We just got back from visiting our brand new nephew. Alexander Morgan weighed in at 5lbs 10oz. and measured 19 inches long, he was born at 3:16pm. Mom and baby are healthy and happy.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Dylan is 3!
It is hard for me to believe that Dylan is really 3! I know everyone says time flies by, but when I look at the pictures from the day he was born it seems both very far away and so close at the same time. So much has happened in these three wonderful years it is hard to remember what it felt like before he was with us. He brings happiness to every day. I feel so incredibly blessed to have this amazing little person filling up my days and my heart with so much love and joy.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Reflections on Proposition 8
To our family and friends,
Our hearts are heavy today as we write this note, as we are sure you are aware, Proposition 8 has passed by a narrow margin here in California. We are still not sure what this will mean for us personally. According to the Attorney General of California our marriage will still be valid, but we know it is going to be a path of uncertainty and more legal battles. Our disappointment is huge, we genuinely believed that the people of California would do the right thing and say no to writing discrimination into the State Constitution. We were wrong. As we sat in front of our computer on election night continually hitting the refresh button, willing the results to starting coming in our way, a real feeling of confusion and sadness started to come over us. When we were finally able to tear ourselves away and attempt to sleep, we still wanted to believe things would be different in the morning.
Despite our great disappointment today, we are incredibly grateful to each of you who have shown us so much kindness, love and support. To all of you who shared in our joy during this whirlwind summer of weddings and celebrations, supported us and the No on 8 effort, who dug deep and made contributions to the campaign, to those of you who volunteered we are so thankful for each of you. We feel truly lucky to have such an amazing group of family and friends.
Clearly we have a long road ahead, but so much progress has been made, and in great part due to all of you. Despite being demoralized that such a large number of Californians would vote against us, it is a big accomplishment to see how far we have come since the year 2000 in the number of people who will vote with us.
In the past two days we have hugged Dylan a little tighter and tried to step back and take count of how blessed we really are. Love is what defines our family and no one can take that away from us.
Love,
Julie, Lynda & Dylan
Our hearts are heavy today as we write this note, as we are sure you are aware, Proposition 8 has passed by a narrow margin here in California. We are still not sure what this will mean for us personally. According to the Attorney General of California our marriage will still be valid, but we know it is going to be a path of uncertainty and more legal battles. Our disappointment is huge, we genuinely believed that the people of California would do the right thing and say no to writing discrimination into the State Constitution. We were wrong. As we sat in front of our computer on election night continually hitting the refresh button, willing the results to starting coming in our way, a real feeling of confusion and sadness started to come over us. When we were finally able to tear ourselves away and attempt to sleep, we still wanted to believe things would be different in the morning.
Despite our great disappointment today, we are incredibly grateful to each of you who have shown us so much kindness, love and support. To all of you who shared in our joy during this whirlwind summer of weddings and celebrations, supported us and the No on 8 effort, who dug deep and made contributions to the campaign, to those of you who volunteered we are so thankful for each of you. We feel truly lucky to have such an amazing group of family and friends.
Clearly we have a long road ahead, but so much progress has been made, and in great part due to all of you. Despite being demoralized that such a large number of Californians would vote against us, it is a big accomplishment to see how far we have come since the year 2000 in the number of people who will vote with us.
In the past two days we have hugged Dylan a little tighter and tried to step back and take count of how blessed we really are. Love is what defines our family and no one can take that away from us.
Love,
Julie, Lynda & Dylan
Friday, October 31, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
The Car Bed
Dylan is very tall for his age, but he never climbed out of his crib like many other kids do (he is nearly 3). So, we kept him in it, but he had gotten so tall it seemed a little unfair as he was nearly the length of the crib. We decided that as soon as they got the new flooring in Dylan's room we would replace his car with a bed. While we were on one of our regular trips to Home Depot we were in the paint isle trying to pick interior paint colors when Dylan spotted it. There was a brochure on how to do your kid's room in a car theme complete with a car bed. Now, Dylan is OBSESSED with cars, but Lynda also meticulously painted his room while I was pregnant with him with ocean waves for a surfer theme that we were not anxious to see go. Everytime we started to prepare him for getting a bed or we talked about beds he said "car bed?!" He actually had the brochure from Home Depot and would look at it and talk about his car room in his car house. The solution is the "surfer car theme" you see in the pictures. We surprised him with the bed and he was thrilled.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
The Wedding!
The wedding was fantastic and worth the wait. We will post more pictures when we have them.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Remodel
In addition to planning 2 weddings this summer, we are remodeling our house. Both bathrooms and the main living/kitchen area are getting overhauled. So far, our master bath has been demolished and the plumbing for the new fixtures is in place. Both of the pony walls in our main living room and the arches have been removed. Some of the electrical was completed this week. New cabinets for the master and for the kitchen island and dining room built in are due to arrive this week. Master bath tile is due on 7/29. We are not sure how long this will take, but we know it will be great when it is done. It is a little dusty at our house now.
Master before
Master after 7.13.08
Master 7.13.08
Main living before
After 7.20.08
Master before
Master after 7.13.08
Master 7.13.08
Main living before
After 7.20.08
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Married by the Mayor!
Link to wedding photos: www.trishtunney.com/julieandlynda
We were married by the Mayor today. It was the most amazing day. I think it was worth the 10 year wait. We were so nervous and excited. Adding to the excitment was trying to get ready for the wedding with half our house torn up due to the remodeling we are doing. But we managed to get ready, keep everyone clean and not forget anything.
We got to City Hall about an hour and a half early to meet our photographer take pictures with our family (the shots below were taken with our camera- we can't wait to see the "real" pictures).
We finally headed up to the Mayor's office about 10 minutes before our appointment time. We were giddy!
The Mayor was incredibly gracious and chatted with us before he started the ceremony. He even joked about taking our rings for his own wedding, but somehow I think his are probably a little fancier than ours!
Dylan got to sit at the Mayor's desk, which he seemed to like most because it made a good road for his cars.
We walked down the staircase in City Hall after our ceremony.
Celebrating at our mini-reception at Buca di Beppo
Cutting our cake at the Pope's table
We are married! Really, really MARRIED!
We were married by the Mayor today. It was the most amazing day. I think it was worth the 10 year wait. We were so nervous and excited. Adding to the excitment was trying to get ready for the wedding with half our house torn up due to the remodeling we are doing. But we managed to get ready, keep everyone clean and not forget anything.
We got to City Hall about an hour and a half early to meet our photographer take pictures with our family (the shots below were taken with our camera- we can't wait to see the "real" pictures).
We finally headed up to the Mayor's office about 10 minutes before our appointment time. We were giddy!
The Mayor was incredibly gracious and chatted with us before he started the ceremony. He even joked about taking our rings for his own wedding, but somehow I think his are probably a little fancier than ours!
Dylan got to sit at the Mayor's desk, which he seemed to like most because it made a good road for his cars.
We walked down the staircase in City Hall after our ceremony.
Celebrating at our mini-reception at Buca di Beppo
Cutting our cake at the Pope's table
We are married! Really, really MARRIED!
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