Announcing...

Husband and Wife

congratulations Brother and sister in law

By brother got married a week ago and it was a beautiful day all around - from the ceremony to the party to the lovely couple themselves

Celebrations like this always make me think about my own marriage and family values, 

and when everyone is in "prep-mode" to make the day perfect i am reminded how blessed i am in both these departments.  

Family traveled in from Missouri and Minnesota for the occasion and it was sure nice to spend time together at the kitchen table and on the dance floor.

And these two!
Can you picture anything cuter???

And as a sister of the Groom,
i have to say i was quite impressed by my brother's own attention to the little things to make the day a special one.
He planned a few surprises over the course of the day including a little note and gift for the bride in the bridal suite ahead of bridal march and a song for the bride on the dance floor.

Made me realize my brother is all grown up and I couldn't be more proud of him.

Congratulations you two -- and welcome to the club.

You are gonna love it!

 

I HEART Polaroids

"raw" polaroid by Brian Rawson

"sunny days ahead" polaroid by Dasha!

I bought an old typewriter recently and did my first project -- typeface on a polaroid of Joyce and Jason just after the ceremony from their beautiful Montana wedding.
The theme is "going-to-the-sun" in line with the road through Glacier State Park.

Big Sky on Fourth of July

We have been spending time in Whitefish, Montana with our friends Jason and Joyce, who were just married yesterday. Jason and Joyce are outdoor adventurers so the location was very fitting. They had almost 80 friends and family gather together for the occasion and we met some very lovely people in the course of the extravaganza.  It was a rainy day but actually stopped raining for one hour in the afternoon, exactly at the time the wedding was scheduled.  I think there are only blue skies ahead for these two.  The wedding also gave me an opportunity to debut my new hat, which by the looks of the picture, has possessed me (and my boobs).

Me and Yahtzee have found lots of time to relax here and make time for recreational activities. I finished Peter Camenzind by Herman Hesse too, which I think is an earlier novel. I appreciate Hesse as a writer and interestingly, I relate to his characters. I really liked Hesse's poetic relationship and description of clouds, "And as the clouds are suspended faintheartedly and longingly and stubbornly between heaven and earth, the souls of men are suspended faintheartedly and longingly and stubbornly between time and eternity".

And for the adventures - here are some pictures of us zipping at Big Mountain.

And we found time to also play pool, dampfbad, sauna and jacuzzi, dance with cowboys and eat roadside cherries.

Enjoying a coffee and blogging break now at

Montana Coffee Traders

(this place deserves a blog of its own!)

then off to see the glacier in Glacier National Park.