...on a Christmas Eve, 15 years ago, at the German Lutheran Church in New York City. We got married in the morning then immediately went to the Post Office, to mail off our 150 handmade wedding announcement cards.
The announcement (a Xue-Original ;-) design ) consists of a card bearing an actual pair of chopsticks, tied with gold string with these words, "Lily & Martin. We tied the knot".
It was a very small wedding with 5 people - Pastor Schmidt-Lange, us & our 2 witnesses (good friends Katrin & Gerald who were visiting from Germany). Actually Katrin & Gerald didn't know then, that they were to be our witnesses. We only told them to "bring something proper to wear as we will be going to a formal place on Christmas Eve". And we did, we went to the church to get married!
Martin & I met years ago, in the Australian Consulate in Shanghai. Shortly after we met, he left for his next job posting in New York City. I stayed on with my job in Shanghai & joined him later, in NYC. where we then lived for a few years.
Our son, Niklas was born in Hongkong (1997) & our daughter, Annika, in Singapore (2000). Now, we live in Tokyo in this cosy home & the children attend the German school here, where they learn English, French, German, & Japanese.
Happy 15th Anniversary to us!
Merry Christmas to you!
The announcement (a Xue-Original ;-) design ) consists of a card bearing an actual pair of chopsticks, tied with gold string with these words, "Lily & Martin. We tied the knot".It was a very small wedding with 5 people - Pastor Schmidt-Lange, us & our 2 witnesses (good friends Katrin & Gerald who were visiting from Germany). Actually Katrin & Gerald didn't know then, that they were to be our witnesses. We only told them to "bring something proper to wear as we will be going to a formal place on Christmas Eve". And we did, we went to the church to get married!
Martin & I met years ago, in the Australian Consulate in Shanghai. Shortly after we met, he left for his next job posting in New York City. I stayed on with my job in Shanghai & joined him later, in NYC. where we then lived for a few years.Our son, Niklas was born in Hongkong (1997) & our daughter, Annika, in Singapore (2000). Now, we live in Tokyo in this cosy home & the children attend the German school here, where they learn English, French, German, & Japanese.
Happy 15th Anniversary to us!
Merry Christmas to you!
13 comments:
Happy Anniversary and a very Merry Christmas!
Just stopped by to wish you and your family a merry Christmas and wow i have been married for 34 years today and another blogger is also celebrating 4 years of marriage as well is it because we are old romantics i like to think so . You have a wonderful family and i will visit again after Christmas have a good one.
pat
Happy Anniversary! And Merry Christmas!
Happy Anniversary to Xue and Martin. Niklas is the same age with Emilea and Annika is a year younger than Danial. The house is just beautiful.
Happy anniversary and merry Christmas!
Hey there Xue!
What a sweet story! A happy anniversay to you and Martin.
Also wishing your whole family a very merry and safe Christmas. xo
Oh Lily, what a beautiful blog..Happy Anniversary..What wonderful pictures..Many blessings to you both..Rosebud..xoxo
happy belated anniversary, xue and martin! thanks for sharing your story and photos!
happy new year as well.
Have a fun time..will be waiting to hear about it..Happy New Year to all..xoxoRosebud..
Happy New Year to you, too!
Happy Anniversary and Happy New Year...lovely home!
Happy Anniversary and Happy New Year!
Wow, I didn't see any houses like that in Tokyo - it's huge!
Hi there!!! My fellow Tokyo blogger, WOW! You have two adorable, adorable children. I'm enjoying looking through all your pictures and marveling at your beautiful crafts and following your adventures. You travel MUCH more than I do. :)
You were in advertising? And you lived in NYC for a while? Hey, me too! I lived in and around NYC from 1990 to 1997, and I worked in advertising in the early 90s. Funny to think we were wandering around the same city for a while.
I'm glad to see you're enjoying life in Tokyo. I love it, too. This will be our last spring, though. I plan to soak it all in as much as possible.
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