tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62537110675914825002011-07-08T05:02:55.004-07:00Mr. And Ms. Allennoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253711067591482500.post-2503365594679923022009-08-15T17:17:00.000-07:002009-08-15T17:22:32.806-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SodQyTSRm2I/AAAAAAAAAC0/xVu06ujqPSo/s1600-h/DSC02031.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SodQyTSRm2I/AAAAAAAAAC0/xVu06ujqPSo/s400/DSC02031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370349905763212130" border="0" /></a><br />Sollie in her lovely dress, Sarah B in the back ground. Sollie made many lovely toasts to our happiness. Wish we had them all recorded!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6253711067591482500-250336559467992302?l=mrandmsallen.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr. And Ms. Allennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253711067591482500.post-14737561230169229752009-08-15T15:04:00.000-07:002009-08-15T15:22:48.569-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SocyQxj7aLI/AAAAAAAAACM/MW2FakoJjbI/s1600-h/DSC02033.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SocyQxj7aLI/AAAAAAAAACM/MW2FakoJjbI/s400/DSC02033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370316344425932978" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SocyRV5B3yI/AAAAAAAAACU/1TxdEhtfZnM/s1600-h/DSC02034.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SocySlvFI0I/AAAAAAAAACk/U3gXWJ32rJM/s400/DSC02038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370316375611220802" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SocyTHKtdiI/AAAAAAAAACs/5mcfo1QkLQI/s1600-h/DSC02039_1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SocyTHKtdiI/AAAAAAAAACs/5mcfo1QkLQI/s400/DSC02039_1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370316384585479714" border="0" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6253711067591482500-1473756123016922975?l=mrandmsallen.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr. And Ms. Allennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253711067591482500.post-54589718028061546402009-08-15T15:00:00.000-07:002009-08-15T15:04:28.557-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/Socw4R3-WMI/AAAAAAAAACE/I8dGolPduAQ/s1600-h/6095_1151866251051_1659487251_30424748_3051579_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/Socw4R3-WMI/AAAAAAAAACE/I8dGolPduAQ/s400/6095_1151866251051_1659487251_30424748_3051579_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370314824091588802" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6253711067591482500-5458971802806154640?l=mrandmsallen.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr. And Ms. Allennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253711067591482500.post-79513228500774558432009-08-10T18:02:00.000-07:002009-08-13T16:45:31.973-07:00<div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:180%;">You Can Call Us the Allens!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Dearly Beloved,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >October 3rd in California, and June 26th in Seattle,</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >are still our Big Day(s)!</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And,</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />we've...</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SoDDx5C5NWI/AAAAAAAAAAM/DmD4V3AKMAI/s1600-h/just_eloped.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 219px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SoDDx5C5NWI/AAAAAAAAAAM/DmD4V3AKMAI/s400/just_eloped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368506017719596386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >In the company of our two sweet girls, with two dear friends as witnesses, and our beloved officiant, Anodea</span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >, we were legally and spiritually joined in holy matrimony on August</span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" > 12^th, at around 10:42 AM.<br /><br />Out of the desire to have a day of ease and a ceremony that was ours alone to cherish, savor, and relax into, we chose to make our vows for the first time in a private, quiet, sweet,</span><span style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" > and short ceremony on a private shore at China Camp, outside San Rafael. </span><p style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ></span></p><div><p><span style="font-size:100%;">This choice was also made to honor our families in California, and in Seattle in an equitable way; one ceremony for us, one for California, and one for Washington. We look forward to sharing glorious, beautiful, and sacred ceremonies of reaffirmation on October 3^rd in California, and June 26^th in Seattle with our close friends and family.</span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Please come back to this page soon to see some wonderful pix of our private ceremony by our talented, amazing photographer, and most dear friend, and witness to our vows, Sarah Baldik.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">And, if we're lucky, maybe even a video of the sweet event, including the amazing singing of our other dear friend and witness, Cyrise Beatty, singing The Song of Songs.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Thank you for your wonderful and wondrous support of our joyous union. We look forward to celebrating it with you, again and again, and to sharing the glow of our love as it burns ever more brightly in our lives.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">With thanks to god in all Its guises, and our beloved family, friends, and sangha, we look forward to a long, shared lifetime, that is a continual celebration of our connubial bliss! <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wedding/U6MUH3WCCCJD">If you'd like to see our registry, go here! </a></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">With love and gratitude beyond measure,<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;">-Mr. Robert Allen &amp; Ms. LaSara Firefox Allen, and the O'Greenfield girls</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Grow old along with me!</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >The best is yet to be... </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">- Robert Browning<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >...and they lived happily ever after.</span></div><p></p><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SoDGnK2cEyI/AAAAAAAAAAU/QJJjHdMYvTc/s1600-h/old_couple_3413123.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SoDGnK2cEyI/AAAAAAAAAAU/QJJjHdMYvTc/s400/old_couple_3413123.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368509132055515938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SoSggYnPp-I/AAAAAAAAAA8/xyMYNTAUNI0/s1600-h/6095_1151866251051_1659487251_30424748_3051579_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SoSggYnPp-I/AAAAAAAAAA8/xyMYNTAUNI0/s400/6095_1151866251051_1659487251_30424748_3051579_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369593133955786722" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SoDGoXhmZCI/AAAAAAAAAAs/j9qVl-5D9FA/s1600-h/DSC00623.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SoDGoXhmZCI/AAAAAAAAAAs/j9qVl-5D9FA/s400/DSC00623.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368509152637641762" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SoDGnmFm9VI/AAAAAAAAAAc/MsYUxKEIjPU/s1600-h/DSC00612.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><div style="text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><br /></div></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SoDOtqNj1eI/AAAAAAAAAA0/3WrBkpfobTs/s1600-h/Beatrice_Dante.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SoDOtqNj1eI/AAAAAAAAAA0/3WrBkpfobTs/s400/Beatrice_Dante.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368518039646229986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SoSlcsdL_2I/AAAAAAAAABU/zq272gHaHXE/s1600-h/DSC02038.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_31t3MXi6Jw0/SoSlcsdL_2I/AAAAAAAAABU/zq272gHaHXE/s400/DSC02038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369598568120975202" border="0" /></a></div> <p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6253711067591482500-7951322850077455843?l=mrandmsallen.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr. And Ms. Allennoreply@blogger.com1