Drew, originally uploaded by ultimatewhit.

You know those photos of your dad with a thick beard taken 4 years before you were born. They’re grainy, and the color is filled with amazing oranges and yellows, either because photo technology was still working out some kinks, the colors actually looked like that back then, or they were [...]

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We had Christmas in Claremont, Christmas in Pasadena, and today we will have Christmas in Portland Oregon, if we had 5 more we could just call it Hanukkah this year. Spending time with the family has been a real treat, everyone is growing up quite well, and some of the gifts have been quite creative [...]

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Claire in Shop, originally uploaded by ultimatewhit.

Another photo of Claire shopping!
For Claire and I, Christmas #1 is tomorrow. We’re celebrating our first Christmas at my moms house in Pasadena, I’m sure it’ll look a lot like the traditional Christmas – Snow on the ground, wind rattling the windows, kids sledding outside.
Probably not, maybe more [...]

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Sacré Cœur, originally uploaded by ultimatewhit.

This blog post is impossible to write. We were in Paris, we got engaged, then we came home and told the story about 45 times.
If I told the the story here it would never be able to change – We would have a place to look back at and [...]

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Claire, Out shopping in Paris, originally uploaded by ultimatewhit.

This is one of my favorite photos I took while in Paris. Claire is walking down this glass hallway full of shops. I say “Hey Claire, hang on a second.”
Let’s take note of something real quick. When we go on walks, or hikes, I lead by [...]

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Smooth rose flavored macaroon biscuit, originally uploaded by ultimatewhit.

This is a Smooth rose flavored macaroon biscuit, with rose petal cream, fresh raspberries and lychees. We got it from Laduree Tee room… which is amazing. Claire got 4 mini macaroons, chocolate, vanilla, salted caramel and raspberry – She shared a bite. We also got coffee with [...]

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