Friday, May 29, 2009

Our big move to Florida

As many of you know, the biggest news currently in our lives is our upcoming move to Tallahassee, Florida. My parents live there, and it was my Dad who informed me of a full-time teaching position open at Tallahassee Community College (full-time positions are extremely hard to come by in San Diego). So I interviewed, and was offered the position! We are very blessed to have work in this economy, but we will also be very sad to leave our friends and memories in San Diego. Nevertheless, we are trying to think positively about the new chapter of our lives. So here is a little about the city of Tallahassee:


It is the capital of Florida



It is known as a college town, hosting Florida State University, Florida A & M, and of course, my new employer, TCC (pictured)


It has beautiful canopy roads, created by the overhanging spanish moss



It has historic homes and buildings with the Southern-style porches and columns



... and lakes, of course! This is the lake next to the beautiful Maclay Gardens


Here are the Gardens:





Here are a few pictures from when we were in town for my brother's wedding. Here were are in my Dad's boat out at their lake house.


I took this picture of an alligator on a swamp boat tour in the county of Wakulla

...and a manatee!


We invite you all to come visit us. There is more than enough room to house visitors and we would just love having some familiar faces around!

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

One Year Anniversary with new pictures

Hello all! Long time no see. I'm hoping to start blogging regularly again. I doubt I will actually go back through six months of pictures and completely catch everyone up, but you never know! At the very least, here is how we kicked off our summer vacation: the celebration of our one-year anniversary!
Andrew took the reigns on the planning and surprised me with a beautiful downtown San Diego day. We had fish tacos on the waterfront for lunch, relaxed by a rooftop pool in the afternoon and went on a three hour dinner cruise through the harbor. It was the perfect way to celebrate and enjoy this amazing city that we are about to leave. Here are some pics:
Our dinner vessel

The only shot of the two of us together


I needed his jacket pretty early in the evening... it was chilly!


It was Memorial Day, so here's a patriotic shot for you all!


More wind!

At our table



Cheers!

The downtown lights were beautiful at night



The pool at the hotel Se

Drew enjoying the warm water

Me enjoying the sunshine
The classic Donald grin


What a great day! Lets hope we have 64 more anniversaries!