reunited

Saturday Lauren, Stephanie, and I were reunited for the first time in three years at Lo's wedding. Ridiculous. Just ridiculous. I hope it never takes that long again. We took a photo together and I just looked through my college photos to find one from back in the day. It's too funny to see them together.

Look at our young chubby faces! I'm not crazy, right? Don't we all look a little cherub-faced back then compared to now? I just love it. I miss these girls!!

Don't worry- I'll be putting photos of the wedding up later. I just had to get this up for now because I love it so.

pennsylvania

David grew up playing soccer with Justin and we were so excited to be able to travel to their wedding in Pennsylvania. Justin met Mandy when his mom invited her over for Thanksgiving in 2007. She is quite happy with her role in bringing them together as she was sure they were

 perfect for each other- and they are. David and I were both very excited for their wedding because they really are a match made in heaven. We love them both and wish we lived closer, but at least we have a free place to stay when we decide to visit D.C. again! ; )

At the rehearsal dinner.

David and the other groomsmen and best men. Justin is front middle.

David reading scripture during the ceremony.

The adorable couple.

At the reception. We got to sit together which was nice. I was afraid David would be at a wedding party table and I would be all alone!

David and soccer buddies Eric and Austin he hasn't seen in forever.

Soccer buds again, but with the addition of Justin. I think they were supposed to be gangsta'?

Our attempt to get a photo with Mandy and Justin. Ha ha... Mandy was talking to someone.

She finally turned around.

Us and Chris, one of Justin's best men. He was staying at Justin's place before the wedding too so we spent quite a bit of time with him in the days before.

The end of the evening. Justin and Mandy were off to Costa Rica! Sounds nice right now, huh?

washington d.c.

David and I traveled to D.C. a couple of weeks ago before our friend, Justin's wedding. We stayed with him at his townhouse and got to spend a little time with him before the big day. The travel messed with me a bit and I wasn't well enough to do all the sightseeing we had planned, but we made it out for a couple of hours and this is what we got.

Our first stop- the Washington Monument.

We went to The Smithsonian and were only able to be there 20 minutes as they were closing early for an event. BUT we were able to see Stephen Colbert's portrait. So that's pretty American.

Sitting and waiting to be picked up by Justin. I have no idea

 where we were.

The World War II Memorial. I loved it and hadn't seen it before since my last trip to D.C. was in highschool before it was put up.

There were scenes like this around the memorial. Of course my favorite was this sweet one of a soldier returning home.

Us next to the WWII Memorial.

David squishing Abraham Lincoln.

And a little American duckling.

Now onto Pennsylvania for the wedding...

john is married!

David's little brother, John, got married in the middle of last month (May... can you believe it is JUNE?). It was a wonderful wedding- casual and fun and beautifully decorated. David and I got to catch up with lots of friends we hadn't seen in a year and miss. We still can't believe John is married!

Hartlyn, John's beautiful bride - Anna, David's little sis - and me!

He Left Me for Alaska

I have been living with my parents and sister since this past Friday as David is in Alaska on an adventure. He is with a group of men from our church that travel to Alaska every year for a week of manly activities. They hike, fish, hunt, eat red meat or fish with every meal, and explore. I talked to David yesterday and he said they had bear for dinner the night before- a bear they had killed the day before that! Talk about manly manliness... wow. Today David is going on a halibut charter to catch us a year's worth of halibut filets. Maybe we'll share some with you if the price is right. : )

Edit: I just talked to David and they cancelled the halibut charter today because it is so windy, but they will be doing it tomorrow. Today they are going out on a boat to fish for silver salmon.

Family update> My sister Brigitte and her man, Robert, got engaged this past Thursday so it has been a whirlwind of weddingness since I have been living at the parental's residence. Luckily, the Lord had mercy on us and the days of wedding dress shopping came to a hault when she found her dress and the bridesmaid's dresses yesterday. It's going to be a beautiful and bright 'n' Brigittey wedding.











I still can't believe that my little sister is getting married. Crazy. I'm looking forward to some antique shopping and movie watching with the mom and sister this week. It has been fun being back at "home" with my mom, dad, and sister. Bob left for college on Saturday so it has just been the four of us again. How unusual to have us all together in the same house for a week without the fiance' and husband. I am sure that this may be the last time it ever happens, but it has been fun.

With all that's going on, I still have time to miss my husband, but I have to share with you what a sweetheart he is. On Thursday I was running around getting decorations for Brigitte's engagement party and David and I met to have lunch in Petaluma. Afterwards we went into Copperfield's to look for some wedding books for Brig and Bob and didn't come up with anything. We parted ways and David was supposed to be packing for Alaska while I was out. Well, on Friday I was looking at our checking account online and saw a Copperfield's charge on there. I called David to make sure he bought something there and that we weren't the victims of identity theft (like in those commercials where a biker man's voice is coming out of an old lady knitting on a couch- I love those commercials- probably my fave). He said that he did and I pressed to find out what, but he was holding back. He finally told me that he bought something for me and that I had ruined the surprise. Oops. After talking to him I wondered what book he would have bought me as a surprise. While we were there I had shown him this crazy huge weapons coffee table book and for a second I panicked thinking that he might have gotten it for me.



There wasn't anything else I had pointed out, but I definitely wasn't serious about wanting that. I continued wondering but forgot about it as the day went on. Saturday morning my mom asked me to check the mail and in our mailslot was a manila envelope addressed to "The Wife in Rohnert Park" from "The Husband in Alaska". When I opened it, I found a stack of notecards- one for every day of the week. I opened the one for Saturday and let me share with you what I saw...



Rather than writing a letter for every day, David left me a picture for every day with a little love note. What he bought at Copperfield's was a pack on notecards! Isn't that sweet? Well, I think so. I talked to David on the phone later and he told me that the whole time I was out shopping for decorations, he was working on my daily notes until I called and told him I was 5 minutes away. That was when he threw all of Alaska stuff into a suitcase. I'll admit, I have been cheating and opening the letters at 12am so it is technically the date printed on them. I really needed to get that off of my chest. It was such a burden. Anyway- all that to say- I hit the husband jackpot. <3 id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096051541598386386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtX0FhMDFRkvgfYvmx2mQdgVtxTnD71xhFlG6vZkwWF3kzjW0CwVo0HjmpoYWf2eSlgVew9cNxbk2qzRxvQ5iZap3sOefs9VTvn0IxavvuBPKMC-5GsMBxsz0cnrEPAtLGLIFtSvIiaLZ/s320/BBWeddingness+008.jpg" border="0">