Oops, I caught the boquet!
Memorial Day weekend usually involves BBQ's, camping, or maybe even some fireworks, but this year I went to a wedding. My cousin Lynn was marrying Dean near Portland, so I spent my weekend with family. It was great to see everyone, it's been a while since I've been there. The wedding was beautiful, Lynn made a gorgeous bride, and much merriment was had. It's really the first big wedding I've been to of someone my age (ish), it kinda made me realize how grown up (and old? no, not old?) we're becoming, but also how lucky I have been to have such a great relationship with my family, especially my cousins, over the years...The wedding was in a cute little church, my adorable cousins Emma, Walker and Sam were the flower girl and ring bearers, and I got to meet my newest cousin Esther. Esther is sooooo cute, I even got to dance with her at the reception. Oddly enough, my sister Rachel and I BOTH caught the boquet as Lynn threw it... it was weird. Mom had warned us that we better not catch it... Rachel prompty let go and gave it to me. Great. So I guess I'm next!!? It's gonna be a while, lemme tell ya.
I stayed with Katie and Bridgette and enjoyed hanging out with Karyn, Joan and her adorable toddler Connor. And I even got to meet my co-worker, Junko, who lives in Portland, and check out the city with my sis Rachel. Rachel just finished her first year at the University of Portland, so she got to show me some of her favorite spots like sweet little tea shop and shopping area. We also went to Powell's books, it was huge. Overwhelming actually. Good times.
No big plans for the upcoming weekend yet, except finishing the Co-op newsletter and a web site proposal, cleaning, and maybe a hike. I've been wanting to go to the Hobo Cedar Grove. I think it's an hour or two away, but it's an old-growth cedar grove that sounds like a beautiful place to spend a Saturday. Seneca is backpacking until tomorrow with his brother. They went to the hot springs and up to their favorite morel picking spot. I'm a bit jealous, but they spontaneously decided to do it Monday and alas, I am a workaholic.
I can't believe it's June! I guess I better plan my summer! I know we want to go to Colorado the beginning of July for Rainbow, then head to Oregon for the Oregon Country Fair. That's near Eugene so we plan to check out the area and spend some time in Eugene. We've been thinking about moving there. From a short visit a few years ago I got the idea that it was a very nice, laid back place, and we'd fit in pretty well with the hippies. :) It would be much more progressive and bigger than Moscow, but I'm ready for something new. It would be nice to live somewhere other than Idaho for a while. I have a feeling I'll be back here someday anyway... No bus yet. Still looking. It would be nice to be up & running by July but I don't think that's gonna happen. We may at least have a bus, but it probably won't run on grease (yet). There's time, I guess, but dammit I'm impatient! I'm itchin' to get on the road with a grease car! :)
Well, back to work. It's gonna be a long weekend, I totally need to catch up on work after having so much fun last weekend...
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