Category Archives: friends

Moving gifts and friends leaving

July 9, 2013

In my 10 months since moving here making friends has been a bit slow. The few I’ve made though are pretty great. One of them is my friend Emma. She started out as a very convenient friend because she lived 2 doors down from me in our complex. She turned out to be a very good friend and it was nice to call her last minute to have girl talks and watch Gilmore Girls or knit.

A little while ago she found out she was awarded the Fulbright and that she’d be headed to Nepal in August. Pretty awesome right!? Yes and a little sad for me. She drove off toward home at the end of June but a couple of days before that Walker and I had a picnic with her and another friend to send her off with happy memories of her last few days here. I also gave her a tiny Washington state necklace with the heart over Seattle so she could remember her time here while she is in Nepal.

P.S. These pictures of her are so cute! We’ll miss you in Seattle Emma!

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Tiny State Necklace.

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Strawberry picking!

June 28, 2013

Upon returning from all of my Michigan adventures strawberry picking was at the top of my list (although I don’t know how you can top picking fresh, wild strawberries that were warmed by the sun).

My friend Sarah was game so we headed out on Saturday morning and made a day of it. We were blessed with perfect weather, dare I say a little hot in the sun? We both picked a few pounds and headed off for lunch and some thrift store shopping in Carnation, WA. We both got a few treasures (I got lucky at a garage sale-getting really nice wool yarn at $.50/each).

The drive there and back was lovely and I spent the rest of the day relaxing with Walker. It was really nice. Now to plan my next berry adventure. I want to pick all the berries! Luckily I think almost all of them grow around here. Woo!

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Mostly wild bouquets and a barn wedding

June 20, 2013

Recently I went home to Michigan where my good friends Joe and Natalie were getting married. I was in charge of putting together some bouquets for the mothers of the bride and groom so I showed up early on Friday (the day of the wedding) and also got a sneak peak of the set up. {funny/sad side note-the flowers were set aside and the groom was supposed to remind everyone where they were but forgot-since he was probably preoccupied with getting married-so we put them on the main table for dinner-oh well}

Last year they bought property and on it was an amazing barn which needed a lot of work (also Dodge city which I wrote about here). After a few other options for the wedding were mentioned they decided the best thing for them would be to renovate the barn and have the wedding there. Well their hard work paid off because it looked beautiful and I was so happy for them and what they had accomplished. Also it was the perfect backdrop for their wedding dinner.

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