Engagement Party

October 18th was a great day. We were treated to an Engagement Party hosted by Zach's Mother. Anne's Mom flew in a few days before and was able to attend. Most of the bridal party was able to attend except for Zach's sister Reidun, she is currently teaching English in Seoul, Korea, Zach's friend Tyler who lives in Mesa, AZ, and Anne's sister who lives in Farmington, NM. It was a beautiful day, with a nice sunset. Zach's mother hosted a great party, and several people gave great toasts to us over the course of the evening. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend. Here are some of the pictures from the night.

PLU Homecoming

Well, this is a very touchy subject in our household. Anne was very lucky to attend the University of Puget Sound (UPS) in Tacoma, Zach is a legacy alum of Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) here in Tacoma. These two schools are bitter rivals since they are only separated by a mere 10 miles or so. The day was beautiful, one of the warmest we had back in October, and Anne was kind enough to wear a UPS shirt while attending the game. We had fun at a small tailgate party with some of Zach's college friends and then went out to dinner with some friends of Zach's parents afterwards.

Six Months and Counting......Yahoo!

Our wedding can't get here soon enough! There is still plenty to do, but we both agree that it would be better if we could just get married.....yesterday :) The big "party" will be fun, though, and we wouldn't want to miss out on that.

For those of you out-of-towners who received save-the-date cards, we will post some info on this blog site about hotels and fun things to do in the area, so keep checking back for that.

No new and exciting news to share, other than we are more in love with each other now than we were last time we blogged :) We are looking forward to spending Thanksgiving with Zach's family up here, and Christmas with Anne's family in Tucson.

We recently took at class at Grace Lutheran Church where we will be married. Zach has been a member there with his family forever, but Anne just joined, and will be recognized as a new member in early December. Most likely, Anne will be baptized close to that time as well....neither is a requirement for us to be married at Grace, but Anne is excited to have found a church that is very comfortable, and is in line with her values.