We are kicking our heels up after a busy week! So busy, we are a week behind in our blog entries, so this will be two posts in one! Last weekend we went home back to MN for my sister Molly's wedding reception. She and her wonderful husband Kelsey were married back in Dominican Republic in February with a beautiful beach ceremony so this was the last hoorah to celebrate with everyone who didn't join us in DR. It was a quick visit home, just over 48 hours in Minneapolis, but it was GREAT to see family!
It was actually harder to leave this time than it was when we moved 7 weeks ago since we realized how much we really miss our wonderful friends and family. We had a great time at the wedding, cut a rug on the dance floor and a few of us (Travis in particular) stayed out quite late and paid for it the next day! Unfortunately I had a bad cold all weekend so I headed back to the hotel at 1:00 am (early compared to the rest of the crew) and hit the sheets. Here are a few shots from the wedding night, I didn't do a great job of snapping pictures. Trav, Steph and Jamie enjoyed a 3 am pizza as you can see : ) Thanks to Molly and Kelso for a fabulous night, we had a blast celebrating the two of you!
There was another picture like this one above with my cousin Mary in it too, but it turned out super blurry. Sorry Mary!
After a long work week I finally recovered from my cold (thanks to a few early bed time nights - not ashamed to admit some were before 8:00!). The weekend couldn't come soon enough! We tried a few new restaurants in the neighborhood, a Korean Fusion place called "Kushibar" and "Mama's Mexican Kitchen." Both are nearby our apartment and they were pretty yummy!
After all that dining out we wanted to do some cooking at home so we took advantage of the GORGEOUS weather Saturday night and cooked some flank steak fajitas on the rooftop with a pitcher of margaritas (Trav's favorite). It turned out pretty delicious!
We rounded out the weekend with a fabulous hike in Mount Rainier National Park today. It was the longest hike we've done so far at 8 miles round trip. Before even beginning the hike we were able to get some amazing shots of Mt. Rainier while the clouds were at bay. The park had a ton of variety as you'll see below. There was a large bridge overlooking Carbon River, which is the river along the trail we took today.
The trees in the forest were MASSIVE and some of them were up to 600 years old. You can see the scale below in the photo where Travis is next to an overturned tree, the roots alone are probably 20 feet high.
In addition to the dense forest the Carbon River ran along the trail. We crossed over it using a series of log bridges, which were a bit unsteady so we were a little weary, but we got across nonetheless.
The reward for crossing the river was a beautiful waterfall. We stopped to eat lunch there sitting on the rocks and enjoying the view and the cool air coming off the falls. It was a great way to refuel before turning around to head back.
Sorry for the lengthy post, it's tough cramming two weeks into one! We hope you all have a wonderful week ahead of you!
Cheers!
KP
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