Wedding Video and Vegas Baby!

We got our wedding DVD in the mail a couple of days ago and had a chance to watch it today with our whole family. The family went over to my folks for dinner to welcome Karri. It was a fun night, and the wedding video looks amazing. Our 3rd anniversay is this coming Thursday, so it came just in time. A friend of a friend has been diligently working on improving the video for months now. The original studio that shot the video messed everything up, in such a way that most of the ceremony was not watchable and camera shake made most other parts unbearable. Precaution: DO NOT HIRE CELEBRATION PHOTOGRAPHY!!!
However, Joe, from Long Strand Studios was able to get the whole thing not only watchable, but enjoyable. We both really appreciate all the effort Joe put into our wedding DVD.

Here's the cover artwork

So, it was nice to be able to see and HEAR our wedding after 3 years of having a dvd where the most you could hear was the airplanes overhead.

In other news, Sherri will go in for egg extraction on Monday, so we are full steam ahead on this whole IVF thing.

Before Monday, Karri and I leave tomorrow morning for Las Vegas. We will be staying with Greg and Angel for the night, and seeing whatever there is to see. We will drive up tomorrow morning and come back sometime on Sunday. It will be fast, but it should be a fun trip.

Disneyland

Sherri got Karri and me into Disneyland yesterday. She stayed for a bit and then had to go to work. We had fun, especially since last time he was here was 1985. He went on Star Tours for the first time (it was built in 1987). Of course California Adventure opened in 2001, so he just remembers a parking lot. I tend not to think Disneyland changes much, but if you get in a time machine and go forward 23 years, there are some.

I'm really not very good at this game, but it is fun to play.

Mmm...Apple Pancakes

We went to my folks' for breakfast this morning, specifically, apple pancakes - Mmmmmmm. My family has had this recipe for years now, originally found to copy the apple pancake at the Original House of Pancakes, but ours is a much better recipe then theirs. Needless to say, it was a very good breakfast. In attendance - Sherri, me, my folks and Karri.

Here's Sherri with Simcha Xena and Simcha

Apple pancake - SO GOOD!

Karri Arrives

We went to my sister Donna's house last night to have some cake and coffee and to welcome Karri back into the US. It's been 23 years since he was last here, and he will be staying for about 2 weeks. It was great seeing him again.

Like I said yesterday, he hasn't changed at all

Rhys and Karri hit it off right away with Wii games

Donna spent most of last night trying to figure out how Karri was going to spend every minute in the US to maximize his time. Sherri and I are taking him to Disneyland tomorrow.

Yesterday, Today, Tonight

YESTERDAY:
Last night my brother and his family came over for dinner. Sherri made this AMAZING bread - actually if you want to try it, it tastes exactly like the bread at Macaroni Grill, which is AMAZING.
It was a fun evening, but I forgot to take pictures after the initial people walking in the door, so here's two.

The table with bread waiting Jan coming into the kitchen

TODAY:

I had a second interview at a firm I would very much like to work for. I think it went very well, but they will let me know if I didn't get it or if I will be coming in for a final interview in two weeks time. Everyone I've met at the firm so far is very friendly and they seem very open to hiring a newly admitted attorney, which many firms do not seem to want to do.

TONIGHT:

My parents are on their way to LAX right now to pick up the exchange student who lived with us back in 1985. Karri is from Finland, and this is his first trip back to the US since he stayed here and graduated from ElMo.

I'm sure he looks exactly the same, since I still do.

Here's a pic of me from 1985 (the year Back to the Future came out)

Like I said, I look exactly the same.

So, I'm sure Karri still looks like this:

When Karri was here last time, we formed a band, The Rockers. He played guitar and I sang.

Here we are at the height of our career.

Indiana Jones

So, as mentioned below, Sherri went to see Sex in the City with Amy, while Dave and I went to see Indiana Jones.
It's been getting some very good reviews, and maybe I just wasn't in the right state of mind, but I didn't care for it too much. I think it was well made, acted, etc, but I just didn't like it. Not sure why. I could list things that didn't make sense at all, but I don't want to spoil the movie. I'll give away one thing at the beginning. There were a ton of gophers. Why?!? I think they were supposed to be cute, but they were just distracting.

Like I said, I just wasn't really in to it.

By the way, below is Sherri's FIRST POST!!! Yeah! I hope she'll keep it up.

Girls Night Out

Friday night was Girls Night Out to go to the opening of the Sex and City movie. (Which was better than I thought it would be). Afterwards, we went to BJ's for a snack (and a few cosmos in honor of the movie). Saturday night I saw the movie again with Amy while the boys saw Indiana Jones. The movie wasn't as good the second time around, but it was fun to meet up with Amy and Dave.