They’re here – and like the saying goes: "When it’s beautiful in the Pac NW, it really is beautiful". We’re on week two of sunny skies, drifting clouds, infrequent showers and crazy backdrop views of the mountains.
Spent the last month, really, with family; Paula’s mom was in town for a couple of weeks the beginning of June; then a week later, my mom & pops were out for a week and a half (during which we cruised down to Portland for Gretchen & Matt’s wedding).
The wedding was cool – they chose McMenamin’s Kennedy School for lodging; what an awesome place! The renovated early 1900′s grade school had several corner pubs, a wicked theatre, fantastic landscaping, funky art & decor through-out and awesome rooms.
The wedding itself was at Leach Botanical Gardens - lots of lush foliage, the sound of a crick nearby and a relatives’ bluegrass band made for a wonderful memory.
Later in the week we took M&P up to the new diggs in Oroville to show them the place and found out, much to our dismay, that rattle-snakes are NOT affected by elevation, and that we WOULD most likely encounter them from time to time. Hah! Guess I’ll have to get some shit-kickers for sure, now. 
Last but not least, I found out last night that one of my best buds got engaged over the holiday. Not wanting to steal any e-thunder, I’ll leave it at that except for saying how thrilled we are for them.
Back to work today and I have a 12-5 meeting…nothing like jumping in to the deep end to get used to the water. *sigh*
