Idaho and Washington

June 9-15 This summer has brought many good things to do so far.
The first was driving to Burley Idaho and spending some time with Aunt
Maryann and Darrell and then driving to Washington With Kym and Adam
for Kym and Amy's sister Megan's Wedding.

I taught Maryann and Darrell how to play Nines. Darrell lasted about a half
hour and Maryann and I played til 11:30 that night. The next day when she
got home from work we snuck a few rounds in before dinner and driving
to Jerome to see Alyson, Jared, Alice and Elliot. All I can say is that Maryann
was either cheating or just a natural at nines cause I lost... a LOT!

We met Kym and Adam at a gas station in Jerome and the 3 of us drove to
Boise for the evening. We stayed at Mindy and Tom's, another sister of Kym
and Amy's, in their new house. We had a BBQ and lots of fun. We got up the
next day bright and early...well Kym and I did and then waited for Adam and
her nephew Kaden to pack and then we were off. We were planning on taking
a picture of us in front of the house but forgot so the following is one after we
had started our journey, and no we were not parked!

Kaden, Kym, Adam and I



We arrived in Richland and I got right in and started helping with the final
small wedding details. Cutting the Luncheon Menu, Tying bows on truffle
boxes, and searching town with Lisa, Amy, and Kindle about 10 pounds of
fresh shaved coconut for the wedding cake. Lots of people in the house
(27 people at most) and lots of FUN!!!


The next morning was the Wedding, and I'm sure you can only imagine what
it was like to get 16 people in and out of showers and to the Temple on time.
We went to the church first (right next to the Temple) to make sure everything was still ready to go and then went to the Temple. It is small but very beautiful.

Columbia River Temple from church house doors


There were at least 75 people in the sealing so most men were standing
and the women were straddling/sharing the rows of seats. We went outside
after the wedding to wait. During this time I got to know Brad and Mason
(the 2 youngest of 10 Baird kids) a lot better and now have 2 new best
friends. After about 15 minutes we realized that we were so hot so we all
went into the closed in waiting area to await the arrival of the
bride and groom.

Megan & Joseph

The three of us


After the wedding we had the luncheon. While waiting for the Bride &
Groom to arrive Brad, Amy, Mason, Tiana and I snuck some of the truffles
on the table and then retied the boxes so it looked like they had not been
opened. hahaha My new best friends are already making me feel young again!

After cleaning up the luncheon we were able to go back to the house for a
bit before heading to the outdoor reception. The reception was really
beautiful and there were a LOT and I mean a LOT of dessert choices and of
course I ate a lot and then was on a sugar high.

Amy and I at the reception during the program


Of course after the reception we were all needing something more than
sweets so we all headed to the Red Robin. They thought we were crazy when
we said we would need about 30 seats and so they set up about 15 and as
everyone came they had to set up more for us. Red Robin is one of my
favorite places so I was really happy. After Red Robin we actually went
home and popped in a movie. We didn't last long before falling asleep.

Amy, Claire, Kaden and I at Red Robin

My new best friend Brad!



The trip was not over but Brad's picture seemed to be the last one that I took.
I think there are some on Kym's camera. Saturday I was able to sleep in and
then watch a movie with a few of the 27. Then we all got ready to head to the
lake for boating, BBQ, and wave runners. I had a great time and then I got
on the wave runner with Brad for oh about 30 minutes and when I got off I
knew I was in trouble. My whole body felt like jello and I was oh so sick to my
stomach. We had gone around and around, and put the wave runner under
the water while staying on, so basically I had held on for dear life. I can't
blame him completely cause I was truly having fun.

After the lake we ran home changed and then went to the movies. The girls
went to "My Life in Ruins" and the boys went to the "Terminator", by the time
we got home we were tired.

Sunday we went to sacrament meeting and then home to BBQ the left
over hamburgers and hotdogs. I was actually really sad to leave but it was
time so we packed everything up and made our way to Boise where we
stopped at a friends house for a breather and a big mac. I was dropped
off in Burley where I stayed the night and then drove the 3 hour drive
home the next morning. My back was hurting so bad that I called the
chiropractor office and bumped my appointment to that day as soon as
I got into town. The diagnosis...3 ribs in the shoulder blade were out and
my right hip was slightly out of the joint. The price I paid for fun! I miss
being there and being around so many fun people and hope to go back soon!