Party Success!

We threw a going away party for ourselves this past weekend and it was a hit! We had 22 pumpkins for carving, 10 pizzas (take and bake), a couple bottles of liquor, lots of good beer, a hot tub, a free pile, music, games, one happy dog, and a ton of friends and family.

K + E (two of our incredibly loyal friends) helped us set up, brought chairs, a table, carving knives, and their unending good cheer to help us out Saturday morning. They partied like rock stars into the late evening and then came back bright and early to help clean up Sunday morning. Oh yeah and don't let us forget to mention that they also COOKED US BREAKFAST Sunday morning!!! Who are these wonderful people and where have they been all our lives?! Seriously though, we couldn't have done it without their support... and furniture.

Z's mom was also integral to the party planning, allowing us to move BACK in some of the furniture that had just recently migrated to her new condo, as well as bringing wine, candy, entertaining guests that we found ourselves unable to spend as much time with as we would have liked, and executing a quick and tidy cleanup of the single broken wine glass of the night! Thanks Mom!

We collected as many email and physical addresses as we could wrangle but if you're reading this and you either

a.) couldn't make it
- or -
b.) squirmed away before we could squeeze you for your personal info

leave us a comment and we'll make sure and get it from you. Don't leave your phone number or address in any comments here though... we don't want you to end up with some weirdo's (that aren't us) showing up at your doorstep or more junkmail filling up your inbox which could totally happen as this is a public blog and anyone can see your comments!

Thanks to everyone who attended. We both appreciated seeing everyone and we both found that we couldn't spend nearly enough one-on-one time with the people who were there. Everyone that attended means so much to the collective us and to each of us individually. We're sad to be leaving you all but your warm send off makes it easier knowing precisely the people we will miss the most are supporting us in our endeavor and are excited for our adventures.

Those of you who are planning on traveling with us - we can't wait!

Those of you who are even considering traveling with us - get off the fence and just do it!

Those of you who are bound to your jobs, families, lives, or who just don't want to go any of the places we're going - we'll look forward to bombarding you with pictures and stories on our return and wish you all the best in the interim!

We love you all!

Z+E