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Honeymoon in Wyoming

Matt — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:30:23 +0000

I know I’ve been a little slow in posting about this since we went on our honeymoon back in October of last year. I finally decided to use Picasa Web Albums to show off our pictures. In the past I always used Flickr to upload photos…but I while back I ran into the 200 photo limit for free accounts.

Lauren and myself had the great pleasure of staying at Jackson Hole, Wyoming for our honeymoon. We also vistied two national parks, Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone. I know most people think we’re odd for picking Wyoming for a honeymoon, but I wouldn’t change a thing. After visiting, it is one of my favorite places I’ve ever been to. It is so beautiful and peaceful. No busy city life and all the associated problems. Just the great outdoors and fresh, clean air. Lots of wildlife as well.

I’m a huge fan of the mountains and national parks, so Wyoming was perfect for me. Lauren also loves nature and taking pictures so it worked for he as well. She would have like going to a beach, but I was afraid to schedule a cruise or beach vacation since it was still hurricane season. We almost went to Lake Tahoe, but after visiting Jackson Hole I’m glad we didn’t. I still would like to see Lake Tahoe, but I like the fact that Jackson is more secluded and not surround by casinos.

Another advantage of going to Jackson in October is that it is the off season. Not quite ski time but not warm weather season. Thus, the small town and surrounding national parks were extra peaceful…perfect for our honeymoon. I must admit that Wyoming is quite cold in late October, as the temperature was typically in the teens every morning. The cold weather didn’t bother us because we came prepared with our outdoor clothing. The weather would have bothered a lot of people. Another slight disadvantage of going in the off season is part of Yellowstone was closed to vehicle traffic due to the snow and some of the places in Jackson were also closed for the off season.

Wyoming isn’t perfect for a lot of people, but if you appreciate seeing God’s wonderful creation at its best I recommend going. Please check our photos to see why this place is so beautiful.

Today is the day

Matt — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:06:21 +0000

I just wanted to write a quick note and let everyone know that today is the big day–I’m getting married. As you can imagine, we both are still very busy so the amount of posts will be quite limited or non-existent for another couple of weeks. I’m doing my best to moderate and answer comments, but I haven’t been checking my email like I usually do (i.e., several times a day). I hope everyone is well in the blog world and I’ll catch-up with you all later (as a married man). I gotta jet, I’ve got a wedding to go to!

Almost time…

Matt — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:54:47 +0000

Well everyone…October 21st is growing closer.

Engaged Time > Blog Time

Matt — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 13:32:54 +0000

In case you haven’t already heard, Lauren and I (M and L) recently got engaged! We will be getting married soon so both of us will be extremely busy. This translates in to far less time to write post and play on the Internet for me (hints the totally nerdy blog title). It is totally worth it though. So, I hope you don’t forget about my site between my infrequent post. Just think, this is a perfect opportunity to dig into my old post in the achieve section.

I don’t have anything else to say. We do plan on sharing more about our engagement and wedding in some future blog posts…I’m not making any promises though.

Matt’s Graduation

Lauren — Sun, 07 May 2006 21:11:53 +0000

HE’S FREE!!!! Matt graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Computer Information Systems yesterday, Saturday, May 6. He graduated Summa Cum Laude and we are all, especially me, really proud of him. It was a very, very, very long graduation (they split the graduation in two and there were still close to 1,000 students at the morning graduation) and the speaker, as always, was very, very, very boring and would not be quiet. None the less, he has graduated and he is on to bigger and better things. Please take a look at the pics that were taken as we helped Matt celebrate his big day!

The Adventure Starts Here

Matt — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:03:19 +0000

Welcome to M and L Adventures. This is Matt and Lauren’s personal blog where you kind find out about all of our latest adventures. It seems like every good blogger knows that a site should have a focused topic to attract users. Well guess what? this one doesn’t. I like to think of it as the Renaissance Blog. Though there is not a particular theme, you can expect to find photos and stories about us and our friends along with the descriptions of any adventures we impart on. (I believe that was a run-on, but its my blog and I don’t care). The site is also like my (Matt’s) playground to test out new web development stuff. So you may see lots of neat things that are on the site simply because I wanted to test them out.