Quick Update!

Hi there!

Today is Christine's last day of freedom before she resumes work at her firm indefinitely.  So here's some of what's happened since Mardi Gras:

1. Christine's life continued in Philadelphia until we moved her back at the end of August.  The clerkship ended as well as it began and it was a great experience.

2. Curtis is still at Airbus, and is still in school.  He continues to get good grades and plans to be done in June 2015. Until then he's planning to travel to San Francisco and London as part of his business school program.

3.  Kenny is now approximately 5 years old, and has calmed down a bit.  He split his time earlier this year between Philly and Alabama and loved both equally.  He just came back from CA with Christine, where he had a great time hanging out with his grandparents. Once Christine is back at work he'll be at daycare 3-4 days/week.

4. We celebrated our 5th Anniversary in Philly in May.  We had dinner at a Starr Restaurant, Butcher & Singer, saw the Phillies play the Dodgers in great home plate seats, and went for a long walk to the Art Museum (and Rocky Steps) and had a picnic in Washington Square.  It was busy and fun, and hard believe that it's been 5 years.

5.  Our road trip back to AL over Labor Day Weekend was eventful.  We woke up early Saturday to drive to Charlottesville, VA to see UCLA play Virginia.   Then we drove to Chapel Hill and walked around the campus on Sunday morning before driving to Atlanta, where we ate at Cheesecake Factory and then made our way home.   Since then we went to Dallas for UCLA-Texas, and Christine and Kenny did a long trip to Ca/Az to see family and friends.

I'll post pictures at some point, but most of this is documented on Facebook and on Instagram (www.instagram.com/hardinghart)

Happy Fall!

Happy (Third) Anniversary!

May 2009

June 2009

July 2010

July 2011

(no 2012 pictures yet - but Juls' wedding photographer did take some of us so fingers crossed!)

We had a nice morning in bed snuggling with Kenny before dragging ourselves to work. 

We're making dinner tonight at home, followed by Sprinkles Cupcakes II

Three years feels like a long time, like we're out of the newlywed phase, but our relationship has never been better or stronger.  I think the Big Move has affirmed that.  We look at Kenny, and although he is not our baby, he is a part of our family and we are very thankful to have his joy in our lives.  

Happy Anniversary!

We were married 2 years ago today. Christine is up early with him making cinnamon rolls to celebrate, and we're going out to eat tonight at one of our favorite local places.

Here are some of pictures of that lovely day :-) Also here are the links to the wedding pictures posts.

Andrew & Stacey's Wedding

Curtis and I spent out anniversary weekend in the Bay Area, spending Saturday at our high school friend Andrew's wedding. We had a wonderful time celebrating Andrew & Stacey, and catching up with Adelyn, Ed, and Brian, who came from New York for the wedding.

Adelyn & Christine

We didn't photograph well together that day... oh well :-)

The Capo Crew at the wedding

The Bride and Groom put this at our table, how nice was that!!!

The Capo crew w/ the Groom

The beautiful couple

Curtis & Andrew, enjoying the music

Yes, Curtis arranged a "What is Love" attack on the groom.

Adelyn & Christine w/ the new husband

We stayed in Walnut Creek near the wedding that night. The next day, our anniversary, we drove to Stacks, walked the Dish, and then checked in at the Westin in Palo Alto. That night we went to Il Fornaio for a lovely anniversary dinner, and we drove back on Monday. Overall it was a great weekend!