Summer Champ!

Well we are back in Hawaii after spending 4 months in Maryland/Washington D.C. Doug was there Selling security for Platinum Protection, and he did amazing!!! He killed it! He worked hard all day 6 days a week and it paid off - He doubled his best summer in sells. Right before we left the owners of the company even met with him and asked him to manage next year. I am so proud of him and am so thankful for all his hard work. It really amazes me sometimes all the things he is capable of doing. It blows me away! I am so thankful to have him as my husband.

New York New York!!!

I know its been a while since I have updated my blog, but that is seriously because nothing interesting has been happening at all this last month. But that all changed last weekend! Doug and I took a weekend getaway to New York for our 1 year anniversary. I can't believe it has already been 1 whole year- but I feel like I love him even more with all his corks and stubbornness. Living together, while difficult for both of us at times I'm sure - has just made me feel that much luckier I have to share my life with...Anyways, this last weekend we went to New York and saw Wicked on Sunday. I was dying to see it, and thanks to Doug's love of theater he ended up really liking it too. The music, the acting, and the story all so amazing!! We got in Saturday night to our Time Square hotel that we got for a really good deal on priceline. Unfortunately what we didn't know about priceline, was that you couldn't guarantee the room type. So our first night of our anniversary was spent in a room with 2 single beds. It wasn't what we expected but it couldn't keep us down, we walked around time square and took in the city. The next morning we took a cab to Ground Zero which was reverencing, sad, and patriotic all at the same time. I couldn't believe that the two tallest buildings, once American monuments stood in the now mile wide rubble. It made that traggic day all the more real....Next we walked over to the Financial District, where we saw wall st, the New York Stock Exchange, The Trump Tower, and the place where George Washington stood when he took the oath as the 1st president of the United states. We ended that tour in Canal st, and then headed straight to Wicked. Which again soooo great!! We had the most fabulous anniversary dinner at Del Frisco's, a restaurant recommended by his parents - p.s. Thank you!- It was delicious! and we ended our night walking through time square like 2 kids in a candy shop, and once we even did stop in a candy shop and filled up on all the sweet treats we could to bring back to our room (which thank goodness had been upgraded to a King for our last night). Not only was it a great way to celebrate our 1 year, but it was the first time we had really gotten away from the office. I felt like we actually got to talk and have real conversations with each other, and it was so nice - I felt like "Oh yeah, I know you!! I do like you!!!" Anyways I know this is long so I'll end with it was a wonderful weekend and I feel blessed to have already spent a year married to Doug Hansen.

Medieval Times

A few weeks ago a group of us all when to the dinner and a show restaurant Medieval Times. We were there supporting the Green Knight - who turned out to be the villain of the evening who tried to kill the prince - for shame. Anyways the show was entertaining: there was jousting, sword fighting (the kind were you say-someone just die already!), over dramatic princesses, and dancing horses. I think we had the loudest most competitive group there, it was kinda funny to watch the guys reactions everytime the green knight came out.

Anyways, I think the most entertaining part of the night was the food. To give you a little background, everytime Doug watches a cartoon where the king is eating a feast or an old Greek movie or something-he always says he wants to make a whole chicken or turkey because they make the food look sooo good. With that said, at medieval times they serve you medieval style food so you eat these huge chicken breasts and legs with your hands. Its a mess, but its fun. Doug's plate was covered with chicken skin and bones and I don't know when I have ever seen him this happy.

Although parts of the show were corny, it was really fun and entertaining sharing it with our friends and watching Doug enjoy his medieval food.

4th of July

This 4Th of July, although we didn't go to the D.C firework show with everyone else due to being tired bums by the end of the day, still turned out fun with lots of laughs. A day or two before the 4Th Doug visited a firework stand and came home with hoards of what we THOUGHT were fireworks that actually launched in the air, that he of course "got a deal" on.

So on the 4Th, after going to dinner with our good friends Nicky and Kyle, we came back to our apartments and planned to launch these amazing fireworks from the roof of the garage...After much excitement and a runaway plan I might add - Doug lit the first/biggest firework and it turned out to be one of those ground like sparkler noise makers, and so did the next one and the next one.

Oh Doug was disappointed but he didn't let that ruin his night, he ended the night with a finale with 2 little gas bombs and like 10 noise makers...then to make the night thrilling still - he decided to jump through it all. If only I had a picture of that, well I don't because the last thing I expected was for my husband to go running through the bursting pile of fireworks sparks - but you never know, I should know by now to always have my camera ready with him. Anyways we all had a blast and a bunch of laughs with the puny display of our little firework show.

D.C. Pics

The second Sunday we got here, Doug and I went with our friends Rob and Jessie to go site-seeing in D.C. After getting on the wrong metro train, we finally stepped off into our nation's capitol to find that it was pouring down rain, and didn't calm down anytime soon. So we dashed into the National Air and Space Museum and watched an IMAX on Jet fighter pilots - guys choice, but it was really cool. We then bought ponchos and umbrellas and made our way to the Museum of natural history. The rain didn't stop us. We had a blast and even ended the day running through the metro stop up and down the stairs to try to catch our train home so we didn't have to wait another 20 minutes. Jessie and I were running after the boys laughing and yelling that there was no way we were going to make it...and we didn't. It just proves yet again, that patience truly is a virtue. But really it added to the hilarity of the entire day.

Wedding Pics

I realized that Doug and I never posted any picture of our wedding since we started this months after, so I decided better late then never...actually its quite typical for our style, we are quite the procrastinators. So here are a few of our favorite wedding photos. To see the whole bunch of them you can go to: www.weddingimagesonline.com, type Cassie Baze into Search Box. Then type in weddings into the login. Yep that's it. Tada!

Doug's Kite Surfing Day

Oh what a day this was. This was such sweet vindication to me that Doug was not automatically perfect at everything he attempted to do...that even for him, some things take practice to get right. I think the pictures pretty much paint a picture, but just to give you a little background, Doug asked his friend to let him borrow his kite and surf board to go kite surfing. He asked his friends to give him some pointers since this was his first time, but was convinced he'd catch on pretty quickly -like always. Well here is the way it actually went down: Doug got all harnessed up, watched his friend fly the kite, then he got behind it, a woman walked awkwardly around the kite strings almost tripping over them, which distracted Doug and led to him flying the huge kite into a tree! When the kite was retrieved, there was a huge tear down the center of the kite. It was funny but sad at the same time, funny for me, but sad because you could tell he was embarrassed that he ripped his friends kite and disappointed that he didn't even get out to the water. All in all it was still a fun day, and provided for a good story if nothing else!