Twelve years on…

We don’t have a lot of money at the moment for expensive gifts (traditional is apparently silk/linen, modern is pearls) for our 12th anniversary. This year I made something for David—a slideshow.  Normally he’s in charge of all things photo/slideshow oriented, but I wanted to try my hand at a little visual love letter. This one is a little bit goofy, a little bit sappy, and hopefully conveys some of the fun we had this year.  

Happy 12th Anniversary!

There are a lot of people whose marriage wouldn't survive this kind of togetherness, but I believe that ours is stronger for it. This 12th year has often been challenging, but David embraced all the challenges with all his good nature and more joy than I'd seen in many years. I could have never dreamed what our life would end up being on our wedding day. And I certainly couldn’t be more delighted in the surprise it continues to be. Happy Anniversary honey!

Self Portraits Around The World

In the past month, we've been quieter than in the most remote, internet-free portions of our trip. It's been a somewhat more difficult re-entry than we were expecting (more on that in another post).  We're planning to post more regular content, after re-acclimating to being back.  Out of 191 total posts here, we've only written 6 since the end of April (May and June were all pre-scheduled posts).  There are pictures queued up for 16 countries after that.

In the meanwhile, here is a video compilation of our arms-length self portraits from our trip. 

 Or, the silly music version, if you enjoy Roger Miller:

It was a fun way to chronicle our trip--you can see the evolution of our haircuts, the time when David lost his razor, and how many pairs of sunglasses Lana went through. We had fun making it, and we hope you enjoy it!