Happy Thanksgiving!
This year, my family came to my house for the holiday - we had my parents and brother from NC, my grandmother from TX, and my great aunt and uncle who travel the country. The food and company was great. We had plenty of pie, a few games of dominoes, and the guys played with the Nintendo Wii.
Mom and I got to talk about the wedding, hosting family, the challenges of being an adult-daughter, and the challenges of being a mother of an adult-daughter. Ironically, that’s what the Sunday church service was about - my family went with us and Thomas presented his credo. He did a great job.
We also went to the aquarium, and I spent the whole time trying out my new digital SLR camera - a Nikon D50. Thomas coached me on lens choice and camera settings. Since I got a new camera, I also thought I’d try out a new online gallery. I’m using Picasa Web by Google. Below are the links to the photos I took. Let me know what you think, and feel free to leave a comment on the photos pages.
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Yaknow, if you two wouldn’t mind- I’d love to see you write/type up the credos you have been blogging about. I haven’t been able to spend much time with Thomas in months or really any with you so I think it’d be a great way for those of us who aren’t so close to become more familiar with how you’ve developed over the last year or two.
If not, I’ll understand. It certainly could be a rather personal statement to say the least. I only ask that you consider it.
Love from NC, John
Hi. You’re a great photographer, so I always enjoy seeing the pictures you take. I’ll be interested in reading your thoughts on Picasa/Google. I’m trying to decide between using that and Flickr. I’ve used both on my blog so far, but I’ve run out of storage space on Flickr and am not sure if I want to pay for the “pro” account.
Anyhow, have fun and keep sharing your pictures!
—Rob
Hey, I totally forgot to answer your question about Swedish traditions at our wedding. Really, we didn’t do much. We walked down the aisle together, which is a Swedish tradition. I did not much care for the thought of being given away. We had both our families stand and repeat a “support of this union” kind of message that I found online somewhere.
We had our friend perform the ceremony so she learned to phonetically speak the vows in Swedish and English, so that was pretty neat. Really, that’s about it. I wanted to incorporate some Swedish traditions but honestly couldn’t find any that would work for us, if I found any at all.
Congrats on the D50 purchase — you’ll love it. You got some great photos at the aquarium, especially the jellyfish.
(I’m a friend of Becca’s, by the way.)
I really like the pictures you selected. I think I might want a copy of one of the jellyfish to mount or frame and hang somewhere. It’s very relaxing to look at.
lovely photos! lovely thanksgiving too :)
we also managed to host and feed a bunch of people, and it was a blast!
should we see if Jane wants to go dress shopping this weekend?