Kevin & Sarah's Wedding Pictures

Awesome wedding! Here are a few pictures. We didn't take too many.

St. Louis in October

Hi ya'll,
I'm really excited to be spending a couple extra days in STL the weekend of Kevin's wedding. We are going to Grant Farms and the City Museum. Any other ideas? We went down to the arch last time we were there. Anyway, hope you are all doing well and see you all soon (wow it's already almost September)

Wedding Pictures

If anyone wants the original full size copy, send me an e-mail and I'll e-mail it to you.

Driving Directions from Both Houston Airports

Driving DirectionsLink: <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=14299292890259198516,30.105500,-95.434260&saddr=iah&daddr=Hardy+Toll+N+%4030.105500,+-95.434260+to:30.301761,-95.462952+to:marriott+courtyard+college+station&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=10&via=1,2&sll=30.215168,-95.774689&sspn=0.848493,1.2854&ie=UTF8&ll=30.045322,-95.377808&spn=1.699867,2.570801&z=9>

Start address: Bush Intercon'l Airport
End address: Courtyard by Marriott 3939 S SH 6 Bryan, TX 77801

Start at: Bush Intercon'l Airport
1. Head north on JFK Blvd/John F Kennedy Blvd - 0.7 mi
2. Slight right at Terminal Rd N - 131 ft
3. Turn left at JFK Blvd/John F Kennedy Blvd (signs for I-45/US-59/Airport exit...) - 2.4 mi
4. Take the Hardy Toll Rd ramp - 0.3 mi
5. Merge onto Hardy Toll W Toll road - 2.7 mi
6. Take the Hardy Toll Rd N/I-45 N exit toward Woodlands Toll road - 0.5 mi
7. Merge onto Hardy Toll N Toll road - 11.4 mi
8. Merge onto I-45 N - 15.8 mi
9. Take exit 88 for TX-336-LOOP toward Navasota/Cleveland - 0.2 mi
10. Turn left at TX-336-LOOP - 1.3 mi
11. Turn right at TX-105 W - 37.2 mi
12. Turn right at TX-105 W/TX-6 N - 0.2 mi
13. Merge onto TX-6 N via the ramp on the left to TX-105 W - 19.3 mi
14. Take the exit toward Rock Prairie Rd - 0.3 mi
15. Merge onto SH-6 Frontage Rd E - 0.1 mi
Arrive at: Courtyard by Marriott 3939 S SH 6 Bryan, TX 77801

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Start address: William P Hobby Airport
End address: Courtyard by Marriott 3939 S SH 6 Bryan, TX 77801

1. Start at: William P Hobby Airport1. Head south - 220 ft
2. Turn right at S Rent Car Rd (signs for Rental Car Return/Airport exit) - 0.2 mi
3. Slight left at Fuel Farm Rd - 0.2 mi
4. Turn left at Airport Blvd - 0.4 mi
5. Turn right at Telephone Rd - 1.3 mi
6. Continue on Reveille St - 1.7 mi
7. Take the ramp onto I-45 N - 7.9 mi
8. Take exit 48B on the left to merge onto I-10 W toward San Antonio - 5.1 mi
9. Take exit 763 to merge onto I-610 N - 1.5 mi
10. Slight left at US-290 W (signs for US-290 W/Austin) - 44.3 mi
11. Take the TX-6 exit toward College Station/Bryan - 0.2 mi
12. Keep right at the fork to continue toward TX-6 N and merge onto TX-6 N - 38.2 mi
13. Take the exit toward Rock Prairie Rd - 0.3 mi
14. Merge onto SH-6 Frontage Rd E - 0.1 mi
Arrive at: Courtyard by Marriott 3939 S SH 6 Bryan, TX 77801

quick diversion

hola from philly! things are great in the city of brotherly love.

i really don't mean to hi-jack the wedding spotlight, but since we're getting within the 5 month mark of mine and kevin's wedding, i wanted to pass along the details, especially so you out-of-towners can start planning your trips to st. louis if you'll be able to come in.

here you go:
http://www.mywedding.com/kevinandsarahhennessey/index.html
and also, can i ask you to please pass along the info. to your parents, aunts, uncles? i don't have any emails for the hennessey family, and neither does kevin, so please help us get the word out!

okay, i'm done. muchas gracias for letting me include this little self-(+ kevin) advertisement. take care! hope you're all well....

Procrastination

So it's really disappointing when I am trying to procrastinate from finals only to find no new posts. Y'all should work on that...I could use some distractions. :)

Can't wait to see everyone in ~12 days! Let the countdown begin!

4 months later....

NCAA and Colbert

It's been a while with out any posts, so in honor of my office loosing all productivity for the next three weeks I would like to say that I only care about winning my bracket (not so much in the games themselves). And in a nod to all you Texans, I've put Texas to win in one of my brackets. Sorry about Texas A&M though, I have them going pretty far but losing in the elite 8. And is Austin Peay in Austin? Never heard of it. And, although the school I work for got a number 3 seed, I still did not put them to win the tourny.

Any other big picks out there? It's a bummer that Mizzou didn't make it and although a really long shot, that SLU didn't make it either (or really didn't ever have a chance this year).

Also,
I saw that Stephen Colbert is shooting his show from Philly during their primary next month. Ruthie and I were talking and we are jealous that we can't be town to possibly see the show.

TAXES!

I must admit.... when it comes to doing things with numbers, I am probably one of the most clueless people on the planet. I manage to screw up numerical things all the time and I don't like it. The other thing that I don't like is spending money on things that are dumb... and paying a lot to get your taxes done is VERY dumb... which is why, for the first time ever, I decided to use TurboTax (with initial trepidation) for my '07 taxes. Not only was it easier than I was expecting, but now I'm getting a SWEET federal refund! TurboTax is a genius. It is cheap. It is my new boyfriend. Don't tell Kevin.

Is EVERYONE Sick??

Is it just us on the East Coast, or are you all coming down with strange illnesses, too? I mean, seriously, Kevin and I feel like our bodies have been poisoned by an unknown strand of death today, and have felt some oncoming symptoms (sore throat, headache, achiness, fever) for quite some time. Just about everyone in my office at work has gone through this weird sickness, where you just feel like a general piece of crap for about 3-4 days at the height of it, then things start to improve. We can hardly move and if we didn't need to feed ourselves and pee, there probably wouldn't be much of any kind of getting up.

If it hasn't hit you yet, look out... it's on the move and it's sweeping the nation.

Super Tuesday

I don't know how many of you are following the Presidential primaries and caucuses, but today is the date of Missouri's Primary (unfortunately TX, PA and KY have to wait until March 4th, April 22nd and May 20th respectively).

For those of you living in MO, please go vote. In many ways the primary/caucus system can be unfair, but this year more people actually have an opportunity to make their voices heard (thanks to tight races).

Happy voting!

Hola. I thought for sure Kevin would hop online to spread the good news of his latest professional accomplishment, but I guess not... so I'll do it on his behalf.

Today he starts his first day as assistant manager of a new Enterprise branch in the heart of downtown Philly. This is a promotion and a location change for him, so he has quite a few things to adjust to. From what I understand, he's now in charge of running the business aspect of this branch, which hopefully won't stress him out or make him too crazy. I asked him if he can fire people at will, to which he replied "sadly, no," so I believe he still needs more power.... kidding! But in all seriousness, it sounds like a stressful gig and he's really going to put his business skills to the test.

Anyway, wish him good luck on his first day... and for continued success. I know he'll like working at this branch much better than his old one (which was about a 30 minute commute, not tooooo terrible, but not awesome) and now he's just 4 miles or so from home. Plus, he's in the center of Philly's cultural hub - how bad can that be?

Okay, I think I'm done bragging. Off to work... (and I hope you're all well, too).

Face Book vs. MySpace

Ok, so Sara and I have yet to get caught up in all the facebook/myspace hype, but I may be breaking down and finally joining the crowd. I've heard it's a great way to re-connect with people and meet new people (I can always use more people to solicit insurance and investments to!).

What I need from all of you:
Which one is better???

I know some of you are on both, so your opinion counts a little more. For those of you on only one of the two...Why did you pick the one you picked?

Thank you all in advance for your help.

If you're coming to the wedding . . .

Hey! Happy New Year everyone! I'm going to mail out hotel information for our wedding in May, and I thought since Bryan set this up I might as well post it on here for y'all. I don't know if you all will be able to make it or not, but just in case . . .

We put 15 rooms on hold at the Courtyard Marriot.
Room options are as follows:
- 1 King w/ sleeper couch
- 2 Queen beds

The hotel room holds are under Jansen-Sanford Wedding.
You will need the code: JSWS
Phone #: (979) 695-8111
Cost: $89.00 per night
Cut-off date: April 25
. . . and you will have to give them your credit card number at this time.
Rooms are available from Thursday through Sunday.

Anyway, we hope to see you all in May otherwise I hope to see you all soon!

Happy Late Birthday!

Hey Sarah! Happy 25th birthday!!! Hope it was great!

About that Picture

OK come on.. I am totally seeing some Bias here.

The Hennessey Family "places where we live" picture is totally unfair.


Just take a look at what you got up there:

St.Louis:- The Pinnacle of St. Louis ideology and architectural ingeniousness. Damn, that looks hot!

Louisville- Horse racing. The True Gentleman's Sport. Pure Elegance.

Texas (-in general) - A powerful and catchy phrase. Something to this day that still even strikes awe and fear into "W'. Serenity, even now.

Philadelphia- Shotty craftsmanship from 150 years ago. : /

The Internet Craze and Sarah's (with an H) B-Day

Hello from Philly.

Really, I'm just testing this function out... as I have never been much of a blogger.

So ... in essence, this will be my inaugural Post.

So today, January 12, 2008, Sarah Celebrated her 25th birthday (woot!) And seeing as I may be able to only post about this subject 4 more times in our lifetime, I'd figure I'd spend some time and tell you all about it.

The day started off @ around 7am (est) in the morning, where our two cats (Named Lily and Necronomicon, or "Con" for short) decided in usual fashion to wake us up. Their clever process to do so involved meowing small pathetic cries reminiscent of angry squirrel noises and walking on our faces. Typically such lingo usually denotes "Seriously, we're starving and it's well past our feeding time of 5:30 in the morning," but today, both of us could have swore they were preaching "Happy b-day Sarah."

So, after Sarah had a quick French toast breakfast and me dozing in and out of consciousness till 930, the present begetting presentation quickly began.

Sarah ever-so-kindly received a life sized cast iron tea and kettle set with two tea cups roughly the size of a fraternity man's dream shot glass. This present giving was also quickly followed by a nice sweater. ... It was purple.

Needless to say but very important to write we spent a lil time shopping followed by dinner and Saki drinks at a Hibachi Grill. If you ever get the pleasure of seeing one of these fine establishments on the street, you should go in. It's one of those places where a cook comes out to your table, juggles knives and forks, cooks your food on your table inside a fire breathing onion volcano, and then chucks shrimp at your face till you just happen to catch one in the mouth.

The night now, is slowly winding down with a small but filling bag of lightly buttered popcorn and a halfway thru watched version of Empire Records- Director's Cut.



And that... was today.

Party ay Our Place

Sara and I will be planning a summar bash at our place. Will any of you be in town this summer? My first thought is 4th of July or maybe even the weekend before or after my birthday (July 15th). But we're in the really early stages and would want to have as many of you there as possible, so let us know.

Wii code

I don't know who has a Nintendo Wii or not. I heard that Justin and Kevin do. But here is our Wii Friend code if anyone else has their Wii online.

6528 8309 3714 9154

Justin's wedding pictures