Monday, September 1, 2008

Congratulations Caryn and Brett!

Belinga and I attended the lovely nuptials of Caryn and Brett on Sunday in Washington, DC. It was our first Jewish wedding and we loved all the traditions that went into it, like the circling of the groom, the beautiful ketubah, the yichud (bride and groom alone time after the ceremony--we wish we had gotten some alone time on our wedding day!). You could tell how happy they were and of course it was no wedding without Caryn crying! Their rabbi made them write reasons why they loved each other and read them out loud--there wasn't a dry eye in the house!

Then we moved on to cocktail hour which was delicious! Ahi tuna, lamb lollipops (which I'm not ashamed to admit I stalked the poor servers for), mini weiners, gazpacho shooters, corn pancake thingies and an Asian station with shu mai, dumplings and spring rolls. Dinner was fabulous with beef tenderloin, Chilean sea bass, twice baked potatoes and broccoli. Dessert was awesome--we had mini sundaes in shot glasses, key lime pies on a stick dipped in chocolate and a yummy wedding cake.


Their band had everyone dancing and Caryn was a sight to see during the Hora, she was screaming and laughing! We had a wonderful time and wish the happy new couple all the best. They will be honeymooning in Australia for three weeks, yes! three weeks! And though it's hard to realize, Caryn doesn't actually live here anymore, she's moved on up to NYC and she will be missed greatly! Thanks for a wonderful time!


Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Our furbaby

For all of you knotties out there, you know how cringeworthy that blog post title is. :-)

Many of you have been patiently waiting for pictures of our new pup Bella! We got her over 3 weeks ago and life has certainly been hectic with her! She's a handful, but a cutie!! She's about 5 months old and a beagle/Shepherd mix.

I guess this is what having a kid will be like--taking numerous stupid pictures of her from various angles because she's just too cute to sort through them!

Enjoy!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The Tooles!

As per usual lately, I am way late in uploading these pictures to the blog, but I wanted to give a long overdue congratulations to our friends Michael and Jenni who got married on a beautiful, mild August day about 2 weeks ago on August 9th. The weather was ridiculously gorgeous for the middle of August and everything was great! I was honored to be a reader at their wedding and surprisingly made it through my reading with barely choking up.


Jenni was gorgeous and Michael wasn't too shabby looking either! :-) They enjoyed an awesome honeymoon in Hawaii and Michael swears it wasn't only because of the Lost tour that he just so happened to be able to go on while there.
Sara and the beautiful bride
Michael and his mom

Jenni and her dad

The happy couple! I am really good at reading












The New Tooles and their Wedding Party

To see all 180 pictures I took of the wedding, check out my album: http://picasaweb.google.com/sarajavad/MichaelAndJenniSWedding?authkey=0VCf8uNfpZE

Congrats Michael and Jenni, we're so happy for you!!

Monday, August 25, 2008

Happy Belated Birthday Rachel!

On Saturday a few of us girls helped Rachel celebrate her 29th birthday. We got to see her new place, which is very nice and homey and above all, got some nice quality girl bonding time in! We ate delicious cheese from Cheesetique in Del Ray, thanks to Lauren, had some great organic Chinese food, followed up by my masterpiece of peanut butter chocolate chip cake! Oh and there was definitely wine involved, duh. And a mean game of Taboo.

Happy Birthday Rachel!!!


Thursday, August 21, 2008

Happy Birthday Kissy Bell!


Happy Birthday to my bestie Christine!


Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Happy 4 Month Anniversary to Us!

4 months already! Wowsers!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Happy Birthday Monika!

Happy Birthday to one of our good friends, Monika! We hope you have a wonderful birthday and a wonderful year to come!