The Cristman Family

Knighton Wedding

Last weekend, we headed down to North Carolina for a most beautiful wedding and fun, fun weekend. Adam and I flew into Chapel Hill and rented a car to drive down to Wilmington...stopping on the way at a phenomenal Mexican restaurant (we haven't found ONE good Mexican restaurant in MA yet). I have never laughed so hard -- Adam was so excited to be eating Mexican food, he ordered almost the entire menu, including HOT stuffed peppers as an appetizer. I took my first and last bite of a pepper and had to drink two gigantic cups of water just to rid myself of the sting. Adam was determined to eat the whole plate -- how he did this, I have no idea, but he definitely paid for it later. Lesson: do not eat an entire plate of stuffed peppers. The wedding took place on the following day, Sept. 13th. The bride and groom were picture-perfect. Brad and Britney's wedding was actually the first I had been to after my own and it couldn't have been more different than ours -- but so sooo much fun. Everybody was dancing -- old, young, strangers...didn't matter. And, it was especially fun because a bunch of our high school friends (that we haven't seen in forever) were there as well as Adam's family. To top Congratulations Brad and Britney and thanks for such a great weekend!

Surgery

Most of you know that Adam's been dealing with a very uncomfortable toe injury for the bulk of the season. He's been trying to manage the pain by getting a few injections, etc. but the pain has just increased to the point where he really couldn't go on playing without significantly effecting his career in a negative way. So, he decided to undergo surgery (which always makes me a bit uneasy but I don't want to see him in pain anymore either!). For the most part, the surgery was a success -- but the doctor did find something unexpected. There was a considerable section of cartilage on the head of the metatarsal that was significantly worn down and pretty much gone. He had to drill a bunch of small holes (microfractures) so that the bone will bleed and the cartilage will heal itself. Adam will be on crutches for about a week and then in a walking boot for a couple weeks after that.

Our first anniversary

I'ts hard to believe it's been a year already. Adam and I took a weekend trip to Cape Ann and toured the towns of Rockport, Gloucester, and Manchester. Adam had an appearance on the 1st in Manchester and we took advantage of the time to enjoy the beautiful Singing Beach at Manchester by-the-sea. We returned home and it took us a little while to undo the amazing wrap job my sisters and Mom did on our wedding cake, but we eventually ate some of the scrumptious cake. We exchanged anniversary gifts about a week early though because our gifts for each other arrived in the mail early and, like children, we couldn't wait to deliver them. Adam had been talking for a while about wanting a baritone ukulele, so that's what I decided he should have on our anniversary (more a perk for me since I get to listen to him play it!). I did a little research and ended up ordering the uke from Hawaii, all the while wishing I could pick it up myself! Adam gave me a beautiful Cape Cod bracelet and matching necklace. So far, Adam's played that uke into the ground -- he's played it at church with the worship team and many, many times at home. And I love my bracelet so much I don't plan on ever taking it off. Thanks so much for everyone who sent us anniversary wishes, cards, emails, and gifts. It was lovely getting to re-live that awesome day a year ago.

Weekend at the Cape

A little while back Adam and I got a chance to stay for a few days at Cape Cod. We went down on a Thursday night and stayed in the town of Brewster where we sampled their delicious ice creams. We spent Friday down in Falmouth/Woods Hole and visited the aquarium where our good friend Keith Love was interning for part of the summer. We then took an evening ferry over to Martha's Vineyard and explored the towns of Vineyard Haven and Oaks Bluff. Lots of cool shops and restaurants. Saturday we went to the beach in the morning and then rented a sail boat for the afternoon. It had been a while since Adam had done any sailing so needless to say the first half an hour on our BeetleCat were a little scary. I will give him some credit though, not only was the water incredibly choppy, but there was some sort of sailboat racing going on which, being in the middle of it, didn't calm our nerves. Once he got the hang of it, we were cruising but still praying for our hour to be over! We spent our Sunday closer to the tip of the cape in a town called Wellfleet. I rented a surf board and surfed most of the day while enjoying the beach and the great dunes on the Atlantic coast. It was another great summer weekend. Next time I hope to see Nantucket, too!

That water's right and the weather's perfect...

Adam goes fishing a lot more than I do, but I got lucky and was able to take a little day trip out on the lake with Wells and Adam. I didn't technically catch anything, but the fish that Adam's holding in the pic below was definitely supposed to be mine.

LA for the Fourth

One of the great perks of my job is that I get to travel to a bunch of places I've never been to. My first solo trip to scope out a hotel was to LA and just happened to be the same time as the Rev's game against LA, July 4th. We decided to turn this trip into a mini-vacation and we couldn't have had more fun. We had breakfast with one of Adam's old bandmates, I got to see Adam score two goals against LA while visiting with his family, the Vogel's, and we also got to stay in one of Hollywood's most famous hotels, the Hollywood Roosevelt. We were in a crazy modern room that had such a great view of Hollywood Blvd and all of the crazies that pass by the minute. The last night we were there, we decided to check out the rooftop pool and who do we see? Matthew Perry and Tara Reid (not together, of course). I rented a car while we were out there, so we visited a few beaches, Manhattan and Malibu, both beautiful. I think Manhattan beach was my favorite -- there's all kinds of great restaurants and shops that lead up to the beach. To top off the trip, it just so happened that my family the Holland's were out visiting my cousin Mary, so we connected with them and sampled some of the best fro-yo I've ever had. I don't know how I'd like living in LA, but I sure loved visiting!