Big Year

This was a big year for us. We got married, Diane started grad school and got a new job, we finished a triathlon, we got a new addition to our family, and we had some fun along the way.

Love

That's right we have a section called love

We're Married !!

The big day

it was awesome

Other wedding related fun

lots of wedding biz this year

Active Firsts

Attempts to not be fat asses

after months of grueling training
we finished our first sprint triathlon

Rachel also ran in her first 5k, the Somerville Jingle Bell Run

Samson

the newest member of our family

Samson McGillicuddy:

We adopted our 1 year old kitty, Samson, from the Lowell Humane Society last March.
Samson likes to play, chew / breakapart headphones, sit in the window, greet us when we get home, stare at radiators, protect us from mice, jump, and nap.
He has huge paws and is the man of our house.

Fun Stuff

What we do for fun

our run of the mill fun stuff:

dinner & drinks w/ friends
trivia
cookouts
dancing
hanging w/ the ladies
watching the sox
museums
brunch

not so run of the mill

sailing
weddings
snowshoeing
kayaking
batting cages
concerts
sox games
camping

Travel

where we went

mostly local travel this year.

Denver, CO
NJ (x3)
New York (x2)
CT (x4)
RI (x13)

books

it's good for the mind

rachel read 13 books, down from last years 16

The titles below are listed favorite to least

Gang Leader for a Day
Downtown Owl: A Novel
Unaccustomed earth
interpreter of maladies
Honeymoon with My Brother: A Memoir
A Hope in the Unseen
The Hour I First Believed
The Devil in the White City
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
The White Tiger
Lush Life: A Novel
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry

diane mostly read for school, I would gather, she doesn't keep track

Looking Forward

Stuff we hope we can report on by next year

Moving - hopefully buying a place, if not a bigger rental
Diane not dropping out of Grad school :)
Doing more races, getting more fit