Sean & Alix

Do you remember the commercial? You got your chocolate in my peanut butter! No, you got your peanut butter in my chocolate. Individually, each is great, but together they become the ultimate candy treat. We feel much the same about our friends Alix and Sean. Alix is Elena's friend from her college days and Washington University. Sean is my friend from college days at the University of Wisconsin. Each was somehow single in early January of this year. A mere four months later, they are now engaged to be married. We had the honor of introducing them. First at our wedding nearly 12 years ago (Alix was unavailable at the time); then about 10 years later (Sean was living and working in Hawaii and was not in a good position for trips to Chicago); and finally, after Sean took a new job in Madison and finally got settled, the third time was the charm.

Before getting together, each of our friends had planned trips to visit us in May; once they got together, what could be better than a honeymoon preview. So, they had 3 days in London, 3 days in Paris and 4 days with us. On Friday afternoon Elena and Alix went up to Tubingen, a picturesque city about 2 hours from here in Germany, where Elena and Alix spend their junior year in college. They visited some of their favorite haunts and consumed some good beverages. Back at the Zurich ranch, Sean and I proceeded over movie night with the boys (Homeward Bound 2: the Formulaic Sequal). The next morning we packed up a rental car and drove up to meet the girls. We had a nice picnic and introduced the boys and Sean to the city that looms so large in the memory of Elena and Alix. We came back on Sunday and, after arranging a sitter for the boys (thanks Edna), we had a last night out on the town including a stellar dinner and some time by the lake.

We are overjoyed by Sean and Alix's happiness and wish them the best as they begin to arrange their life together (when will you have the wedding plans ready???)