Picking up the pace

Wow...I always forget how busy June and July are. 

Last weekend (6/30) there were two weddings we were invited to.  One in Seattle and one in Montana.  I was so bummbed I was not able to attend the one in Montana for our niece Kayla but I had summer quarter starting that Monday and M was in AK.  Thank you to cousin Rita for sharing pictures.  The bride looked beautiful, and I don't think you could've wiped the grin off the grooms' face all day!

Mr. & Mrs. Hash

The wedding in Seattle was for a family friend of ours.  One of my dad's oldest friends', Don - his daughter Cindy.  The weather gods were with them and held off the rain for the couple of hours they needed for pictures and the ceremony.  Cindy made for a happy bride as well. 

Don walking Cindy down the aisle.

I don't know why, but I was a complete emotional ball-bag at Cindy's wedding.  I heard the music and saw her getting out of the Woody and lost it!  Poor Don saw me and told me to stop before he started!  =)  Weddings always get me.  I was talking to a friend and I think I figured out the reason why.  I see these two special people coming together, looking into each others' eyes and I want and hope, with all my heart, that they have what M and I have!  Crazy I know!  But I can't help it!

Monday was the start of the summer quarter for me.  I know, how crappy to start the quarter ON your birthday!  But it was a good day overall.  Ending with an enjoyable dinner with friend HAW...oops, correction, she is now HAH with the last name back to her  maiden name after Brianna-Banana turned 18 last month!  Back to the topic of school....I think I have my work cut out for me with my Speech and English classes.  Basically a full 12 weeks worth of work crammed into 6 weeks.  And due to budget cuts at the school they limited the some of the time slots some classes were offered.  Because I don't trust myself doing the on-line thing, I chose to attend classes on site.  And the way my schedule worked out I am on campus from 8a to 5:30p!  That is making for some loooonnnngggg days!  I am especially struggling to stay awake in the English class.  The instructor is great and entertaining, it's just the topic and time of day for me.

Looks like M won't be back in the Evergreen State until late July, to which he will have just a couple days at home before we head back to Big Sky Country for the Victor High School All-Class reunion!  He is so excited for it! As am I, to be able to see my MT-sista and put faces with all the names I have heard in the various stories over the last ten years.  I will probably leave M back there and fly home due to the school schedule.  And he wants to take the drift boat back and practice with it on the rivers there.  Plus it'll be good for him to spend some time with his folks, since we usually get back there for at least a week in the summer and didn't get to last year with the birthday party happenings job lay-off thang!

That's all for now folks!