Saturday, August 15, 2009

Stephen at Woodrow Wilson's House (in Jan.)


I did not post this at the time and I was going though some old files and saw it again. So ia m am posting it now :), better late then never. In January Stephen and I decided to go to the home of president Woodrow Wilson. It was very interesting and to be honest, more informative then I thought it would be. The house is beautiful and was bigger then it looked. Woodrow Wilson and his family moved into there after he was president in about 1921. He lived there until he died about 3 years later. His wife lived their until she passed in the1960's, but 80-90% of the house's set up and furniture/ nick knacks are original and set up the same way it was when Wilson lived. Stephen and I were enjoying the tour when we walked into the Wilson's entertaining room. The room was not huge bit it was a nice size and included many items that he was given from other royalty and ambassadors of other country's. In the middle of this room was a Grand piano that the president played set up in front of a huge detailed tapestry given to the Wilson's from France. The tour guide talked about the different things we saw in the room, and then asked if anyone played the piano. Stephen (to my surprise ;P) raised his hand. Our guide asked him if he would like to play a piece on the presidents piano. Stephen walked forward, sat down and proceeded to play beautiful rendition of Silent Night. Several of the people started to sing along! I was to amazed to sing, but I did capture a picture instead! Here to the Memory!

Monday, August 10, 2009

Wedding Day!!!

THE WEDDING DAY!!!

Kelly had her pictures taken at Kim's house. It was perfect and there were so many great shots! She was beautiful and it was a wonderful day!












They got married in a small church that was where Rich went to school. It was very picturesque, but walking the hill in heels was murder :).


kelly wedding

The Day Before the Wedding!

Rule 1: Do not approach Kelly unless she approaches you :)
Rule 2: Do not voice any opinion about the coming wedding unless you are apart of the
wedding party :)
Rule 3: Relax :)

As every day before a huge event it is filled with a lot of running around and last minute details. However, at the end of the day Kim has a beautiful new homes and it was wonderful to spend the time with anyone.











I took this picture with my "night light".

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Trip to Peru

LIMA

Our Trip to Peru started in the capital Lima. These shots were taken at a park called "Lovers Park." There are very pretty mosaics that created beautiful designs and had love quotes as well.






NAZCA

A part of our trip was seeing the mysterious Nazca line drawings. These are HUGE line drawings in the desert sand that cannot be seen from the ground. They are too big. They are best seen from the sky. Below are several of the10 Nazca line drawings. The guide we had explained that he thought they were ways the ancient people used to petition the gods for rain and fertility.






CUZCO

This is the city of Cuzco. It was the heart of the Inca Empire and, in itself, has a beauty to it. It is also 11,000 ft above sea level, and I ended up with a really bad case of altitude sickness. However, I would not change going to this city for anything.











MACHU PICHU

Machu Pichu is really indescribable. It was not, for me, a spirtual experiance as I have heard other people talk about. It was more AWE-inspiring that such an ancient civilization could create this amazing place without the modern tools we use today. It was very beautiful.