Mabel Lake, Canada

undefinedIn August, we spent a week in a cabin up in Mable Lake, Canada. Mable Lake is about 5 hours North-East of Vancouver.It was so wonderful being out of LA. We learned some very important lessons on this trip:

  1. Water skiing in the rain is COLD!
  2. No one looks sexy on water skiis.
  3. Every passenger of a boat driven by Arin Morfopoulos comes home with many mysterious bruises.
  4. Never play Risk with Jessica Morfopoulos. You will be slaughtered. (Who can hold Asia, I mean come on!)

  5. Cabins have septic tanks. Septic tanks occasionally become full and need to be emptied. It takes about a full week (the duration of our trip) to get someone out to empty a septic tank.

  6. It really sucks to hike up to an out house at 4:00 in the morning, with an Ipod for a flashlight, even if your husband is sweet enough to come with you to protect you from man-eating out-house spiders.

If you want to see the pictures, here you go.

Some of you have asked me questions in the past about Scientology. 

I found a blog, by a Scientologist, that has some great, in-depth answers to many of the questions that I have been asked.  It also has links to many of the legitimate church websites.

Here’s the blog: Answering Questions About Scientology

Taos, New Mexico

I recently took a quick trip to beautiful Taos, NM to visit family.  Here are the pictures.

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As many of you know, we recently traveled to New Zealand to witness the elopement of our two best friends.  Tom had the privilege of acting as the minister, and I, despite my very amateur skills, was given the job of photographing the ceremony.

We started the trip in Auckland and drove down to New Plymouth.  The wedding was held on a lovely bridge in Pukekura Park.   It was absolutely perfect.  Click here for the photos. 

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After the wedding, we took the ferry to the south island, where we visited Picton, Lake Tekapo, Queenstown, Milford Sound, Haast, Franz Joseph Glacier and Christchurch. 

We did a whole lot of hiking, some horse back riding, jet boating, and sky diving.

If you’ve never been to New Zealand, it’s totally worth the plane ride (only 12 hours).  It is, by far, the prettiest country I’ve ever seen (sorry Switzerland).  The people are also extremely nice.       Click here for the South Island photos.     

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So, Arin and Jessica will be “eloping” to New Zealand in May and my husband and I will be going with them.  Yay!  Here are some pictures from the bridal shower.

Fresh Air recently re-played two interviews that I found really interesting.  One is with Ray Davies of the Kinks, the other is with Belle and Sebastian front man, Stuart Murdoch. 

If you like either band, definately check them out. 

You may also want to browse through the Fresh Air archives.  There are some amazing interviews in there.Â

There is a wonderful voter information section on KPCC’s website.  It has all the key data on the issues and candidates for the November 7th California election. 

The site is at http://www.kpcc.org/

I was really happy when I found this.   I try to research the issues before each election, but it’s tough to find good, non-biased information. 

They even have a “choose a cadidate” quiz for governor.  I had already decided, but this validated my choice.

No more excuses for not voting.  Yay internet (and public radio)!

So, I am finally getting some wedding pics up here, after only 2 years! These pics are, obviously, Tom and I in May 2004 at Descanso Gardens.  I picked a few of my favorites from each source; professional, my father’s camera, and the disposable cameras we had on each table.   I hope you like them!  If you have any interest in any of the Christopher Glenn shots, let me know so that I can order them for you.

Professional Photos by Christpher Glenn

Dad’s Camera

Table Cameras

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Photo by Christopher Glenn

Surprise

Last night we threw a surprise birthday party for my dad. 

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The theme was “the boy who never grew up�.  Here are the pictures.

In celebration of the 4th, I went to Seal Beach with a good friend and her son, Mike.  I took a bunch of pictures of him throughout the day.  Click here to see them. 

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