Happy Anniversary!

June 11, 2006. Year one is now officially in the books. And what an amazingly busy first year of marriage it has been for Irene and I. I think if we actually stopped the madness and took a step back, we probably would not have done everything that we did. Fortunately, we didn't, and now we have a new house and baby boy to enjoy for year two. It certainly was a recipe for stress in the first year of marriage, but we made it through relatively unscathed, so I guess it was a successful year. So this blog is a tribute to a crazy, wonderful, exciting, and blessed year in the Chin household.

Not that the year prior, planning a wedding, was exactly easy, but it was nothing compared to this past year. Lots of emotion, lots of running around, and lots of fun. Well, okay, so it wasn't always fun. How could it be though.? Anyone that knows me knows that spending money is about as much fun as going to the dentist for me. And that's when I have to buy the large fries as McDonald's instead of a small. Nevermind a wedding, honeymoon, trips around the world, a house renovation, and a preganacy. Whew, yes, it has been quite a year. Read through this blog to relive the trip with us. :) We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed living through it!

June 11, 2005. Officially listed in the World Book of Records as the hottest wedding ever. 95 degrees, 90% humidity and no air conditioning. How could anyone forget that?! Handling adversity gracefully and in stride turned out to be foreshadowing for our first year of marriage.

This was the last time my nephew Garrett was seen wearing his vest for the rest of day.

I'm the little guy in the middle. Did my fraternity brothers grow or was I always this much shorter than everyone?!

Family bonding. My nephew, Garrett, and neice, Maddie, meet Irene's nephew, Spencer, and neice, Stephanie.

After our wedding, we jetted off to Kauai and Maui for two weeks! I would've posted more pictures from Hawaii, but I can't figure out why blogger won't let me post them. It was beautful and awesome though. We definitely recommend it to everyone and look forward to going back! (great golf too)

Upon returning from our honeymoon, we had to hustle to pack up our home and find a new place to live. Demolition was slated to start in July (July 26 to be exact).

In September, we went to Toronto to visit Irene's grandparents

In November, we attended Irene's best friend's wedding in Hong Kong. Congratulations Teresa and Doug!

Nice face Irene :)

In December, I turned 34. Eeek! Notice how excited Irene is to be opening my present. In January, we rallied with our contractor to get the finishing touches done on our house so we could move in. January 28, 2006 we moved back in!


And of course, May 17, 2006 we were blessed with our baby boy, Brady Matthew. So far we are having a blast with him and being parents.