We're nearing the home stretch of our summer travels, which seems a little odd because I feel like summer just started, and here it is, half over.
Beast and I traveled to Lynden, north of Seattle by the Canadian border, to attend my cousin's wedding. Growing up, it was just the four of us--my sister, Michael, his brother David, and me. David got married two years before me and my sister go married last year, which left Michael as the only one of us yet unhitched.
In addition, this weekend served as a perfect family reunion. I think the last time the four of us (cousins) got together was at my wedding, and the last time I was in Lynden was at David's wedding 5 1/2 years ago.
It was a great weekend. We got to celebrate Michael and Emily, and introduce the next generation to each other. My grandmother had not yet had her great-grandkids together, and they hadn't met before the day of the wedding. I think Jacquelyn was a little more wary of Graham than he was of her. She didn't quite know who this munchkin was and why he was crawling all over her and her stuff.
Beast and I traveled to Lynden, north of Seattle by the Canadian border, to attend my cousin's wedding. Growing up, it was just the four of us--my sister, Michael, his brother David, and me. David got married two years before me and my sister go married last year, which left Michael as the only one of us yet unhitched.
In addition, this weekend served as a perfect family reunion. I think the last time the four of us (cousins) got together was at my wedding, and the last time I was in Lynden was at David's wedding 5 1/2 years ago.
It was a great weekend. We got to celebrate Michael and Emily, and introduce the next generation to each other. My grandmother had not yet had her great-grandkids together, and they hadn't met before the day of the wedding. I think Jacquelyn was a little more wary of Graham than he was of her. She didn't quite know who this munchkin was and why he was crawling all over her and her stuff.
After the wedding, we had a chance to go up north a bit to Nooksack falls (not quite Canada, but close), before splitting ways. My parents, sister and her family went up to Vancouver to visit my dad's family, and Beast and I headed to Seattle to spend Saturday evening in the city before flying out (extremely) early Sunday morning.
I had been to Pike's Place Market, but it had been a long time. And, on our way to Ivar's for dinner, we inadvertently stumbled across the infamous 'gum wall.' Thousands of people had stuck chewed gum on a brick wall along an alley, and it's since become a tourist destination. Gross? Absolutely? A little cool, especially in a photo? Kind of.
We also got a beautiful view of the Seattle Bay when we explored a series of stairs that led to Pike's Place Market rooftop garden.
I had been to Pike's Place Market, but it had been a long time. And, on our way to Ivar's for dinner, we inadvertently stumbled across the infamous 'gum wall.' Thousands of people had stuck chewed gum on a brick wall along an alley, and it's since become a tourist destination. Gross? Absolutely? A little cool, especially in a photo? Kind of.
We also got a beautiful view of the Seattle Bay when we explored a series of stairs that led to Pike's Place Market rooftop garden.
