Monday, October 20, 2008

October '08

Colleen and her mom at an apple orchard in Connecticut.


Colleen and her cousins at her grandma's birthday party in Connecticut














Dan and Holly - enjoying the last nice days of autumn!



















The month of October has been great! Colleen just got back from a long weekend with her parents in Connecticut where she visited her aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. It was beautiful weather and they had a great time doing a variety of activities. Dan has been traveling for work and busy helping down at the family farm.


We are finalizing our wedding plans and continuing to do a few things to Dan's place. This winter will be here before we know it and we are so excited for our wedding, honeymoon to Argentina and all the things that are in store for us!

























Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Wedding Plans and Honeymoon!

We have had fun planning our wedding! The date is coming up - we are under 2 months now and so excited to make this commitment to each other and share the celebration with our family and a few friends.

We are just as excited for our honeymoon! We are heading to Argentina for 3 weeks! We'll be spending 5-6 days in Buenos Aires which is said to be the "Paris of South America". Dan can't wait to learn to Tango! (at least try to learn. . . .) The city is supposed to be beautiful with amazing restaurants, museums, parks and a rich history and culture. We will be flying to the southern region known as Patagonia for an additional 5-6 days and are excited to see the glaciers! The town we will be staying in is El Calafate and is said to be a very 'touristy' place but also an area with amazing natural beauty. We hope to go one at least 1 maybe two glacier tours and also do some hiking and relaxing! The final week, we will fly to Mendoza which strikes us to be similar to California -- it's a laid back and beautiful environment where the vast majority of Argentine wine comes from. We hope to stay in a quaint and fun bed and breakfast, do some wine tours and just enjoy this beautiful part of the world.

Our good friends, Dawn and Pablo Borean, have been to Argentina a # of times (Pablo was born/raised there) and are bilingual and love all things Argentine! Colleen has been trying to clean up her Spanish skills and both of us have been pouring over books on Argentina (thanks to books the Boreans have borrowed us!)

Look for more pictures and info soon!