Back 2 Reality

Sunday @ 1am we arrived to our little house in shell beach. Everything looked in place except for Michaels motorcycle cover & helmet gone. A day later we found the helmet in the garage and the cover is yet to appear. Otherwise our home was as is, except a living room full of wedding gifts and an empty fridge. Monday we filled our cupboards and fridge with the essentials, for the first time i think our house felt like a home. We are acclimating each day and could not be happier to receive this blessing of marriage.
We ventured to the Northwest for a three week adventure (or some people call it honeymoon, I don't really get the moon part), and on our adventure we encountered an outdoor lovers paradise. This photograph is from the Hawthorne District in Portland. I thought it encapsulated the bright, eclectic, & wild ride we went on in Oregon & Washington. Although we used our car as the main transport (3200 miles later) in every city & town we ventured upon, the Bianchi & Wheeler led us to an array of mountains, eclectic vintage shops, ma & pop sandwich & coffee shops, lazy parks, & water fronts. On our drive home through Mt. Shasta on Hwy 5, Michael came up with a theme for our lives this season, BEHOLDING BEAUTY... in the ordinary of each day, in the people we encounter, in the obvious of creation, and in the struggles and trials. We encountered beauty far beyond numerical value that our lives became entangled in this expression of beauty our creator displays. We hope now to continue to be entangled in beholding beauty & ask you to cheerfully join us in this aspiration.