one down...

I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Last Saturday, Trevor's little brother, Colin, got hitched. Which means, only 2 weddings left...and one of them is in Vegas!! YAHOO!! But I will write more about that after it takes place, I dont want to take the spotlight off of colin and whitney's beautiful wedding. It was at the Annie Wright school in downtown Tacoma. Its a neat place, the outside is absolutely beautiful, the inside reflects its 1800 construction that has been converted into a school. I heard a rumor that this school is where all the Washingtonians send their kids (i know....there are so many celebs in washington right). I can confirm i didnt see anyone famous. colin and whitney had planned to have the wedding take place outside at the courtyard. if the weather didnt cooperate, which you would pretty much expect sun in the middle of august, there is a small chapel inside the school. the week before their wedding, seattle had record temperatures. we were well over 100 for 3 days in a row. I was getting worried that maybe everyone had prayed for a little to much sunshine!! well, go figure, the entire week before the saturday production...it rained. no....let me rephrase that...it thundered, it lightninged (Is that a word??) it POORED down rain!! I was worried. Thursday, all of Trevor's family arrived so we decided to have a bbq at our house. let me tell you, 25 people in a 1100 sq ft house. yeah, tight quarters!

and so saturday came, and low and behold...the sun was out!! i swear whitney and her bridesmaids did the sunshine dance all night before the wedding!

The wedding was really nice. Everything came together great and all of colin and whitneys hard work paid off!! I chased a very busy flower girl around all day, so i didnt have a lot of time to take pictures, but here is a few things i did capture from the day

So that was it. Its over, and time to move on to the next event. This weekend, I'm helping host a shower for Chris's fiance, Karlie, in Ritzville. The weekend after that...I'M HOME ALONE!! God, it cant come soon enough!! I have a list a mile long of things to get done around here. Can you guess one #1 on that list is....thats right...sit my ass on the couch and watch what I want to watch!! no dog to bother me, no husband telling me he doesnt want to watch this, no kid yelling over the tv. its going to be glorious!! Now watch, I say all this now, but come sunday at 11:00, i'll be ready for them to come home :)

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

OK, so maybe not. I have been praying for cooler weather and even rain (I know right, only people who live in Seattle are actually happy when it rains) These last couple of weeks have been crazy hot. Its actually been hotter here than in death valley...what??? Is that even possible? I was driving home from work last tuesday and the temp in the car read 109. ONE HUNDREN AND NINE!! with 80% humidity...that is death. Our A/C's ran non stop for 8 days straight. But hey, I was just thankful to have at least a window A/C. I havnt seen Applebees in Bonney Lake that busy since their opening day. We noticed on day 5 of the heat wave that the fridge had been running hard for about 2 days. When Trevor took some cheese out of the fridge and it wasnt cold, we knew we had a problem. Well, turns out the heat isnt just hard on people and pets...its really hard on your appliances too. So, we bought a new fridge. YAHOO!! I'm always up for new appliances...new anything for that matter :)

We have a really busy next couple of weeks. Let me break it down for you like this:

This weekend colin and whitney are getting married

next weekend I'm doing a wedding shower for Karlie (chris wahls bride to be)

the weekend after is chris's bachelor party (i'm not attending!)

after that is labor day on the lake!

then its Chris and Karlies wedding in colfax

after that is our 3 year anniversary where I insisted on Trevor planning something without me knowing, but i have dropped hints about the beach.

and then its time to start slowing down. summer will be officially over, even though it still feels like it just started (thanks to cascade marine center).

last but probably most important (you like how i make you wait until the end!) here is miss kinley. she's wild...and i dont mean that as a joke. i cannot believe some of the things she comes up with. her latest..jumping off everything!! the couch, the bed, laundry baskets, and now she is trying to climb the baby gates and jump off of those! W-I-L-D!!

"The Splits" her signature move

We were teaching her how to do headstands. This is what she learned!

Kinleys friend from Colins bachelor party. Totally inappropriate but to funny to resist.