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Welcome to our blog!

 Danny and I decided to keep a blog about what we are doing in our lives back when we were planning our wedding.  So many of our friends and family live in other cities, states, countries, (continents!) that we wanted a way to share our lives, wedding planning, and adventures with them.  Now that the wedding is over (it was amazing!) we decided to keep the blog going.  Please make sure to come visit our website often, and make sure to leave lots of comments!

 

About Us

Danny

Danny grew up in Danville, CA.  He played volleyball throughout high school, and at the University of Oregon where he attended college.  He graduated in 2008 with a BA in History and a minor in Business.  He now lives in Pleasanton, CA with his beautiful wife and two crazy kitties.  He is currently enrolled in a teaching credential program, and will be teaching High School History next year. 

 

He is currently trying to keep the new grass in the backyard alive, learning to BBQ, and starting to play the guitar again.

 

 Stephanie

Stephanie grew up in El Granada, CA (near Half Moon Bay).  In 2007 she graduated from Lewis and Clark College, in Portland Oregon, with a BA in Chemistry.  In 2008 earned her MS in Chemistry from the University of Oregon. From October 2008 - April 2009 she attended The Professional Culinary Institute in Campbell, California.  She is currently enrolled in a teaching credential program, and will be teaching two periods of High School Chemistry as an Intern Teacher this year. She now lives in Pleasanton, CA with her amazing husband and her two silly cats.

 

She is currently trying to keep her garden alive, teaching herself to quilt, and enjoying moving into her brand new classroom.

 

Harley and Zoe

Harley and Zoe are the two crazy kitties.  Harley is 3 years old, and Zoe is 2 years old. 

 

Harley enjoys eating massive amounts of grass, sleeping, bothering her sister, putting her toys in strange places, and sitting on her daddy's shoulders.

 

Zoe enjoys talking incessantly, running as fast as she can through the house, climbing the window/sliding door screens, and banging her head into things.

 

Us

We met in September 2007.  Stephanie was starting her Masters Program at the University of Oregon and Danny was starting his senior year there.  Stephanie took some summer courses with one of Danny's friends, who promptly adopted her into their group.  Unbeknownst to both Danny and Stephanie, their mutual friend was plotting to set them up before they even met!  They started dating soon after they met, and have been so happy ever since.

 

In October 2008, Danny and Stephanie went to Europe together for two weeks.  They went to Amsterdam, Vienna, and Prague.  It was truely amazing.  After two weeks, Stephanie had to go back to the USA to start culinary school.  Danny stayed for two extra weeks in Italy to visit some family friends.  While he was in Italy he realized that he was seeing all sorts of amazing sites, and visiting all sorts of beautiful places...but he wished he could have been sharing the experiences with Stephanie.  It was then that he decided that he never wanted to visit a new place without Stephanie there to share it with.  So he decided to ask her to marry him when he got back!

 

October 23, 2008 was the 1 year, 1 month, and 1 day anniversary of Danny and Stephanie starting to date.  Danny took Stephanie up to Coit Tower in San Fransisco for the sunset, got down on one knee and proposed.  She said yes!  If you want to read more about it click HERE

Danny and Stephanie got married on June 06, 2009 in Warrenton, Oregon in a small brick chuch, and had an amazing outdoor reception at her parents' house. 

 

They are now enjoying fixing up their townhouse and looking forward to whatever big adventure happens to be next.

Wedding Cake Topper

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 3:25pm Posted in Wedding Related

by Stephanie

Danny and I found this beautiful cake topper on ebay today! We really wanted a cake topper that was elegant and more like a sculpture than some weird plastic thing with creepy faces painted on the figures, but I still liked the idea of having a bride and groom instead of some abstract sculpture piece. I randomly googled cake toppers because one of my “Wedding Tip of the Day” websites was talking about cake toppers and how expensive some of them can be. We found this one for only $30!
It has a Shakespeare quote on it: “Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.” I think it is so pretty that I wouldn’t mind having it out on a shelf somewhere even after the wedding. Danny and I also liked that the bride and groom were the same height lol. Most of the cute wedding toppers have a really short bride, and I am not short at all!
****UPDATE*****
So I have gotten a TON of hits on the wedding website regarding this cake topper! We are talking about hundreds. People are searching for wedding cake toppers in google images and then clicking on the picture I have here. I have had a couple people contact me asking where I bought it so I figured I would just go ahead and update this post with that info:
It is a piece made by “Gina Freehill.” Gina actually contacted me and told me that she has a new website where you can buy lots of her items including the cake topper! Here is the website:

We also ended up buying the Unity Candle and we loved it. It was so unique! I haven’t posted many pictures from the wedding yet, but here are some pictures of our cake with the cake topper:

Hope this helps some of you guys out! It is gorgeous! The bride actually has a little piece of tulle for a veil!
And they lived happily ever after…

by Stephanie

6 comments

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November 26, 2008 - 3:24 am Ho'onani - this is so pretty and unusual. i hope you got it!

November 27, 2008 - 11:33 am Stephanie - I did get it!! I think it is one of my favorite wedding related items so far lol.

March 23, 2009 - 10:40 am A ¤ R - This is a stunning cake topper!!!!
Do you have any more details about it?
I live in Norway, and would love to try and get hold of it.. are you able to help?
Regards,
Anniken.

March 26, 2009 - 9:55 pm Stephanie - Hi! I think so too! It is by "Gina Freehill." I bought mine on ebay for about $30. NOT BAD for a cake topper actually! Here is a link to an ebay store that sells them:

http://search.stores.ebay.com/cjholidays_cake-topper_W0QQfciZ0QQfclZ4QQfsnZcjholidaysQQsaselZ88533611

hope this helps!

March 26, 2009 - 9:56 pm Stephanie - Here is another store that sells them:

http://www.oldtowngifts.com/roman/gina_freehill/wedding_figurines.htm

July 9, 2009 - 5:23 pm lonelycheese15 - I just ordered this topper, too! Also, if you buy it from http://ginafreehillshop.com she'll sign the bottom of it. I had to call her office to pre-order it and actually got to talk to her! She's a very sweet woman. She said she'll be on QVC in two weeks, if you're interested!

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