an adventure to san francisco.

last weekend, adam and i had tickets to go see a gungor concert in san francisco, and on a whim, invited our friends jon and sam to come with us since we all had monday off. twenty-four hours of shenanigans and ridiculousness later, here is some of the photo evidence of our adventure. so thankful for this couple and their friendship and so excited for more future roadtrips!

 view from our hotel room.

 what a gorgeous woman! love love love.

at the stinking rose. they claim to "season their garlic with food"

 does this even need an explaination?!

wine tasting downtown!

walking through some tunnel.

we drove down the curvy part of lombard st. so weirdly ridiculous.

 

we stumbled upon an arcade full of old games and it was SO COOL

these people........ 

loving our life in california. 

xoxo

hannah

"we are ocean, we are mist, brilliant fools who wound and kiss."

dear goodness, if i have ever loved a band like i love gungor, i have no memory of it. gungor is an incredible "musical collaboration" that laughs in the face of genre, and expresses the spiritual side of life like no other band could even dream of doing. adam and i hate to label them under the worship genre, because their lyrics are not always completely theologically sound. but that's okay with us. because even though the members of gungor are awesome, God-fearing, Christ followers, a lot of their music is about how their knowledge of and experiences with God manifests themselves in their own lives, instead of being purely about praise. kinda like they're working out their relationship with the creator right before our very ears. their music is so raw, so emotional and so human. which we feel is just so...refreshing. in a culture that sees lyrics like "let's have a night you won't remember, i'll be the one you won't forget" as pure lyrical genius, hearing michael gungor sing out the lyrics "temporary carbon stories, filled with ashes, filled with holy ghost" gives me chills.
but anyway, the whole point of this rant is to get you to listen to the new gungor album "i am mountain" at least three times. why three, you ask? because the first two times, you're gonna hear it and think it's super weird and hate it. it's so divergent from what we think of as "typical" gungor, that i feel like people are just going to be prone to write it off as an anomaly and hope for a better album next time. and those people couldn't be more wrong. it's on the third listen that you really pick up the lyrics and hear just how talented and insanely creative this band is, and how much they are using their gifts to glorify the Lord. while the lyrics may not mimic the latest chris tomlin song, these tracks are insanely moving and profound, even with the auto-tuning. what, what? auto-tuning you say?! see? now you've gotta give it a listen.

xoxo

hannah

afternoon adventure

i got in a little hike/adventure after work on thursday! loved exploring the east shore of lake tahoe with my girl, bethany. she is the best, much like almost every other bethany that i have ever met. since we just can't seem to get any snow, and instead have been enjoying sunny 50 degree days, it seems ridiculous to ever be inside. God is too good to us, and while i keep expecting to get used to the incredible views that we're so lucky to have, i almost feel like my love for this place grows every single day. i drive past the lake on my way to work every day, and if that isn't a way to start my day off right, i have no idea what is. so, enjoy this little glimpse into our afternoon, and if you're not drooling/buying a plane ticket to come see us after these pictures...WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!

a recap of our first eight months.

well, obviously this started it all. may 18, 2013.
forever and always.






















one of my favorites from the day.  

obviously, completely obsessed with all these people! #bestweddingpartyever

families, we love you and miss you oh so much!

             these are some of the best people i know. we can't brag on them enough.

we did it! officially california residents! 

 

tahoe forest church is so awesome...they made us another wedding cake!

fourth of july, 2013. obviously, we went to the parade!

dave came to see us! we love this man, can't wait to have him here again!

just casually jumping on a youth group outing to ez-air...

learning to wakesurf on the hamill's boat. so good.

we got a bird! his name is ollivander gordy...we're weird. we know...

hiking donner summit to pray over truckee with the church.

our trip to apple hill. 

 princess peach and mario...quite a hit with the jr. highers! also, his mustache is real...

duck, duck, goose at jr. high youth group. love love love these kids. never a dull moment.

city impact trip to san francisco with our high schoolers. such a great weekend of service and prayer.

                                                                                          first big snow of the winter...

 my first time EVER on skis! loved it. now i'm a pro! (sort of...)

 we went to adam's cousin's wedding in the valley in december. 

 first christmas! 

steelers/packers game. steelers win!

many more adventures to come!

xoxo

hannah

here's something i bet you didn't know.

guess how old this blog is? no, not a few hours old, like most blogs are when they get their first post, because normal people make the blog, edit it for a few hours and then actually post something. but no way, bro, that's not how we do it in this household. and as a result, this blog is actually six months old. i made it a few weeks after we got married in may, after i promised about eight thousands friends and relatives that i'd be sure to give them a way to check up on our life here in california...because only crazy people move to this coast, so obviously our lives would be so fascinating that the internet would love nothing more than to devour all the details of our newly-married, newly-uprooted, newly reality show-esque lives.
well, sorry folks, but after i initially made this blog, i came to the cruel realization that our life did not measure up to the standards of a really interesting newlywed blog (plus i couldn't come up with a clever enough name) so i scrapped it. then today, one of my best friends texted me and asked "how do you make a blog?" and as a result i remembered this blog, floating out in the cyberspace of wherever neglected blogs go to die, and i thought "who cares how interesting our life is to strangers? i think it's the freaking best and i want something to document it!" plus, i really miss our friends and families, and somehow it is oddly comforting to know that all the people i love best in this world can see these words and pictures minutes after i post them. like our lives aren't happening so separately after all. so, welcome to our blog. it isn't necessarily a newborn, but hey, newborns kinda look like aliens, and around six months is when babies start to really get cute and fun anyways.

xoxo

hannah