The Thuesons: October 2009

I didn't know many of my cousins very well growing up. Most of them lived in the Seattle area and we saw them maybe once every 3 or 4 years or were much older than me. But our cousin Julie was right in between my sister and I in age and was a blast!! She would come up to Stanley in the summer and we would raid our store (not a good idea to have a convenience store accessible to 12 and 13 year old girls!), take over a motel room, and party, dance, eat, and laugh all night long. Oh, the memories!!

So, when we got her wedding announcement it was a done deal. Girl trip to California! Just Cody and I loaded a plane for a little getaway! And he was an angelic baby. Sleeping, happy, and soo cute!!

It was a full weekend wedding in Laguna Beach. Beach time! (About 15 years ago I had a reporter from the NYT on one of my rafting trips. She was a single gal and told me she took a picture of her toes on her trips. I always thought that was a little wierd, but now I love it. You can be having a bad hair day and still remember the moment!) I was a little sad knowing how much fun my kids would have had at that beach.

I just love my mom's cute hat!

We ate a lot of yummy food,(except for the creepy KFC next to our hotel!) caught up with our cousins, had fun sister time, and celebrated Paula Jean's birthday (unfortunately Cody suffered from the death by chocolate cake!)

And now overload of wedding photos! I always wondered if I would enjoy taking wedding pictures. I think it would be a blast! Of course, she had 3 photographers and two wedding coordinators, so I was just enjoying a few fun shots.