Baby Laurel 2008!

Casey and Victoria had a beautiful baby girl! We're going to go meet her as soon as we can! Congratulations!

Family photo of Victoria, Casey, Laurel, and dog Toby

Valentine's Day 2008

We didn't specifically do something for Valentines Day, this year, but 4 days before Valentines we went to my 3L Barristers Ball. Then the following weekend, my parents hosted a little engagement party for me and Kevin in our apartment in Charlottesville. Kevin and I have been engaged for almost 3 months now. Woo!

At our place before Barristers Ball

Dancing! 2/9

Dancing?

 

Our engagement party at our place in 2008, 2/16

Kevin's 28th Birthday 2008

For Kevin's 28th birthday, we went back to Mas again this year, but this year we kept it to just the two of us. First engaged birthday! Love this guy!!

Old man.

Post-mojito happiness

Happy birthday!!

Charleston, SC 2008

I talked Kevin into taking a cruise to celebrate our engagement. Kevin gave into my ridiculousness. Our cruise home port was Charleston, South Carolina so we spent an afternoon there.


Charleston's Colorful Buildings


Walking along the waterfront
Waterfront


Canon Park

Beautiful gate

At Gaulart & Maliclet French Cafe

At Gaulart & Maliclet French Cafe
Charleston Church
Confederate Monument? Erected in 1891? (Civil War ended 1865.)

Kevin talking to Andrew about Andrew's job search

Charleston Outdoor Market

New Year's at Rodney and Uli's 2007 --> 2008

Uli and Rodney invited all of us over for New Years and we had a fabulous time. Lots of dancing and special German traditions for New Years, since Uli is German.

Rod and Uli toasting to the New Year


Sarah, Lukas, Peter, Brady


Happy New Year!


Uli and Rodney dancing


Lukas and Uli dancing


Lukas and Uli dancing


Rodney and Robin dancing


Brady and Uli dancing


Cory and Peter dancing


Conga line: Kevin and Rodney

Conga line: Lars, Robin, and me

Uli taught us some German New Year's Eve customs. She made us the traditional soup. Then she showed us how to make tell our fortunes for 2008.

Break for traditional German New Year's soup


Lighting the Fortune-Telling Candle

 
Heating the fortune-telling metal


After cooling, this Uli's fortune


Heating my fortune

My 2008 fortune!


Brady has a new friend

Back to dancing!

More dancing!

More dancing!

Brady, Peter, and Kevin

Lars and Rodney wish you a happy New Year!

Christmas in Cape Cod 2007

Kevin and I went to Cape Cod to celebrate Christmas with his family. I'd met his mother and brother before but he was waiting to propose before he brought me to the big family Christmas.

Kevin's mom Kathy and his brother Andrew

Kathy's Christmas tree

His mother lives in an apartment attached to her friends Dave and Dolores's house, so we had Christmas Eve dinner with them and their son, also named Kevin) and wife Monica.

Kevin A toasting the engagement

Christmas Eve snuggles

On Christmas we went to his grandparents' house for some traditional Chinese food. His mother's side of the family is Grandpa Buff, Grandma Ruth, Kathy, Aunt Nesie and her husband Steve (not pictured), Aunt Mary, Uncle Dickie, Kevin, Andrew and cousins Katie and Chris.

Kevin's maternal side on Christmas Day: Grandparents, Aunts, Uncle, and cousins

Grandparent's Christmas Tree

Investigating the Chinese takeout

The day after Christmas, we went back to Dave and Dolores's for a family engagement party. Kathy's family was there again, as well as family from Kevin's side, and Kathy and Dolores's book club.

Kevin's father's side uncle, aunt, and cousins

Snacking

Ice cream cake is my favorite!

Cheers!

Since my grandparents also live on Cape Cod, about an hour away in Truro, we went to go visit them the next day.

With Grandma Catherine


Grandpa James

It was a wonderful holiday and visit full of wonderful people.