Lots of Updates

Sorry for the delay, but here we are, back in Switzerland and ready to update you all (or y'all, as Emily says) on our lives. I know people (especially Matt Clem) are dying to hear all about it, so here we go... :-)

First, we got married! August 16th, on a glorious day in Minnesota, 

we got hitched at St. Andrew's and partied the rest of the night at The University Club in Downtown St. Paul. Looking back, it was a perfect week. Being surrounding by all of our closest family and friends, the outrageously fun times of the Bachelor/Bachelorette nights, the family dinner night, the wedding rehearsal spent at the Blanchard's and the MetroDome (watchin

g the Twins beat the Mariners - which wasn't GREAT Ryan), and then the moments of the wedding day (like seeing the most beautiful, adorable, and HOT best friend walk down the aisle ranks up there) - it all goes down as some of the fondest moments and memories of our young lives. So thank you to everyone who supported us and were a part of the monumental day! 

After a few nights spent opening gifts, saying good-byes to the rest of our family and friends (and of course, nights at the Embassy in Downtown St. Paul), we got back onto a plane and headed back to Switzerland on August 20th. Since we've been back, the baseball team played it's final 3 regular season games and finished 18-2 and first place in the league! Now, we are preparing for the playoffs which begin this weekend. We square off in a best of 3 series with the fourth seed Lausanne Indians starting on September 13th. We'll play 2 games this weekend and if needed, the 3rd game won't be played until the last weekend of September! Then, once that is decided, we'll meet for the finals in a best of 5 series with either the Bern Cardinals or the Zurich Barracudas! Everyone is anxious for the playoffs to begin!

Emily and I also spent last week in Prague, easily one of the most beautiful cities in the world! We were there representing Switzerland in the Softball European Cup Championships. The Flyers went 2-6, and actually that record got them 6th place out of 10 teams. Emily played really well. The competition was a dramatic increase over what Switzerland provides, so it was sweet to watch Emily really get after it in Prague. She played great defense all week and was so much fun to watch! We'll put pictures from Prague up soon, once we get them, but we didn't have a digital camera as ours broke! So, our first purchase as a married couple? A DIGITAL CAMERA! Emily thoroughly enjoys her new toy...

Anyways, the softball team begins the playoffs as well this weekend on Sunday against the Zurich Challengers as either the 2 or 3 seed. 

We are planning on doing some type of honeymoon next week (preferably Greece) but it depends on our upcoming schedule and what happens in the games. Either way, we are looking forward to exploring parts of Europe we haven't seen sometime next week! 

We can't believe we are now less than 4 weeks from going home and 6 weeks from moving to Las Vegas! Although we currently don't have a place to live or stay, we're praying!!! 

Love and miss you all! We'll update you after this week of the playoffs!