The Fruit Bowl

This is a story about a fruit bowl.

On EO's Birthday in 2011 the bowl started out very plain and took until this past week before it was bright, colorful and finished.

Slowly the fruit bowl began to gain some color.

The bottom of the bowl has the earth on it.

We started working on the animals in December after neglecting the bowl during the fall.

EO painted the elephant, zebra, and leopard while

I painted the bear, squirrel, dinosaur, and monkey.

We slowly added scenery around the animals.

Then after applying the finishing touches the bowl was fired and this is what it looked like when it was finally done.

On the inside of the bowl we painted a sun with constellations surrounding it.

48 hours (in the Columbia District)

The weekend before Christmas we flew back East for the second wedding in 6 months for the Campbell Clan. 

We got to our hotel around 4:30pm Friday (east coast time) and were back at the airport before 4pm on Sunday.

JC + EO on the flight out

Bridal Party at the hotel - left to right: Cassie, mom, Scott, EO, Ryan

Bride to be with Grandma Charlotte

Campbell Clan at the pre-wedding dinner

Saturday: Taking our own glamor shots at the Washington D.C. Temple

Newly weds Ryan and Cassie

The wedding party trying to stay warm

Stealing the bouquet for more glamor shots (bride + groom in background) 

We had free time before the reception in Charlottesville, VA so we went to Court's old stomping grounds (University of Virginia)

 The first dance

Trouble Makers

Sunday: We visited the National Mall while driving illegally 

The newest monument in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. 

Okapi at The Museum of National History - taken in honor of Es

Double lives end ...for now.

EO and I have lived apart for the better portion of our nearly three year relationship. I lived in Seattle most of the time, while EO was in Corvallis. Having finished my degree EO and I were recapping our time apart was we drove down from Seattle and these are some numbers we came up with.

Since September of 2009...

20 = Times JC drove to Corvallis and back Seattle
8 =Times EO made the trip, most recently arriving via train.
15,120 = Miles traveled, 540 round trip
280 = Approximate Total Hours of Combined Travel Time
$1960 = Approximate Cost of Gas

55647 = Minutes spent on the phone together (minimum), not including skype or landlines

P.S. - EO doesn't have horns, she has a bow on her head.