We're going on our honeymoon next July. That's right . . . July 2009. This works better with Michael's school schedule and with our home rebuilding efforts. Plus good friends have extolled the virtues of taking a honeymoon later. We'll take a few days away right after the wedding to rest and absorb. Then next summer, we'll take a fabulous honeymoon and get to celebrate all over again. We think it's brilliant.

We're stoked about returning to romantic Italy. We traveled together in Italy and Spain last summer and had a splendid time, but made the classic mistake of cramming too much stuff into too little time. Wiser this time around, we'll take more time and focus it in just a few areas - the lush Chianti region and Tuscan hill towns around Siena, and the fishing villages of the Cinque Terre perched along the coast of the Ligurian Sea.

There is so much to see and do-- hiking and bicycling trips, wine tours, museums of all sorts, cooking classes, ancient churches and monasteries, and much, much more. Of course, we plan to eat, drink, relax, consume gelato, relax and then do it all over and over again. As we do, we'll remember and give thanks for each of you here who made each moment there possible.

Thank you for helping us create a honeymoon we will never forget!