Quick Update

Hello family and friends! We're a little ashamed that it's been about 4 months since our last blog update. Please forgive us. We've been incredibly busy starting new jobs, moving, avoiding the DC summer heat, etc. Here's a quick update:

• I finally finished painting the bedroom. I procrastinated as long as I could, but then Tim threatened to take his ladder back so I had to get it done. It looks great. See photo.
• Annie and her mother moved to DC about 2 weeks ago. We found her mother a beautiful studio just a few blocks from here on 16th St. The move itself was quite an experience. The movers showed up 5 hours after their scheduled time. They also got into a little verbal dispute with the doorman at Annie's mother's place. The good news is that it's over and they successfully got Annie's piano into our apartment. yay!
• We've been buying the necessities to make our apartment feel like a home. We found some nice bookshelves and a tv stand for our new tv. We've also been investigating the possibility of getting a Wii. But who has time for that?
• It looks like I never posted pictures of the finished bathroom. We went with a color scheme straight out of the latest issue of the crate and barrel catalog. We have tiffany blue tile covering the lower third of the walls, and then a nice chocolate brown paint for the rest. For decorations and what not we went with very bright oranges, purples and greens. See photos. The painting on the left was done by Rene Trujillo.
• We also took in two of Annie's great-grandfather's paintings to get framed. We'll put up pictures when we get them back.
• Annie started her teaching job this week! (The most important stuff comes last) She's been doing faculty meetings and classroom organization preparing for her students' arrival on Monday. She's crazy excited. I'll make her write more about her experiences sometime.

There's also this wedding thing we're planning for. We haven't gone crazy yet, but we're not far from it. Seriously, it's been a lot of fun, but I cannot wait for it to actually happen. We sent out most of the invitations this past weekend... just a few stragglers left to get addresses for. In the past month or two we've also finalized our menu and flower arrangements. We think you'll like them. We can't wait to see you all in a month and a half-ish. If you have any questions about travel arrangements or anything, feel free to ask.