Wedding Invites

Hi all.  I haven't posted in a few days, don't want you to think I've bailed out again.  I have a few things to share here soon, I have just had some busy days and haven't had a chance to look at my photos.  In the mean time, I thought I'd share a wedding invitation and logo I designed for my cousin's wedding a few weeks ago.  They turned out pretty cute and the wedding was beautiful.  Congrats again Kim and Andrew!

These little word cards were sprinkled all over the reception.  There were about 20 different cards total.  The bride came up with all the words that related to marriage.  It was a really cute idea.  I just wish I had some photos to share of what they look liked on the tables.  I don't think they'd probably appreciate my snatching photos from the wedding album for my blog either.  We also turned the logo into a sticker that they placed onto the favors (little packets of coffee and teas.)  At the time of the wedding I guess I wasn't thinking of a future blog post.  Lame.  I know.

Congrats again Kim and Andrew.  I hope you two have a wonderful life together.

Our Wedding

 

Honeymoon - Day 9 & 10

Ok, so we are long home from our oh so wonderful honeymoon.  I figured that I made it thus far with the blog updates that I better finish it out.  After we arrived at Seatac we had plans with my parents to go fishing in Seiku for 2 days.  It was a bit of a gear shift from typical honeymoon behavior, but we both really wanted to catch a big ol' salmon.

We arrived back in Seattle around 2:30 on Thrusday, grabbed our car from the park and ride and took off for the Edmonds/Kingston ferry just outside Everett.  The trip up to Seiku took about 4 hours.  We were planning on tent camping for 2 nights and my parents were in their camper, but the rain came and we had no tarp to keep our tent from getting all damp and yucky.  So when my dad woke Kam up at 7am on Friday to try the morning bite, my mom and I rented us a cabin.  A very rustic fishing cabin.  It was so much fun and we were glad to have a place to hang out at night that was warm and dry.

No fish came home with us that day, but Kam did officially catch his first salmon.  Unfortunately it was a native silver and you could only keep hatchery fish at the time. We fished Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, left Seiku around 11 on Friday and went to spend the night in Hoquiam and pick up our pup.  We were home in Spokane on Saturday evening and had all Sunday to unpack and relax.

Our honeymoon was just want we wanted.  A little hiking, a little pampering, a lot of yummy beer, tons of fun and laughs, all mixed up with some spontaneity.  It was great on the trip back to Spokane to try and remember what we did each day.  I'm so glad I took the time to share our trip with everyone, it gives us a place to check back in the future to remember all the fun times we had on our trip.  Still waiting on wedding photos from my awesome photographer.  I should be kicking back into cook mode here soon.  Still have a few things to finish up around the house.  Thanks for reading along!

Good morning.

Reeling that big fish in!

Here it is...the long waited for fish!

Honeymoon - Day 7 & 8

Well Vegas got the best of me when it came time to the daily update.  But man did we have fun.  We have been all over this city.  Monday we had a breakfast buffet (you can't go to Vegas without going to at least one buffet) then walked from the New York New York (where we stayed) down to Caesar's Palace and hit up the forum shops.  Last time I was in Vegas with my mom, we sat at the Keno bar at Caesar's and drank bloody mary's and played keno, so Kam and I kept that tradition alive.  So fun and the bloody mary's are good too!  Then Monday night we decided we wanted to go to the Knights show at the Excalibur.  So tacky but fun.  Why wouldn't you want to eat a mini chickens with your hands and hoop and holler at a bunch of guys in silly costumes riding horses.  We were Norway.  We lost.

Tuesday we went to the aquarium at Mandalay Bay Casino.  In Vegas now there are what look like Slurpee stands every where you go.  But oh no, those are not slurpee stands, they are frozen booze stands.  Kam made a commitment the minute he saw them that he was going to hit one of those up.  They even have the tacky 2 foot long cups.  So it must have been about noon and Kam had his first boozie drink.  Then after the aquarium he talked me into having one too.  Those suckers are strong.  So we drank our drinks and walked down the strip grabbing beers from the marts along the way.  We walked all the way to the Venetian then came back and had dinner at a trendy Mexican Grill.  Kam is still talking about his "f'N DELICIOUS" tequila baby back ribs.  He smelled his fingers this morning to make sure they still smelled like bbq.

So here we sit in the airport waiting for our 11:15 flight.  We are off the Seiku to meet my parents toning for salmon fishing for the next two days.  So we wake up in Vegas and we go to bed in a tent in a fishing village.  This will probably be my last post for a few days because there is no way there is going to be free wi-fi floating in the air for me to steal.  Our Kam and Bren customized honeymoon extravaganza is starting to wind down.  We have had an awesome trip, but are looking forward to our little apartment and for life to get back to normal.  We miss our pup too.  I wonder if my work has replaced me for good yet.  Until next time....(probably friday)!

Our amazing view from our corner suite (right, corner box more like it)

Pretty celling decoration in the Bellagio. 

Kam's stylish money clip.  High roll'n!

The first boozie.  The chick sold him on the blue razberry because it matched his shirt.

This is a dude here.  Wouldn't want to get in a fight with this guy!  

Honeymoon - Day 6 Update

Ok, so here is the scoop on how we got to Vegas.  

Sunday we knew we were leaving Whistler.  The whole time we had been planning this honeymoon we had up to Whistler planned, we thought we would head over to Naniamo, BC but we were kind of sick of Canada.  Not that Canada isn't beautiful and fun and tons of stuff to do, w e just lived in Friday Harbor for almost 3 years and felt like we had already done this.  We needed something exciting.

So Saturday night we started to get a little bummed about our next move.  We were sitting in our room, around 5 pm, trying to decide where to go next, and I just threw (not seriously at all) that we could go to Vegas.  So Kam jumped, grabbed the computer, and found a good deal.  Booked by 6pm and our flight was at 5:45 the next day.  So here we are in Vegas.  I have some pictures to share for day 7 after tonight.  We are loving our honeymoon.

Ps... Mom don't worry, we wouldn't missing fishing for anything!  See you Wednesday night.

Honeymoon - Day 5

ZIPLINE!!!!!  or zoom as they called it.  So fun fun fun!  At first when you zip down the first line (after the practice one where they teach you how to land) and you are dropping over some giant valley going 60 mph, on a line they call Godzilla, its a little adrenaline overwhelming. Not to mention Kam was 8 pounds short of the weight limit, and the more you weigh the faster you go. But you quickly get the hang of it.  We had a blast.  I think we would have zipped all over Whistler that day.  There were two company's that do zipline tours in Whistler and we chose the one that had duel lines so we could zip around side by side...although Kam always beat me to the bottom.

As for Whistler, we had fun, but we were happy to leave.  It's like Disneyland for hard core, outdoor sports, super athletic, rich people.  None of which we really are.  We had some ok food, alright beers for too much money.  We are glad we went and were happy to go. Onto the next adventure....but check out these awesome zipline and Whistler Village photos first!

Kam getting all geared up to zip away!

The view from one of the lines.

Running man going in for a landing.

The ultimate tourist photo in Whistler.

Honeymoon to be continued....