Thursday, February 21, 2013

Seattle....Final Part

Our final day in Seattle started with a brunch at Erik's parents house.  It was great to get together one last time.  I love these people and I am always happy to be together with them!!!  It does not happen often enough!
 
Kenny and Chris

The ladies
 
 
After the brunch, Scott and I took off for some time just the 2 of us.  We headed off to Mr. Rainier National Park.  We were really happy to be able to squeeze this into our trip.
 
Driving to the park with Mt. Rainier in the background.

The last part of the drive to the park was super dusty.  It was actually really bad on the way out because the sun was setting and we were behind a car kicking up dust right in front of us which would cause us to not see anything in front of us at times.  To top it off, some of the turns had quite the drop off with no rails to prevent you from going off the edge.  It was a nerve racking drive to say the least but we made it!

A glimpse on our way up to the starting point of our hike.


We started our hike at Lake Mowich.  It was a great place to start because it is not as popular as some of the other spots so the trail was not crowded.

Being one with nature :)

At the starting point.


Bird in action







Eunice Lake was around the half way point and the second half was going up to that little house you see at the top of the picture.

Beautiful.  It was a perfect day to hike!

Eunice Lake from above

A view looking away from Mt. Rainier

We made it to the end of the hike, Tolmie Peak!





Back to Mowich Lake

To cap off the hike, it ended with walking over a mound of snow.  This was the only snow we encountered on the whole hike.

And that was our trip to Seattle!  We hope to make it back some time because we had a great time. There is so much more to see and there are always good friends to visit!

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Seattle...Part 3

The reception!!
 
Britta and Erik arriving!

The theme for the wedding was rustic chic and boy did Britta nail it!  It was beautiful.

Britta looking around at everything for the first time.  She was very happy with how everything turned out.

Head table

Dessert table


One of the junior bridesmaids
 
Walking down to the beach area to take some pictures.

The reception could not have been in a more beautiful area.






Taking some fun pictures with the photographer.

Cake cutting while the sun was setting


First dance









Scott helping

Cam is asking the kids if he should slide down the railing.

They must have said yes :)



Let the dancing begin!




The non-dancers hanging out

Another Greta!  I rarely come across anyone else named Greta and now Britta has a niece named Greta as well as a friend!


The after party.  I won $100 on a penny slot....woo hoo!


Erik's sister, who was my grade school camp counselor at Covenant Harbor.  She is also the mother of the other Greta.  I think I know where she got the name from :)