Today, Joe and I are celebrating five amazing years of marriage. It’s incredible what can happen in just five years’ time – we’ve built a big new home out in the country and filled it with a big family with lots of love and lots of energy. Even our employers have changed. But even with all the changes, one constant still holds true through it all – we still love each other as deeply and truly as the day we got married. Here’s to many, many more.

Tags: Joe, Karen, milestones

We’ve got some great new pictures in the new Nov – Dec 2007 Family photo album, including a trip to Underwater World at the Mall of America, playing in class at ECFE (Early Childhood and Family Ed), preparing for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and getting out during the first big snowfall of the season.

We also went to Joe’s company Holiday Party on December 1 at the fabulous Varsity Theater in Minneapolis. It was a 70′s disco theme party, complete with a great, well-known local cover band called Boogie Wonderland, and it was a ton of fun. Most of the crowd, including Joe and me, dressed the part in all its cheesy glory, and everyone got out on the dance floor – or even on stage (yep, that is me on stage with Heather, the wife of one of Joe’s coworkers). The pictures are a bit grainy/fuzzy given the lighting in the room, but the Dow Jones Holiday Party album will give you an idea of the fun that was had by all.

Tags: family outing, holiday, Joe, Karen, party, playtime, work event

Here are the photos we’ve added from the last month or so:

• Karen’s day at the MN State Fair with Mom and Dad B: Family July-Aug 2007 album
• A new Family album – Sept-Oct 2007 – which includes fun with hats, shoes, brooms/vacuums, shades, magnets, climbing and noisy kitchen stuff
• New pics in the 2007 Friends album from the birthday party of one of Karen’s college roommates

Tags: family outing, friends, Grandma Pat, Karen, Papa Bob, playtime