We’ve been engaged for almost 2 months now! I am so excited to marry Joe and to establish our life together. I’m looking forward to sharing the day-to-day, both the fun and the work of marriage, enjoying each other’s company, learning how to love the way Christ loves us, learning how to sharpen each other [...]
Went to Grantham, PA for the church summer retreat. Pastor Charles announced our engagement to everyone Friday night, and poor Joe had to stand up all by himself! (I didn’t arrive till a few hours later) The Beijing Olympics happened. My favorite event was the synchronized diving! Joe planned a picnic for us at Gravelly [...]
In case you haven’t heard– Joe and I are engaged! Here is my version of the story: On Sunday afternoon, Joe proposed to me at the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden ( –by sculpture #16 if you’re interested in details like me It started as a typical Sunday after church– we had lunch with [...]
The most interesting vegetable we got this week: purple string beans! We didn’t get many, so to supplement, I got some green string beans from the grocery store, hoping that it’d make a nice color combo. However, it turns out that the purple beans turn green when cooked. Interesting. Other items we got in our [...]
Happy Canada Day! I still have difficulty remembering how the Canadian national anthem goes (I keep thinking that the melody is the same as “O Christmas Tree”), and Joe won’t sing it for me, so I will remain an ignorant American for now. O Canada, O Canada… how lovely are your…. branches…. I wonder if [...]