Seasons Greetings! Welcome to the first edition of the Chaffee Chronicle, an annual update on the lives of Evan Chaffee & Danielle Dunn Chaffee.
Let's start at the very beginning, a very good wedding to start. Do you remember, the 25th of September (2021)? We vowed, we danced, we celebrated; it was a wonderful wedding with our closest friends and family both in person and virtually. We continued the celebration in Hawaii where we zip-lined through Maui, hiked an active volcano, honored another union in Kona, traversed the terranes of Kualoa Ranch, and enjoyed dipping our own bourbon bottle at Ko'oloa Distillery. The year culminated peacefully as we observed a safe Christmas and New Years at home with the pups.
We sledded into 2022 on the bunny slopes with a weekend stay at the wondrous Wonderland Lodge in Big Bear. In February we skied St. Moritz (checking off a Paul Dunn bucket list item) and roved the streets of Zurich, a first time main-land-Europe visit for Evan. In March we toasted Danielle's 10+2 years with Disney and kicked off another season with the monstrous Moneyball (Disney finance department) softball team. April was a whirlwind forward on our career paths as Evan accepted a new position as a Sr. Consultant with Deloitte and Danielle was promoted to Sr. Manager, Revenue Management & Financial Planning.
To celebrate, we planned an impromptu trip to France! We visited with friends in Paris and Saint Malo, toured the Normandy Beaches and Mont Saint Michael, were mesmerized by 30 years of Disneyland Paris, and lived like locals in Paris. While it was a quick and spontaneous trip, it was the trip of a lifetime. In June we splashed into Danielle's 34th birthday with a slip n slide and retraced the steps of our first date with dinner at the Yard House and a show at the Irvine Improv. On July 31st, a rare Saturday with no plans, off the cuff Evan suggested we take a look at a house in Costa Mesa. Less than one week later, we were in escrow on our first home! We received the keys on September 2nd and have been hard at work home owners ever since.
In between contractor meetings and designing our dream kitchen, we have managed to have some fun. This year we saw two legends perform: John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl and Elton John at Dodger Stadium (his final US show! Now streaming on Disney+). Evan enriched his mind at Deloitte University and Danielle enjoyed real fall weather in Kentucky. We kicked off the holiday season with Candlelight at Disneyland and of course continued the Dunn / Chaffee / Dodds family tradition of going to Disneyland for Christmas Eve (Eve, Eve). We are rounding out the year, celebrating Evan's 35th birthday, and ringing in the new year in one of our favorite cities, Vancouver. Cheers to 2023, eh! We're all aboot new adventures and opportunities to create memories with each of you!
