Whirlwind

If I had to describe this past month in one word, "busy" first comes to mind, followed by "joyful".  I returned from a few days in IL only to work a couple days then head right back to the airport Tucson-bound for a wedding.  Within 20 minutes of arriving we were enjoying a lovely tour with our host who was describing all the wildlife we may possible run across and fun Saguaro facts.  Not 5 minutes after he said "if you get really lucky you'll see Javelinas, but I've ever only seen them once" we stop at a stop sign and I scream "JAVELINAS!"

And we watch in awe as a whole Javelina family proceed to cross the road.  Definitely a good way to begin a trip to a new place!  We had a great time visiting with my brother and sister-in-law as well as many other wonderful family friends.  The wedding was lovely and we all cleaned up real purty

After planning my own wedding I really appreciate all the hard work that goes in to planning your special day.  I love how every couple finds a way to make it unique to them.  This wedding was no exception from the carved pumpkin lanterns to the Illini themed tables

We were at Assembly Hall Table

It was a quick trip but jammed-packed full.  Oh, did I mention that apparently we saw the coolest airplane ever to exist according to those with a y-chromosome that were in attendence?

No?  Well we did, I guess it's called The Blackbird and it's really cool for reasons I can't remember. 

We headed back to CO to work a couple more days that continue our festivities.  This time it was for a couple of our dear friends that were also tieing the knot.  We headed to Blackhawk, CO for a bachelorette party weekend.  Blackhawk is kind of our mini-Vegas.  The whole tiny mountain town is devoted soley to casinos.  Not being much of a gambler I was more than happy to discover that us girls were staying at a remote cabin in the mountains for the weekend and only making the casinos a side-event.  It was really lovely to be unplugged with a bunch of wonderful women for a couple days.  No TV, no cell service, not even a land-line.  We had a radio and plenty board games and puzzles though!

And wine, we had plenty of wine...

We did go do the casino thing the next night and I learned that I am a terrible gambler.  I lost 40 dollars rather quickly and felt like vomiting.  I was WAY more excited about the fancy, delicious dinner we had.  It was a great weekend and I was thankful that since we are *ahem* a little more mature it wasn't a wild and crazy phallic-filled production.

We then, you guessed it, worked a few more days then geared up for wedding-weekend for these friends.  As I said before I really appreciate the uniqueness that couples bring to their special day.  This was no exception.  In fact, I think this was the most uniquely couple-centered wedding I have ever attended.  The bride and groom met at a concert and are very passionate music-lovers.  Neither one wanted the traditional wedding so they threw a concert instead!  At a concert venue with a great band that they knew from college.  They had a short and sweet "I Do" on stage then the music started.

It was so perfectly them and I think everyone had a great time.  Oh, and I made 11lbs of BBQ pulled pork (after their caterer backed out) that was gone in 20 minutes, so there's that. 

So today is the first Sunday morning at home I've had in over a month,  I'm looking forward to reading the paper and making some eggs.  Hopefully things will calm down for awhile.  Oh, who am I kidding, we're heading full speed in to the Holidays.  But I'm sure I'll find some time to enjoy myself along the way, after all, even though this last month has been extremely busy it has also been extremely joyful.