Hess Wedding / Home Again!

Pete Hess and Amy Philips (Andy's very close friends from high school) were married on October 6th, so we once again made the trip home, it felt like we hadn't even been gone! This whole summer has just gone by in a flash. It was so good to see everyone and the wedding was just lovely. We had a great time :) Thanks Pete & Amy and congratulations!

OKTOBERFEST!

So this past weekend a few of us had the brilliant idea to take a "last minute" trip to the famed Oktoberfest in Munich. It happened to be the opening weekend, so I think it's safe to say it was about as crazy as it could've been. 4 hours waiting in line (hadn't drank a single beer by 1pm) and one ticket scalper later we found ourselves at the epicenter of the festival along with the 10,000 other people in our tent (and that was just the one tent, there were many others). At this point, I think I'll let the pictures speak for themselves...but I will say I've never seen so many girl-fights in my life - there was hair pulling, blood drawing and lots of tears (none from our party) but we did have front row seats, and boy was it entertaining!

Afterthought

Just Shannon's favorite photo from the mega-moon.

Honeymooners

After two amazing weeks in Thailand, must say it was hard to return to work! We flew straight from Walla Walla to Bangkok (not the shortest flight we've ever had) where we explored for 2 days (Buddahs, Grand Palaces, Chao Praya River boat cruises...)Next up Ko Samui island for 5 nights (beach strolls, card playing, happy hours and swimming in the warmest water ever), then Ko Phi Phi Don (where The Beach was filmed - for lots of long-tailing, sunset bars, snorkeling and all the cheap thai food you can eat) for 6 nights. We finally found our way back to Zurich at the end of August - and managed to have flown clear around the globe just to do it...It was a wonderful, amazing, relaxing trip, and it ended too soon! BUT, the honeymoon will never be over ;-) Hehe.

We did it!

Well, we did it! It was an amazing trip home, full of great visits with family and friends. It only made us miss you more! Thank you to everyone who helped pull the day together - you are all such an amazing support system for us. The full set of pictures are available online at www.weddingimagesonline.com (then type in one of our last names) if you want to see or order anything.
Thanks again to those of you who were at the wedding, and those that sent their good wishes.
We love you all!
Andy and Shannon