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For all our loyal followers, (hi Mom!) we are going to be live blogging our lil trip to the game tonight. (side note… We can’t post text in between photos from the iPhone, so to get to all the pics just keep on scrollin’.)

Step one… Waiting for the good ol’ Seattle Metro bus. And while waiting critical mass rode on by. Sweet. I haven’t seen traffic backed up that in a long time.

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Wow. So that didn’t work out like we had planned. For some reason the lovely little iPhone died decided at half time to stop being able to upload photos. What a lame blog post this turned out to be. At least we had a good evening at the game, thanks to our friends Brian+Deann who hooked us up with their tickets.

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So this week I got a hold of a few good ol’ flicks that I watched relentlessly growing up. I was a little wannabe punk/skater kid, and my movie selection only reflected that. So I did some digging and got my hands on these:

Yes… RAD and Gleaming the Cube. You didn’t even know Christian Slater was that good looking, now did you?

Either way. I can’t wait to find some free time to fire these babies up on the ol’ screen.

I’ve also lately been dying to throw a few decade themed movie night parties. Every Friday night, we celebrate a different decade and watch some golden movies in the process…

If you’re in, hit us up. As soon as the season slows down a bit, the festivities will explode.

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On another note… we got a new studio phone line. And by studio, I really mean that we got a phone in our ‘office’ (read: second bedroom). Either way I have already gotten 4 phone calls from telemarketers. Looks like I’ll be paying the $2 a month to go unlisted.

206.695.2875

Feel free to hit us up there if you would like. Otherwise the same good ol’ number you have is golden.

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Ain’t no rain gonna ruin this party! What a beautiful day full of love, passion and joy, no matter what storms may have been lingering. What a remarkable day indeed…


We caught a little pre-festivities phone call between Kurt+Meg. I had no idea that W was snapping away on the other end, till I looked through them.

An adventurous couple indeed… We love it.

Waiting out the rain… always leaves room for amazing moments.

The courageous job of cutting the cake… someone’s gotta do it.

Moves were most definitely being busted…

Kurt+Meg… What a blessing it was to have been able to experience your day alongside your friends and family. Your passion to love the least is inspiring. We are so thankful for people like yourselves-people who are longing to see a new kingdom present in the world today. The fact that you gift was giving to those who need it most, says enough about who you are and who you live for. We are glad to know you both. Much love friends.

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We are migrating our email over to a new host tonight. So if you happen to send us an email in the next day and it bounces back to you, have no fear! Just wait a bit and hit the send button one more time!

Im guessing we won’t be down more than a few minutes, but I thought I’d throw up a little note just in case the internet got a case of the Microsoft bug or anything… :)

Oh… and I’ll be up late posting a wedding tonight. Hold on to your hats. Or beret. Or whatever other type of headgear you might be wearing. Ahhh…. Nevermind. Its too stinkin’ late. Catch all the love on here tomorrow!

Adios!

UPDATE…. all set! Smooth as butta!

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Every week, while the beautiful new couple is chowing down on their elegantly scrumptious dinner, we sneak in and steal the rings. And every week we get to watch the new Mr. & Mrs. wiggle, moan, twist, struggle and pull with all their might…. just to get that new shiny goodness off of their fingers.

It’s so stinkin’ cute.

I don’t even remember capturing these images. But they are priceless.

Congrats Justin+Sarah! Soak up all that sun in the Carribean for us while we jealously deal with the return of the Seattle rain.

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