My niece and nephew

They just automatically get to be in here because they are cute.

Love this pic...

Yay for more pictures! Here we are in our very serious wedding party poses. I think this kind of sums up the overall tone of our wedding (aka "Waldenfest")... kind of fun and casual- and yet somewhat chaotic. Good times.

Wait... one more

OK, so it's my blog, I can post as many random pictures as I like, which is fabulous. And I'm totally lying, there will be tons more pics, not just the one... but moving on...I'm smiling, and Patrick almost has a smile, which is pretty good for him. Here we are at St. Andrews Golf Course in Scotland. No, I can't golf, and no, we were not on the old course, but we were there, standing on the course (which seemed very surreal and totally insane) and can now make the claim to have golfed there. Luckily I didn't kill anyone with a stray golf ball as we picked a pretty good time to play... I think everyone must have been at lunch, so I was kept safely away from innocent bystanders. Who knows though, maybe they just heard through the grapevine that we were coming and all scattered away... that would be the reasonable thing to do. Really though, in my own defense, I did pretty well considering I have golfed maybe twice in my life. Bring it on Tiger Woods.

Patrick

The top picture is my husband on our wedding day, and I had to post this as it is possibly one of the only pictures ever taken of him smiling... it's so cute. Everyone soak it in while you can, capturing a smile in a picture is rare.In contrast, though not smiling, he apparently doesn't mind being photographed in a dress for Halloween. I think we can all agree that he is not one of those men with any feminine qualities whatsoever... I think we should leave the dresses to me from now on.

White Coat Wisdom... unabashed P.R.

Just some quick and brazen PR for my colleague and boss Dr. Dennis Costakos. He was chosen as one of but a hanful of doc's (and the only Neonatologist in the book I might add) in the U.S. to participate in this book about doctors, their careers and the interesting lives they lead. It's a great book (really, not just sayin it) full of humorous real life stories that no one could even write if they wanted to. I believe it's also available through Barnes and Noble now.... so, GO BUY ONE TODAY! ;)Dennis is pictured here (far right) along with the author Steve Busalacchi (far left) and our friend Jeff Hotson, owner of the Bodega Brew Pub here in La Crosse, who was nice enough to host an happy hour book signing or two for us. You can sign a LOT of books when you are stationed in a bar that has hundreds of beers. Anyone who has never seen the beer selections at the Bodega needs to stop by if they are ever passing through this neck of the woods. Let me recommend summertime if you are planning a trip... seriously.