Chris & Amy's Wedding

At six days old, I was an islander.

2/22/2010

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This is a Fuller family photo taken when I was six days old from my maternal grandparents front yard on Long Island. That is me in my dad's arms, and clockwise from him are my sisters, Jessica and Annika, and in front is my mom.  From that point on, we spent all our summers on Long Island. Both my maternal and paternal grandparents owned summer cottages on either side of East End Beach, seen in the background of this photo. Eventually my parents built a summer cottage on the property behind my paternal grandparent's house. My summers were filled with hermit crab races, treasure hunting, searching tide pools for sea creatures, toasting marshmallows around a bonfire, waterskiing and sunsets on Cleaves Beach. What makes me smile is that summer trips home to Long Island haven't changed as I enter my 30's.  Long Island has a way of bringing out childhood fun and innocence in a way that makes me feel so lucky to have it. My grandfather Al Fuller used to say "Welcome to Paradise" to new-comers visiting East End Beach, and he couldn't have put it better. As soon as Chris and I began wedding planning, there was no better location to have the wedding. It is a place that I cherish more and more as I get older, and I know will be a piece of me and my family for the rest of my life. 
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Snowtorious B.I.G.

2/8/2010

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What have we done since Friday, February 5, 2010?  Nothing but shovel snow, play with our dog, eat tons of food, watch old Arrested Development episodes, and start our wedding website.  The Washington DC area got hit with 25 inches of snow, the 4th biggest snowstorm in the region's history.  It was quite a scene, as you can see above. 
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Roscoe has been training to enter the Iditarod...if only we had known his affinity for leaping through the snow, we would have purchased a toboggan and harnessed him up in front of us to navigate the unplowed streets of the District.  It is 3 days post-storm, and we have yet to see a snow plow come down Quincy Place, NW.  So, we've been hoofing it around town...rescuing stranded motorists who thought it would be a good idea to slam on the gas pedal of their Ford Mustang in a foot of snow with 6 inches of ice below. 
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Our kitchen has been filled with the delicious smells of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, double dark chocolate brownies and carrot cake cupcakes.  Writing that down was the first time I thought, wow maybe too many sweets for one weekend?  Nah, you always need a sweet treat after playing for hours out in the snow!  Stay tuned...word on the street is that 5-10 more inches of the white fluffy stuff is headed our way tomorrow!!!!
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