Joe

2008/Nov/17

Soo.... I'm married! check out some few pictures of the wedding here: http://greyskyy.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album56

Afterward we went to New Zealand on our honeymoon. We left the US on October 23rd, arrived in Auckland on the 25th, at which point we hopped on the ferry to Waiheke Island.

Waiheke Island (3 days)
This island is beautiful. We had a small, private house for our duration. Unfortunately it was cold (like 50-60 degrees F) and rainy for 2 of the 3 days. On the sunny day, we did get to see some beautiful beaches, even though it was a bit too cold to lay out. Fresh fish for dinner every night, fresh veggies, etc. delicious food, nice people, if only it wasn't raining.

Auckland (8 days)
We ended up leaving Waiheke 1 day early and spending it in Auckland. Too many days away from the gym, i suppose. Les Mills Auckland is AMAZING! Everyone is SUPERNICE too. We got invited to the LMI halloween party. Phillip Mills took all the international instructors to his family's beach house; hiking around, we got awesome sights & even saw black sand!

Blenheim (5 days)
Our next stop: wine country! We alternated days between wine and travel. Thanks to contacts here, we got winery tours and VIP treatment at Mudhouse and St. Clair wineries. We also visited several tasting rooms around the area. When we weren't tasking wine, we were out sight seeing. We drove the Queen Charlotte Way (beautiful scenery on the north part of the south island) and down to Kaikoura.

Christchurch (4 days)
Our final destination. At this point we were pretty tired out. That didn't stop us from hitting up the Les Mills club though. We get stir-crazy when we go too long without working out. One entire day was devoted to rock climbing. Got out to Castle Hill, one of the premier bouldering areas in the world. AMAZING.

Check out pictures from the trip here:
http://greyskyy.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album57

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2008/Nov/15

HOME SWEET HOME!!!

Well, kristen & I are finally home. Both the wedding and New Zealand were AWESOME!!! Look for us in Vive, Step, Attack, Flow, Pump, and RPM dvds. (We got shout-outs in Vive and RPM.) Kristen also did Jam and Combat, but may or may not be on the DVD.

The whole experience was amazing.

More to follow, along with pictures, shortly.

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This made me laugh:
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/phi/471580402.html
also this:
"My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare."
- Mike Myers

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Anyone else hate writing profiles? I can never decide what to write...

I've been taking RPM and BODYFLOW for like a year now, BODYPUMP for a few months and the occasional BODYATTCK & BODYJAM session, and finally decided (got convinced... thanks kris...) to start teaching. I'll soon be taking my RPM training and from there, who knows?

Between my day job and gym habit, I can usually be found climbing rocks, biking, or running.