Happy birthday, Rhys!

Today I'm sending birthday wishes to the love of my life, my partner in crime, my one and only. Rhys, you mean the world to me, and I love you more with each breath. Here's to an amazing year ahead filled with lots of laughter, love, little discoveries, adventure and wonder. I love you.

(P.S. For those of you who aren't aware, after much deliberation, LeAnn decided to change her name to Rhys this weekend. She thought her birthday was a fitting time to do so, and I have to agree.)

Our latest adventure…organic gardening class

I know, I know - it seems crazy for us to participate an organic gardening class when we live in a high-rise condo building in the middle of a metropolitan city, but we certainly love a challenge. We've been hoping to start our own balcony container garden for awhile now and this opportunity presented itself at the perfect time. Our first class was filled with talk of soil, bacteria, protoza and mycelia. It felt like a flashback to high school biology class, but this time I tried harder to pay attention. We met a lot of great people and we're super stoked to learn all we can about growing our own food over the next few months. Here's to getting your hands dirty!

Below are pictures from Cane Creek Farm, where our class is being held.

SNOW DAY #3!

Roads are still icy...no work again today. Hooray!

SNOW DAY #2!

The roads are still an absolute mess today, so again we were presented with a day off from work. Woo hoo!!! :)

SNOW DAY!

The city shut down today due to 5.5 inches of snow and then a layer of ice on top. The roads are a pretty big mess. Thankfully our respective workplaces chose to close for the day which meant we were able to venture out to take some pictures.

2010 in review

This past year has been one of tremendous growth and opportunity, for which we're so thankful. Here's a brief recap.

January
Snow in Atlanta!



February
Home improvements, like painting, took lots of our time (and we're still not done with our list of projects).



March
Lucky turned 39 AND she flew a helicopter. Minnesota completed her first half-marathon.








April
A business trip to New York for Minnesota and Lucky tagged along for fun. We also attended the annual Dogwood Festival in Piedmont Park.





May
Minnesota spent six weeks in Hong Kong for on a business trip. This month also marks the one-year anniversary of the purchase of our home.









June
Lucky visits Minnesota in Hong Kong.









July
Minnesota turned 37. To celebrate, we went hang-gliding in the mountains outside of Chattanooga.









August
We joined Minnesota's family on a trip to northern Minnesota.










September
We enjoyed a Georgia Tech football game. Also, Li'l e visited and we ate our way around Atlanta.







October
Lucky had a conference in Minneapolis and Minnesota was able to tag along. Also, Minnesota spent three weeks in mainland China on a recruiting trip to Beijing, Dalian, Xi'an, Shanghai, Chengdu and Kunming.











November
On Thanksgiving Day, Minnesota completed her second half-marathon of the year and Lucky completed the 5K.





December
The first white Christmas in Atlanta in more than 100 years was beautiful.





We resolve to post more often in 2011. As always, we're sending lots of love and hugs across the miles...the girlz

Happy Thanksgiving!

(Sorry we've been lax about posting lately. No excuses....)

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Here are a few things we're thankful for:
*life
*love
*happiness
*joy
*compassion
*health
*friends and family
*laughter
*our home
*our jobs
*each other

Sending lots of love and hugs across the miles...the girlz