Joe and I had a great time last night. We both got dressed up and went to Madonna Inn, where we got to celebrate our 2nd Anniversary (a few weeks late). The food was fabulous (we both got steak) and they gave us a free slice of cake and an anniversary balloon. There was a great band playing a bunch of oldies, jazz, and swing. Joe was so sweet and took me out to the dance floor for a song. Madonna Inn is still one of my favorite places to go.

After that we went to my work party. Yesterday they changed their name to LEVEL Studios and had a big party to celebrate. Since the new brand is so hip, the event was a red carpet affair and had lots of photographs. Everything was free so I got to have a Shirley Temple, which is a fun treat. Here’s a photo of us from the night.

Joe and I just got back from a fun week in Florida with his family to visit his grandparents who live there. We were in Clearwater which is just outside of Tampa. It was very beautiful there, and his grandparents put us in a hotel that was literally on the beach next to the Gulf Coast.

The weather was a bit stormy so we didn’t go outside very much, but we went to a bunch of museums. My favorite museum was probably the Museum of Science and Industry, where we picked up a large fossil rock formation that is a bit modern in how it was cut (I will post a photo soon). We also went to the Salvador Dali museum (wouldn’t recommend), and the Museum of Fine Arts where my favorite parts were some of the modern paintings, the glass sculptures, and an Ansel Adams display (his technique is simply amazing).

Other than museums we watched two fun movies at home (Bee Movie and Happy Feet), went to some fabulous restaurants, and Joe and I watched a whole lot of HGTV – which is what we do whenever we are around cable.

All in all it was a relaxing getaway with family.

P.S. Joe and I also celebrated our second year of marriage!

At work they asked for creative projects that they could highlight from their employees, so I decided to send in the Ephesians project (check it out here). It’s kind of intimidating because there are so many talented creative people at my company, but it’s such a great opportunity to share how the Word of God is relevant to everyday life. My prayer is that it represents Him well, especially since the project is so old (I completed it 5 years ago).

Work came back and asked me if I could put it into a Quicktime movie format, so I decided to make a full blown movie out of it during my lunch break yesterday. I hope you enjoy it, click on the image below to open it in a new browser window.

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We laid to rest Bear tonight. He developed labored breathing so we took him to the emergency hospital. Through X-rays we found out that his heart had shifted to the wrong side and that likely there was a hole in his only good lung. We will miss him very much, but he will be remembered by us and online (he was featured on Stuff on My Cat). Bear was 2 years old.

Joe’s 25th Birthday was over a month ago now, but we had a great time with friends. It was a surprise party where we had dinner at Tahoe Joe’s and then went to see Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. We were finally able to get the pictures back from our friends and post them up online, enjoy.