Last weekend while on my vacation in Seattle I got to attend the wedding of my oldest
friend..."Friend" doesn't really even begin to cover it.  When I think of Tatiana the only word that can really describe her is "sister".  She is MY definition of sisterhood...a term I've become quite fond of in my thirties.  With it comes all sorts of feelings beyond that which is implied when using the word "friend".  I'm getting all teary eyed even writing this, thinking about her and the love and support she has brought to my life.  Lets just say that she's the kind of lady that makes you want to be a better YOU...because her love is so huge, so true, so supportive that you want to be the best YOU that you could be, just so that you can be there for her, the way she has for you!  Ok, that's getting a little wordy and long but you get the picture.  Anyhoo...we grew up together, and every summer we would spend many weekends at her family compound on Hood Canal.  I have such amazing childhood memories of this place so when she said the pre- wedding festivities would be at the house, I was super excited to see it again...

I couldn't get over how everything was just as I remembered...like a time capsule.  Her grandmothers baskets and hats, sea glass art projects and paintings all still there waiting for me to remember each of them.  The smell was the same, the light was just as I remembered it, and the energy of family and love and time were all there for me to soak in!  I think the last time I was there was probably 20 years ago...(damn that means I'm old!)

We have lived in different cities, states and countries over the years but have remained as sisters...I feel so lucky to have been able to share this time with her, to meet her beautiful baby boy, and to get to know the ladies in her life that she now calls sisters...Ok, here I go again with the waterworks!

I was a mess at the wedding too, i forgot to bring tissues with me and was crying like a baby...it was beautiful!

Mom and Dad giving Sienna some props for hooking the adults up with cupcakes

Ok, I know that was a lot of pictures but believe me I was editing!!!  This post is meant to be a record of that day for the my dear friend to look back on...please pardon the excess of emotions and photos!

It's been so long since we have been able to see each other regularly,  and we have no photos of the two of us together since we were in our early twenties, (about 10 years ago).  So having such great documentation of this day really means so much to me...

P.S.  This little guys name is Mose, and let me tell you...he's got the two most fabulous parents a boy could ask for!  Thanks to my dearest friend and sister for being such an awesome human being, for passing on her light to another and for sharing herself with the rest of us...

Check out those smiles...now that's some good sisterhood reunion right there!!!  It just so happens that I got to have double reunion time with this fine lady...She was in Hawaii for a visit before I went to Seattle, and then I got to see her again when I arrived in town!!!!
We brunched, we chatted, we chased babies around the yard, and had many a glass of wine by the lake...(none of which I captured in pictures because we were too busy enjoying ourselves!)

 

she was clearing out some "stuff" from her dad's old house and this was in the barn...

Some of my best memories of this trip were just cruising around in the car with my homey Adam...singing at the top of our lungs to those songs that make you grin from ear to ear with memories of the "olden days" of friendship!

You know it's a good one when the finger comes out for extra car-singing emphasis!

I am filled to the brim, okay actually maybe overflowing with love, friendship and general warm fuzzies of many kinds...I feel that I cannot adequately express in words the amazing-ness (not a real word) of my trip to Seattle.   There were multiple weddings, too many cups of perfectly delicious coffee to count, tears of love and joy for the amazing friendships in my life...

I've got a TON of photos to share and not enough words to tell the world how I feel about the events that they document...So pardon the lack of explanations that will accompany these next few posts...

Visiting my former home in Seattle was so wonderful, I think I must have brought the sunshine with me beacause we had 19 days of blazing sunshine and 80+ degree weather...AMAZING!!!!!

To say I laughed a lot would be a gross understatement, to say I cried a lot would make it sound like I was sad, and to try and sum up the gratitude I have for my dearest, oldest, bestest friends with a few pictures and words does not even begin to describe how I feel...

Among other things, I feel recharged and renewed in a way that makes me not only ready but excited to be home and to get back to my life here.  I feel so strong in my conviction that my moving here three and a half years ago was the BEST thing I could have EVER done for myself...I always wonder when I go back to visit if this trip will make me miss it more, make me want to come back, or make me question my decision to leave.  While I am still in love with Seattle and probably always will be, I know that this is where I am meant to be...here in my own little corner of paradise, with the most amazingly fabulous woman on earth!!!

Ok, that went on a bit long...sorry!

Best hom-bow EVER!

Elderflower cordial and champagne cocktail...The Pink Door

An old friend suggested that we reunite during a trip to a blueberry farm...Yes Please!!!!  It's amazing the conversations you have with a long time friend while nibbling the succulent globes of goodness straight from the bush.  I think I must have been smiling the entire time we were there...Gorgeous blue Pacific Northwest skies, sun shining on my head, the majestic mountain ahead of us, and acres and acres of the lovely blue fruits!!!!!  Not to mention two of my best "brothers" at my side...It was a good day.

 

P.S.  It just so happens that blueberries are my absolute favorite fruit, we went to a beautiful farm out in North Bend and picked 8lbs of berries!!!!  The mountain in the back is Mt. Si...Isn't she gorgeous!

 Happy Saturday!