The first was our good friends, Holly and Justin, on June 20, 2009. Tim went to school with Justin which is how I met Holly. However, Holly and I became good friends during the year that Tim and Justin were in school and she lived/worked over here in Seattle. Now they live east of the mountains in Wenatchee, Washington. We decided on their wedding day that we would go over earlier in the day to explore Wenatchee. Plus, it was a rainy day in Seattle (the first in about a month) and typically east of the mountains it's hot and sunny so we thought it would give us ample time to get out of the rain and enjoy the sun.
Here's a shot of the mountains just after we went over Blewitt pass. To get to Wenatchee from Seattle, you cross two mountain passes: Snoqualmie and Blewitt. Both were gorgeous on this day.
Tim drove to Wenatchee, I promised I'd drive us home. He had to get up for work at 4:30am Sunday morning and the wedding ceremony didn't start until 7:30pm so we knew it would be a late night. The thought was that if I drove, he could get some sleep on the trip home.
Just getting into Wenatchee. I had never been here before. Strangely, it reminded me of a weird hybrid cross between the midwest and Phoenix. It was small like the midwest and everything was "mart"... (Wal-Mart, Bi-Mart, K-Mart, etc) but the terrain was much like Phoenix (aside from the huge river flowing through the middle of the city).
AND... we made it! Who knew it was the apple capital of the world? Not I.
And another sign. I think they like to make sure you know where you are. Even though there are no other towns of this size even remotely close (thus also reminding me of the midwest)...
We found a little park by the river that was great to walk Bella through (yep, she came with us- she is a great car rider!) There was a little sculpture garden/trail that we wandered through. Right before we headed to the wedding we spent a frustrating 30 minutes here trying to get the damn dog to pee. She would not. Stubborn.
One of the sculptures that Tim took a picture of. It's overlooking the river and in the background is East Wenatchee.
And another sculpture... 
There was a HUGE fire that day in town. It looked like a 3 story brick building had burned to the ground. I was fascinated. You would think Tim would have been, but nope, it was me that was totally enthralled. The streets were shut down around the fire so all I have is just one of the ladders shooting water onto the building (there were about 6 water ladders total coming at the fire in all directions). 
The wedding was on a golf course in East Wenatchee so here is the bridge as we crossed the river from Wenatchee to East Wenatchee en route to the wedding.
The beautiful bride and her dad, getting ready to walk down the aisle.
Getting married... It was SO windy out. And usually Wenatchee is warm but it was FREEZING on this day. Like 60 degrees. So cold. At least it was sunny! 
And one more picture of the bride and groom. Of course after this, we all headed to the reception... where I proceeded to take no more pictures. We didn't stay long at the reception as the wedding got over around 8:30 and we took off about an hour later so we could get home in time for Tim to get a couple of hours of sleep (it's about a 2.5 hour drive).
After we left the reception, we decided to take Bella pee. She was going NUTS. She did not know what to make of the blowing wind/dust. It was HILARIOUS. I was sitting in the car taking pictures of T and B because I was freezing my ass off.
Tim and Bella with an awesome backdrop. All in all, it was a great day. It was fun just to relax and explore and have some time in the sun. And of course, it was awesome to be able to be there for Justin and Holly on our wedding day. We love them and think they are a great couple and their wedding was absolutely gorgeous. It was a great start for the beginning of wedding season 2009. 
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