Merry Christmas from Christine and Steve
at Elope San Diego
Christmas seems to be the time of year when we jump off our treadmill and take stock of every little thing that we are totally and completely grateful for... each of our blessings large and small that we enjoy.
We have work we totally LOVE , clients who appreciate us and let us know that we make their weddings something they'll always treasure.....after 22 years of joining couples.. it's still the best work on the planet!
We have our health and sense of humor as you can see by our silly dog!
We are happy to be able to give back by volunteering throughout the year. We've worked a bit with our local USO (thank you to all the service men and women who are serving on our behalf in the military, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY thank you ! ) The USO at the San Diego Airport and Downtown San Diego USO offer incredible support to our service people that are traveling in and out of San Diego, as well as families that are stationed here.
We were also very happy to be able to support our MOST beloved Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Christine was delighted to volunteer in Kanab at DogTown and Piggy Paradise for the adventure of her life. Best Friends is the largest no kill animal sanctuary in United States. If
you are an animal lover, it is a place that you must see to believe. The place will surround you in a "cocoon of critter love". We're pretty sure the people who live and work there are part angel. They are located near the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon. There isn't a more beautiful place for all that love and support. It is wonderful to be able to support our critter friends and their caretakers at Best Friends in Kanab, Utah in personal. Both at the animal sanctuary in Kanab and to support the work they do all over the United States. This month, in fact, we also supported and volunteered for the local home show in Point Loma, San Diego for benefit for Best Friend's "No More Homeless Pets" program.
We are grateful for our healthy and growing family. We welcome grandchild number six this week, Ethan Christopher. Okay, to be honest, we feel that we may have failed as parents, just a tiny bit. Our son (we won't name names) didn't seem to grasp the importance of learning how to use a digital camera and email....
so, here we sit... sad grandparents..... FOUR days after the huge event..... we have no pictures to share... ahhhh, the irony of it all. We have heard that he is absolutely gorgeous. Oops, got side tracked just a bit.
Back to the things we are grateful for and want to share.
Back to the things we are grateful for and want to share.
The people we work with all year long that support us, often taking care of the things we aren't able to do for
ourselves. Like our lovable accountant
Jack Rex at Liberty Tax in Mission Hills. He takes on our most dreaded chore... sales tax, state tax, tax, tax, tax records and takes care of it with a smile :) he can even do that for you too: jack.rex@libertytax.com
Joanna Caro, she is the marriage license wonder woman of
San Diego. If you need a last minute marriage license in San Diego and don't have an appointment or didn't even know that you needed one... she is going to save your bacon! She'll come to the hospital, to the beach or the local coffee shop. You gotta love her. Randy at SunDiegoStudios, he's the photographer we always recommend when we are booked up. He comes through with a smile even on short notice.
We were also so happy to be part of his son's wedding several years ago. Most recently, we just fell in love with Tom Crandall at www.semreportcard.com. He helped us fix a problem we had with Google for the last six months... something the big giant
corporate Google Monster couldn't be bothered with. You're an angel Tom Crandall! We thank you, even our dogs thank you! Tom has a most fabulous blog about marketing on line.
We wish you all a happy holiday and of course,
the happiest year in twenty ten!
x0x0 christine and steve haslet
daphne, and riley our beloved dogs
and abby and beau our beloved kats
PS. Thank you Amanda from Freedom Dog Training for turning our
monster dogs into perfectly behaved angels...you're amazing!!
