Wedding Shower, take 2
Last weekend, our parents threw a Jack & Jill party for Matt and me at our house. For those who don’t know (I thought everyone knew!) a Jack & Jill is basically a bridal shower where boys can come too. We had about 25 people come to the party, a lot of Matt’s family drove over from Eastern Washington and most of our friends were there to share in the great sunny weather, good company and yummy food prepared by my mom, Jan, and me. We got low on food around 8pm, which was a good sign. I refilled the sangria pitcher when it got low for a total of 5.5 pitchers of sangria consumed at the party. It was nice to get everyone together, I hate that “old” feeling where people are too busy to randomly hang out like in the dorms at college. I wish people could have more free time to just spend with each other. I for one, will try to keep that a priority in my world, or at least be available for visitors. The party started at 1pm, and we ate and drank and ate as some people left and the latecomers arrived. It was nice for my parents to meet our Seattle friends and more of Matt’s family before the wedding. As the evening wound down, Matt and I gave a small acrobatic performance and I got Brian and Matt O. to do some trapeze moves on our rusty swingset. (Those pictures are on Flckr). Matt taught some Aikido to the willing. He played his guitar and we sang songs until dark, then it was upstairs for a LOONG game of Settlers of Catan. I think everyone was so tired that it took forever to finish the game: I am proud to say that I won (only b/c Matt wasn’t playing–he is a shark at board games). The next day we had a huge brunch and ate most of the leftovers from the party, then we played Euchre until my parents arrived, and we spent the afternoon at Greenlake. It was a busy weekend but lots of fun. I am excited for the next big party–Wedding!