Just Married!

Last Saturday, we were in Wilmington for the wedding of Andrew's sister/my sister-in-law Nicole and her fiance (now husband!) Robbie. The wedding was absolutely beautiful, and Nicole was completely radiant. It was wonderful to see everyone, and we had a great time. We were sad our visit was so short but luckily we'll be back down for the week of Thanksgiving :)

Sorry this post is pretty long - there's a bunch of pictures.

Nicole's hair being "dressed" by Sarah

The beautiful result

Sarah works her magic on Sydney

Nicole getting ready

Such a beautiful bride

The whirlwind after the "I do's"

A nice-looking group of people - wonder who they are :)

The gorgeous cake Michel made

It tasted great, too!

Dragonflies just for Nicole

Cutting the cake

The father-daughter dance to "Sweet Child O' Mine"

All dressed up

Good ol' Kevin - always debonair

With the soon-be-famous Sydney

First dance as Mr. and Mrs.

Congratulations to the bride and groom, and welcome to the family Robbie! We love you!

Halloween

This year, Andrew and I had a Halloween party to go to, so we decided to actually put some effort into our costumes. What could we be as a couple?

Well,

2 pieces of colored foam

1 giant roll of foam

1 huge pile of red felt (turned into a poncho)

some hot glue and burned fingers later....

Voila! a giant can of Raid and a ladybug:

(we even won a prize!)

Andrew passed!

So, this posting is a little late but last Friday (Oct. 24), Andrew passed his Master's thesis defense at NC State. He gave his exit seminar and then defended before his committee. He did a great job and we're all very proud of him!

Of course, I forgot my camera - thus, the picture of a "fence" - the closest thing I had to "defense."

It was wonderful to be in NC again and feel warm weather - although a tad cruel since it was freezing when we came back!

Blue light special: Two Seasons for the price of One!

Fall has been beautiful here.

The leaves have been a mix of gold, crimson, & auburn - very New England-y.
So, we've been enjoying the gorgeous scenery here.... but it comes with a cost - cooold. We had kind of adjusted to it, then BAM - it snowed this week!