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Wish I Was at the Australian Open

Marissa — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:17:22 +0000

It’s been exactly 1 year since our honeymoon, and exactly 1 year since we took the trip of our lifetime. 1 year ago, Jojo and I were walking among legends at the Australian Open, way down under in Melbourne. It was the final stop in a 22-day trip after first basking in Fiji and then adventuring in New Zealand. We had grounds passes for the entire first week of the Open and got to see most of our favorites, just walking around the grounds, hitting some serves, warming up on practice courts, and fiercely competing in the outer courts.

I’m so bummed that we can’t go again this year, but I’m so happy that ESPN2 is providing decent coverage of the event every night. I just went through all our pictures from that trip and it was fun to reminisce.

This is the one person I was most hoping to see play, but we didn’t have tickets to see many games in the big arenas. Go Rafa! I know you can win it this year!

Jojo was so happy to be at the Aussie Open that he ran onto a court and did cartwheels!

Me being a geek saying “take my picture in front of Margaret Court Arena!!!”

Bigger racquet means more spin and power! Not really.

Juan Carlos Ferrero looks upset after losing a point to David Ferrer. This was an intense match between two fiery Spaniards.

Blake in action…so much fun to watch!

Bryan brothers doing their signature chest bump. They were so good to watch because they worked so well together, probably because they are twins, haha!

Novak Djokovic out on the practice courts. He was one of many stars we got to see up close and personal on the outer courts. I loved it!

Lastly, here’s us at the end of our 7-day adventure at the Australian Open. It was such an awesome experience, and we’d do it again in a heartbeat. Jojo’s been to the US Open, and that’s my next goal. Eventually we want to go to all 4 grand slams!!!

Free to Succeed Tour

Marissa — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:16:55 +0000

No, Free to Succeed is not a new band, nor does it have anything to do with Rafael Nadal. But if it was I think it would sound like a combination of Green Day (“Time of Your Life”), The Postal Service (“Such Great Heights”), The Sundays (“Summertime”), and The Kooks (“Bus Song”). Don’t ask me why I picked those bands or those songs, that’s just what I think of when I think of the people I met today at the Free to Succeed Tour.

David Jay and Jasmine Star, two awesome wedding photographers and all around super cool people, are touring the country to share their knowledge and experience with other wedding photographers. Along with sharing so many good workflow tips and marketing strategies, they really hit home with me on two notes. Creating freedom in our lives is huge and creating time for ourselves and for the things most important to us in life – this is a goal for me and I feel very inspired after hearing DJ talk about this. Secondly, Jasmine’s adamant demand to Keep It Real! It’s really important to Jojo and I that our business always reflects exactly who we are. So if I dress up next year at Comic-Con, you better believe I’m posting pictures of myself in costume!

On a completely unrelated note, I feel it necessary to congratulate Rafael Nadal and his rippling biceps on finally becoming the number one tennis player in the world!!! Yihoo! Federer’s reign is over, Rafa is taking his place as number one at the strapping young age of 22. VAMOS RAFA!!! I want so badly to buy a ticket to Flushing Meadows, New York so I can see Rafa play his first Grand Slam as #1 in the world!

vamos rafa!!!

Marissa — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:27:26 +0000

Just a quick post to congratulate Rafael Nadal on winning his first Wimbledon! This match is being called one of the greatest matches in the history of tennis. Unfortunately, we were only able to watch the first half this morning. As soon as the rain started (in England), we decided to hit the road and head home from Vegas. We wanted to avoid any possibility of a 10-hour drive from Vegas to San Diego on July 4th weekend.

We managed to skip traffic, but missed this epic battle between Nadal and Federer. At only age 22, Nadal now has 5 titles, this one being his only non-French Open title. This is just the beginning of Nadal’s reign as the new king of tennis!

By the way, Vegas was so much fun and we took a million pictures. I’ll post some as soon as I get through them all! On second thought, here’s one of my favorites…Jojo angry…Jojo SMASH!!!!!