At Long Last

At long last, you are getting another post.

This belated post is about my trip to Seattle for the Farrar-Rayko wedding, which occurred on March 2 (at long last!) I attended the wedding with two good friends from Las Vegas, Christy and Christina.

Here is the lovely couple just after their sealing at the Seattle Temple.

After leaving the temple we made our way over to the reception. However, since we were in Seattle, we thought it would be appropriate to stop at the nearest Starbucks for hot chocolate, and complained that there wasn't literally a Starbucks on every corner like one would xpect in Seattle. At that moment, Christina looked out the window and noticed the little red sign on the corner of the church we had pulled up next to. . . Seattle's reputation remains intact.

After finding a real Starbucks and enjoying our hot chocolate, we arrived at the reception. . .

The bride looked lovely. Lisa's dress was made from silk she had purchased while in India (assessing public health programs). Here she is showing off the pretty shoes that go with her pearl pin (see below). Jacob showed us his pretty shoes too.

The reception was fantastic by LDS standards! We had dinner, people stayed and talked, there was dancing that lasted for longer than 15 minutes and included more than 15 people! This is my favorite picture of the evening.

This is a less-dramatic picture of the dancing.

On a less wedding-oriented note. . . Seattle as a whole was quite enjoyable. I was thrilled to be reminded that it is spring every where outside of Las Vegas. (LV does not have spring. I think this is just my perception because there are no bulb flowers in LV. For me, spring is marked by the appearance of crocuses and daffodils; without them it's not really spring.)



In addition to the weather, we also enjoyed Seattle's food and shopping. We hit a sale at Anthropologie and found great restaurants for lunch (Pagliacci's in Bellevue) and breakfast (a little cafe on 5th Avenue). I enjoyed this Chihuly sculpture that we happened upon at Lincoln Square in downtown Bellevue. We almost missed it! ~A good reminder that it pays to look up every now and then!

I'll try to get back to posting as usual, but this promises to be an insane summer at work. . .so we'll see.