Hello from Anner and Aaron!: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AARON AND SANTA FE

Aaron and Santa Fe share a birthday!! Turns out Santa Fe is 361 years older than Aaron. We had a great time celebrating his birthday with Ed and Brigit -- who are moving away from Seattle (sniff, sniff) and then jetting off to Santa Fe.

Santa Fe claims to be the second biggest art market, second to NYC. Who knew? We was some amazing art and had to buy some for ourselves.

We also did a lot of wedding activities. The wedding was amazing and really reflected the personality of the bridge and groom. It's always extra-fun to attend weddings like that.

We're home again and trying to get back into the swing of things. Here are some pictures!

Aaron and his second birthday cake. Yup! He got TWO cakes this year. This one is a single-layer version of the cake he grew up with. There's still a piece in the freezer that he's saving. The other cake was made with an entire bottle of maple syrup. He loved it. Any why not? It was ALL sugar!

In Santa Fe there's "Canyon Road" which is a long stretch of really nice galleries. We spent more than a day walking up and down it, trying to take it all in. We took lots of pictures of the doors, flowers, and art.

Sunflowers on Canyon Road.

Street in the center of Santa Fe, near the Plaza. (Anner loved the Pop gallery.)

These three pictures were taken in Bandeleir National Monument. There were a few miles of trails and you could climb up into some Pueblos. The last one was 140 feet straight up. It was incredibly beautiful. We spent the morning of the wedding there. It was about an hour north of Santa Fe.

After we did our hike, we had to hurry back to hotel. We got home a little late, showered and changed in half-an-hour and then hurried to the wedding site. This time, just 45 mins north of Santa Fe.

All the hurrying was worth it. Bandelier was amazing and the wedding was amazing. We're glad we could do both.

The Wedding!

Driving to the wedding spot. We followed a school bus full of wedding-goers.

Anner and Aaron. Behind us there's a weird sculpture looking thing. Turns out it's a fireworks machine!!! A wedding with fireworks! I l-o-v-e-d the fireworks! HolyMoly that was cool!

Aaron and the Groom chatting. Drew's suit was made for him in India. Pretty swank, eh? Why is Aaron wearing a scarf? Well, as it turns out, Aaron was not only the jeweler, but also an usher. Drew gave all the ushers scarves from the World Cup to wear. It looked pretty cool all the guys and their sport scarves. It was a fun and personal touch.