Wedding Bells - Seattle, WA

 So here’s the plan.  Our youngest son gets married in the woods of Washington…

Here’s reality.  The “ideal” wedding location is Millersylvania State Park, south of Olympia. The only dates available are in the middle of March…in Washington…. As the plan matures, each small impediment is overcome.  We decide to head to Seattle five days early and rent a VRBO. My sister-in-law and her signifiant other, join us, along with our eldest who has been tasked with best brother duties including the organization of the bachelor party.

Grooms (center) & best men (brothers)

While my sister-in-law explores Seattle in search of the Old Stove Brewing Company, young men throwing fish, the “gum” wall, the space needle, the aquarium, and of course the “pink door” (don’t ask), we are busy with wedding prep: buying flowers, cutting ferns, photo shoots, rehearsal dinner.  The rest of the wedding party are making the final preparation of the food and packing decorations, sheets and blankets, etc for the two hour trip to the wedding venue.  With careful packing, we get everything into the awaiting vehicles, with enough room for most of the wedding party.

So as a minor side note, with all the can lights in the ceiling turned off, it was pretty dark in the VRBO.  As I left the bathroom at 1:00AM, it was pitch black, I turned to go back to bed, forgetting to go AROUND the cellar stairs.  As I stepped into mid air, I realized my error.  I was a little banged up but fortunately my sister-in-law is an OR nurse, but unfortunately all that was available was a box of bandaids.  By morning I looked like I had been playing doctor with a three year old!