Fun times

I am ready for some regular old weeks and weekends after having toooo much fun the past month?! With only a couple of weeks between my vacation and a mini-vaca this past weekend, there's been lots going on!

We were heading out to Portland, OR for my brother's wedding. He and his former girlfriend-turned-fiancee-turned-wife really are married now too. It is FB-official.

Even though our weekend was cut short, it was still a lot of fun. It was as great of a wedding as they get! I loved meeting all the other wonderful people in my new sister-in-law's life. She and my brother have surrounded themselves with funny, loving, nice, fun people. They had a ceremony that was perfect for them.

I will start at the beginning though. This is how CF and I started our trip. For the record, it was 11:30 a.m. our time, which is basically lunch time for me. We were at the airport bar during our layover, and really I took the picture because of the glass of dum-dums in the back. The oatmeal stout I had on the left was pretty darn good too.

We met up with a grad school friend, her hubby, and their almost-2-year-old at the zoo and then headed to the Rose Gardens in PDX. I have been to the rose garden before, so I did not take many photos. You cannot not take a photo though, so here is one from this trip.

At the wedding, we had home-made flowers for our dresses.

Succulents for the bouquets.

CF and I then met up with the grad school friend and her family for a hike and picnic at Mt. Hood and Mirror Lake. I think I have posted photos of Mt. Hood before too, but you can never have too many.

You could also see Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Jefferson from where we were, but my photos are only good enough to document that fact and not necessarily to share.

Oh. CF and I went to see these guys a while back too. They were AWESOME!

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
See the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colours came out
It was a beautiful day
A beautiful day
Don't let it get away

Today I spent doing laundry, running errands, and reading a manuscript that CF has to send to his advisor. I suppose I should do a bit of my own work before I head to bed!