Fourth Anniversary Festival

Raul and I are celebrating the four year anniversary of the weekend that we met- starting the day before yesterday and through today- we call it the "festival." There was never a day when we officially started our relationship. However, when met in New Orleans while he was visiting after auditioning for grad schools, we instantly made a connection that we both knew was extremely special. It has been a very happy four years, and I've been going through old pictures enjoying everything we have shared all over again. I thought it would be nice to post some of the video project Raul made for me a couple of years ago for my birthday- if only just to have it online as a backup. It tells the story of our first couple of years together. I'm leaving off the first and last sections because they have just have tons of names and only a few pictures from the weekend we met (which, if you dig, you can find on a post in this blog from the past). Anyways, this video is the most touching- and fun- gift I've ever received. Hope you enjoy it!

To Raul- I love you so much and thank you for this and all other little (and big) ways you make my life awesome.

part 2-keeping in touch after the weekend we met (part 1 is skipped)


part 3- arriving in Costa Rica!



part 4 -Costa Rica!



part 5- the semester after hurricane Katrina- I went to school in New Hampshire



part 6- Raul's 1st Christmas in New Orleans!



part 7- sweet message + Raul's winter 2005 travels


part 8- our first Mardi Gras together! The end!