy

been to Times Square

been skiing

celebrated another New Year!

spent time with our families

reminisced

been goofy with our friends

run countless miles

and taken endless photos!

Here's to many more!

Happy baby!

I helped throw a fun little baby shower for my baby sister today. I think for my lack of sleep I did not take as many photos as I would have liked...I hope sleeping in my own bed for the next week will get me back on track!

Whew!

Work today was not as busy or painful as I thought it would be. In fact, it ran rather smoothly, considering 2 people called in sick!

Joe and I have been chilling this evening...catching up on blogs and Facebook, editing photos and we watched a documentary called "Bigger, Stronger, Faster" about the use of anabolic steroids in US culture. It was actually very interesting and told both sides of the story.

Some of my favorite photos from NYE as well as NYday:My cutie and meme with some random girl from london (AQ's bosses' gf) - I just like the photo because I am laughing and look skinny!Some of us at the beginning of the nightus with melissa and jeff, who came down from Big Dtrouble!the shot I wanted to take with our friendsthe actual shot that was taken by the restaurant worker (didn't he understand the 2009 was the whole point of the picture?? oh well, whatcha gonna do!)

I am looking forward to a weekend of a little sister time and a little relaxation time!

Recap of Sat

On Saturday night a group of us threw a baby shower for our good friends, A+ J. They are expecting a baby boy in Sept!We also stopped by a friend of Joe's (Ironman Mark, who is going to Kona in October), who was celebrating his 40th bday, along with his partner and another friend. Together the 3 of them were celebrating 100 years of gay!I bought a new dress for the occasion. I am loving that maxi dresses are in style right now because they are easy to wear and make a bold statement.{Note that I am standing on an ottoman and am barely the same height as the boy I am posing with. He is a very sweet friend of one of the birthday boys who I met on my bday, unfortunately I can't remember his name!}
I have also decided to embrace my love for patterns and prints and to own it. Basic black can be so boring - I love color!