Honeymoon!

Here are some highlights from our honeymoon at Cap Juluca in Anguilla, British West Indies!  We loved the place sooooo much! We were so sad to leave the crystal clear water and white sand beaches.  Everything was perfect!  To see more pictures, check out Kaitlin's Facebook page!

The Pope and Facebook

The Pope warns us about Facebook via his YouTube site... Ironic?  

"The concept of friendship has enjoyed a renewed prominence in the vocabulary of the new digital social networks that have emerged in the last few years. The concept is one of the noblest achievements of human culture. ... We should be careful, therefore, never to trivialise the concept or the experience of friendship. It would be sad if our desire to sustain and develop on-line friendships were to be at the cost of our availability to engage with our families, our neighbours and those we meet in the daily reality of our places of work, education and recreation. If the desire for virtual connectedness becomes obsessive, it may in fact function to isolate individuals from real social interaction while also disrupting the patterns of rest, silence and reflection that are necessary for healthy human development."

Hitched!

Kaitlin and I are now married (and have been since January 10th)!  It was such an amazing day!  Everything felt perfect and we can't think of anything that went wrong.  We were so pleased to share the day with all of our friends and family.  I love my wife!!!

2009, Our Year

So the New Year has begun.  It was a really mellow New Year's Eve, as usual.  Mark came over to Kaitlin's house with us and we played a cool game called Liar's Dice and watched Elf and Swingers.  Last night was not too eventful, unlike the rest of the year ahead of us.  This year of 2009 will be the year of the following:

• The year I get married
• The year I move into my own place
• The year I financially support myself and my wife
• The year Kaitlin and I travel on our own
• The year I try to figure out the balancing act of marriage and full-time ministry
• The year of being able to invite friends and family over to our condo 
• The year I become amazing at my new Wii and Rockband
• The year I look back on 20, 30, 40... years down the road to remember how long ago we were married
• The year of God's blessing!

I'm sure there are more and some of them relate to each other, but I am certain this is going to be an amazing time!  I'm just sitting in our half-decorated and furnished condo, resting after my pre-wedding-workout and getting ready to see my beautiful wife-to-be and run errands for our condo today.  

Happy 2009!

(9 days and counting...)