One year ago today...

...I married the man of my dreams.

Among other things, he promised our lives would never be boring.

(boy, was he right.)

And I love him more every day.

Life lately...

...consists of

and even...

yes, our very first little apartment is almost entirely packed up. (and yes, we put our plastic dishes in the dishwasher)

it's amazing how quickly your little home can be all boxed up and look so different.

turns out, it's a little hard to leave your very first apartment as husband and wife. good memories made here...

(when i made mashed potatoes explode on the cabinets, setting up our first christmas tree, setting off the fire alarm no less than 20 times, and easter dinners come to mind. and for the record, my culinary skills have improved drastically.)

and soon we'll be posing with appliances in our new apartment in dc. woah.

(J with our w+d, right before he moved in. we thought a w+d was going to change our life. turns out, it did.)

Things we'll miss about LA #4

our Pasadena (Lodi/San Clemente) family

we celebrated the new Mr. and Mrs. Nelson last weekend and it reminded us of how blessed we are to have such great friends.

(clearly, much too much to capture in this silly little blog)

(J+K after the rehearsal dinner)

we'll miss our midweek dinners, our big celebration dinners, our fancy dinners, our patio dinners, and our not-so-fancy dinners.

dinner is always good when you're together.

Summer night

Just when we needed a break from this...

...we went here...

and did this...

Final tally of Dave Matthews Band shows:

Joe: 87

Kristin: 1

So I danced my hippie dance and enjoyed our last (and first) summer concert.

(Dave, you might have yourself a new fan.)

Things we'll miss about LA #3

{our sports teams}

Dear Dodgers...

Lakers...

and (most importantly) Bruins...

We are your true and loyal fans, no matter where we may live.

We hereby promise to (a) keep watching your games, even if we have to get special cable for it, (b) cheer really loud for you (even if we are outnumbered) while watching you on the other coast, and (c) always proclaim that you are the best, even if you are in last place.

Though you haven't always had great seasons, (ahem, Dodgers, ahem, Bruins) we love you just the same.

We'll miss our Dodger Dogs, birthday Laker games (especially the one when we sat next to Mitch Kupchak), and our fall tailgates at the Rose Bowl.

Love,

(your always optimistic fans)

the Bishops

It rains in the summer?

We experienced our very first summer thunderstorm when we were back in DC a couple weeks ago. I'm sure summer thunderstorms are great, but I would have much rather liked to have experienced this one inside, and not in the back of a cab on the way to the airport.

Nevertheless, we made it. And this California girl wondered how it could rain. In the summer.

In the meantime, we're soaking in these last few weeks of beautiful sunshine while we can.

Things we'll miss about LA #2

South Pasadena Farmer's Market

Every Thursday night, the little city we affectionately refer to as "South Pas" has a farmer's market with fresh produce, pretty flowers, and lots of good food. (Joe goes for the pupusas, I go for the hot dogs. That pretty much sums us up.)

We'll miss our summer walks down to the market, the bread man, running into our funny New Yorker neighbor, and most of all, the hot dogs! (Ok, so maybe that's just me.)

We love you, South Pas. You sure make it hard to leave.