We took a pre-ceremonial trip
to Sitka, Alaska this summer.
It was wild.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Gifts
We have had some inquiries about gifts, and to tell you the truth, we do have a lot of stuff in our lives already and are are very fortunate in this way. We are also simply grateful to have you come and join us for this special occasion, and look forward to spending time with you. This is certainly enough.
However, we also want to honor the rite of giving as well as receiving, and in so doing we offer the following options for gifts:
~Make a donation to our EcoHome Renovation Fund: Help us remodel our home with ecofriendly materials-earthen plasters, bamboo flooring, energy efficient furnace and greenhouse addition. This is an ongoing project of ours that always welcomes extra funding!!
~Make a donation to the Kondwa Children's Foundation's Braille Printer Project: Imagine that you are visually impaired, living in an impoverished area with few monetary resources, and have little access to education. How would you learn to protect yourself from HIV/AIDS? Leah is on the board of the KCF and has spearheaded this fundraising project to purchase a braille printer for an organization in Zambia dedicated to providing educational materials about HIV to the visually impaired. $3,000 has already been raised through a grant from the Tides Foundation, and the hope is to match these funds by mid October. For more information go to http://www.kondwa.org/blog/. You can make a donation online, or make out a check to the Kondwa Children's Foundation and send it to our home address. Just label it "braille printer".
~For those who prefer the registry option, see our registry posted here on our blog page under
Other than that, we suggest you
~Buy locally: handmade items or items sold by local buisinesses are how we generally like to shop (though we have made exceptions for some of the items posted on our registry for ease of convenience or lack of other consumer options here in Flagstaff), and we suggest that you do the same in your town or ours.
Better yet, give us something you've made yourself! We will cherish it for a long time because it's from you!
However, we also want to honor the rite of giving as well as receiving, and in so doing we offer the following options for gifts:
~Make a donation to our EcoHome Renovation Fund: Help us remodel our home with ecofriendly materials-earthen plasters, bamboo flooring, energy efficient furnace and greenhouse addition. This is an ongoing project of ours that always welcomes extra funding!!
~Make a donation to the Kondwa Children's Foundation's Braille Printer Project: Imagine that you are visually impaired, living in an impoverished area with few monetary resources, and have little access to education. How would you learn to protect yourself from HIV/AIDS? Leah is on the board of the KCF and has spearheaded this fundraising project to purchase a braille printer for an organization in Zambia dedicated to providing educational materials about HIV to the visually impaired. $3,000 has already been raised through a grant from the Tides Foundation, and the hope is to match these funds by mid October. For more information go to http://www.kondwa.org/blog/. You can make a donation online, or make out a check to the Kondwa Children's Foundation and send it to our home address. Just label it "braille printer".
~For those who prefer the registry option, see our registry posted here on our blog page under
Other than that, we suggest you
~Buy locally: handmade items or items sold by local buisinesses are how we generally like to shop (though we have made exceptions for some of the items posted on our registry for ease of convenience or lack of other consumer options here in Flagstaff), and we suggest that you do the same in your town or ours.
Better yet, give us something you've made yourself! We will cherish it for a long time because it's from you!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Accomodations
For those coming in from out of town we are setting up a range of accommodation's to suit your needs and budget. We have the Flagstaff Nordic Center reserved for camping the nights of September 20th and 21st. This is tent camping in a beautiful location and is free (port-o-potty included). For those who will have none of that we also recommend a few hotels, motels, and other indoor accommodations (with indoor plumbing).
Little America:
Fancy hotel near our home
The Monte Vista:
Located in historic downtown Flagstaff
The Holiday Inn Express:
Hotel near our home
Hotel Weatherford:
The other hotel in historic downtown Flagstaff
Little America:
Fancy hotel near our home
The Monte Vista:
Located in historic downtown Flagstaff
The Holiday Inn Express:
Hotel near our home
Hotel Weatherford:
The other hotel in historic downtown Flagstaff
September 21st Ceremony
Welcome!
Our ceremony will be held on Sunday, September 21st 2008 beginning at 3 pm. The location is up at 8000' above sea level in the pines and aspens of the Flagstaff Nordic Center. It is a beautiful outdoor location and the weather at that time of year is normally pleasant, but can fluctuate from day to day. Expect temperatures to be between 50-70 degrees during the day and 50-below freezing at night. Dress in layers as temperatures often fluctuate upwards of 40 degrees between day and night.
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