My cousin Christine and her now husband Greg got married last night at the Hansen Place in Sumner. The wedding and reception were beautiful and a lot of fun. I can’t wait to see the photographer’s pictures. These pictures are good (thank you for taking them Ken) but I don’t think they do the bride justice. She looked AMAZING last night and these pictures pale in comparison to the real thing.

Here are some pictures:

The beautiful bride.

Me, pinning my Uncle Dave’s boutinier on. I am very good at this now after pinning the entire wedding party, fathers and mothers.

My sister Kelly, the maid of honor walking down the aisle with the best man, Brian.

Christine’s dad, Dave walking her down the aisle.

The newly married couple.

The wedding cake with Wallace and Grommet-esque cake topper made by a friend.

Greg searching for Christine’s garter.

The kid that caught Christine’s garter.

The beautiful bride and me.

Greg’s sister Michelle and me. She is SO much fun! And I want her hair cut.

My parents and Christine’s parents dancing.

My sister’s boyfriend, Mac helping with bouquets.

My sister, Kelly and me. I love her bridesmaid dress. I already asked her if I could borrow it…

Me, figuring out how to put balloons on my sandwich board.

Ta dah! The sandwich board I made to help guests find the wedding.

The getaway car. The groom might not have been very excited about his car being decorated.

Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:54:34 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

I just got an email telling me where I’ll get to have my second our of three internships. I’ll be at Sunrise Elementary in the Kent School District (I was in the KSD). I’ll be in a first grade classroom. I’m SO excited! The best part is the school is only 2.2 miles from my house! I’ll start whenever school starts in the fall.

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:06:57 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

The time came for us to sell the goats. They had gotten out countless times and all of our blackberry brambles had been eaten up. I didn’t really want to put the goats up for sale on craigslist because I wouldn’t know for sure that they would be well cared for. Before I sold them however I drove them out to this nice girl in Enumclaw to trim their hooves, de-worm them and put flea medication on them so they would be in tip top shape. They did not enjoy this field trip. I however thought it was pretty fun driving around our ‘73 Ford Ranger with goats in the back in Enumclaw. I felt like a true country bumpkin – and it felt good.

It turns out that one of my dad’s coworkers owns a few acres that need to be cleared so on Thursday the guy came over and drove Carmel and Lulu to his home in Burien. He was a super nice guy that seemed concerned for the goats well fair. He actually called them, “little critters.” It was pretty cute.

Here are some parting photos Kelly took of me with my goat babies.

Feeding Carmel and Lulu their favorite snacks: carrots.

I am SO strong I can lift a whole goat.

Carmel was impatient and wanted her carrot NOW.

So the goats are linked together here with red rope.

I thought I could put the rope around me for fun.

My plan worked fine for a while…

I quickly realized that two goats are stronger than one Katie.

Goodbye goats! I miss you already!

Sunday, June 07, 2009 8:18:56 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

Kelly and I went up to Oak Harbor on Memorial Day weekend. Here are some pictures from our adventures.

Kelly put up the flag for Memorial Day.

Trip to the drive-in:

We set up a little bed in the back of the truck. Kelly was extremely proud of it.

The people in front of us belonged to some weirdo Scientific Paranormal Investigator club. Strange.

A walk on the beach:

We quickly realized you can’t walk on this beach because you automatically sink into the sand/mud.

Kelly with one of his legs stuck in the sand/mud.

Kelly realizing it’s quicker to crawl then attempt to walk on the sand/mud.

Free at last.

Touch me with those grubby hands and you’ll pay Kelly.

Sunday, May 31, 2009 8:21:58 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

This past weekend Kelly, my sister, her boyfriend, Mac, my parents and their two dogs all went camping at Fort Worden in Port Townsend. This has been a tradition of my family’s since before I was born. I look forward to it every year. We usually stay in the officer’s old homes but this year we all camped. We always go to the beach, shop in town, play games and eat a lot of food.

This year was a lot of fun because for the first time I brought my husband Kelly and my sister brought her boyfriend Mac. I am so glad that Mac and Kelly get along so well. Sometimes almost too well.

The officer’s homes.

Kelly, Mac and my sister, Kelly on our way back from the upper bunkers. We needed a snack.

Mac’s Quotable Quotes

Over the weekend I got to know Mac better. Here are some quotable quotes from Mac:

“I’m not going to donate blood! They can die.”

When the camp host came and asked us if we needed anything Mac replied,

“um, how ‘bout a winning lottery ticket or a steak or an Asian prostitute.”

I can’t remember when the last time I laughed that hard at the look of the camp host’s face.

Raccoon Mischief

Early Saturday morning about three am Kelly, myself, my sister and Mac all woke up to something rustling through our food bins in our campsite. It turns out we were being robbed by a family of raccoons. They were able to pop the tops off of our Rubbermaid containers and get to all sorts of goodies. By the end of the weekend we had “given” the following to the raccoons:

1 box of giant Safeway cookies

1 loaf of bread

1 bag of hamburger buns

1 bag of hot dog buns

1 bag of cinnamon jolly ranchers

1 Costco container of red licorice

Kelly’s beloved truck.

Mom and Kelly watching everyone else play bocce.

Kelly and Dad poking around with the truck.

Mac and Kelly. Awwww.

Me and my dad.

Sunday, May 31, 2009 8:07:41 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

I was looking through Walmart’s weekly advertisement that was sent to our house and I happened to see that Maybelline has come out with a new mascara that vibrates. How odd is that? I don’t know about other ladies but putting on mascara can be challenging enough for me with the regular stuff. Sometimes I’ll poke myself in the eye or accidently streak the stuff across my face. The last think I need is to make this task more challenging with a vibrating want right by my eyes.

http://www.maybelline.com/whatsnew/pulse_perfection/index.aspx#/landing

Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:58:58 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

Here are some pictures of my last day of bus driving.

Demonstrating how to properly sit in a short bus.

Yes, these are the goof balls that are allowed to drive kids around.

Pictures gong out to the Mustard Seed after my last day of bus driving:

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:00:17 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [1] Trackback

Every month I get together with a bunch of girlfriends for girl time. These are pictures from when I hosted a Mary Kay make over girls’ event with my Mary Kay lady.

Studying up on makeup.

Lindsay looking gorgeous with the amazing goat cheese dip she made.

Christine and me.

Me, looking way too serious.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:10:22 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

Here’s a fun picture from my sister and I preparing alcoholic and non alcoholic punch for our cousin Christine’s bridal shower.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 8:49:20 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

Here are some photos from how my family spent Mother’s Day.

Kelly, Mom, Dad and me

My sister Kelly and her boyfriend Mac.

Me, wanting to go home after six hours of family togetherness.

We went to the Snoqualmie Casino for breakfast and ate for about three hours. No joke. I recommend the bacon it’s delish. My Kelly is absent from the pictures because he was on a bachelor party weekend.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 8:46:49 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [0] Trackback

Yesterday was my parent’s twenty-ninth wedding anniversary. Yay!

Congratulations mom and dad!

Monday, May 11, 2009 8:22:42 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)    Comments [1] Trackback