Fatty food and face paint at the Puyallup fair!

We went to the Puyallup fair again!

This year, we ate loaded waffle fries/tater tots, krusty pups, onion blossoms, deep fried oreos/snicker bar, and elephant ear. I forgot to get corn at the end of the night!!! I was saving it for last because I forgot to bring dental floss. SIGH. They also ran out of turkey leg, but I was definitely looking forward to that (and am now very disappointed).

Last year we didn't play any games, but this year we played the balloon dart game, the waffle ball in the bucket game, and the ring toss game. Sean won Matt a giant shark, but I sold it to some guy for some cash (no one actually wanted the giant stuffed animal). Matt won me a hedgehog stuffed animal, which I kept, and a mini duck toys for Forrest. JR conquered his fear of rides and went on the Zipper, but felt nauseous after (yikes!). We skipped the flower and farm animal exhibits, but I don't think we missed too much. The expo stations in the showplex were fun to walk through again! It was mostly (if not all) the same items as last year, but as we get one year older we are also interested in different things. For example, we watched an entire euro steam demo in awe because we take cleaning more seriously now. Last year we spent a lot of time sampling fatty dips and beef jerky, because I guess we were more into eating then. Go figure!

Matt, Sean, and I picked up Sarah on the way, and then met up with David and Jamie at the fair early on. JR and Chelsie joined us later. The best part of the night was the airbrush face paint!! And taking a photo with the giant button. I love airbrush face paint! I want to wear it every weekend, LOL. We ended up spending a whopping 6 hours at the fair. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang. We walked so much that my calves and my hips are sore today... how sad.

After the fair, we went to Matt's uncle's birthday party in Belltown. We celebrated briefly at Shorty's, but ended up bringing everyone back to the apartment to close out the night. We met so many interesting people! And Forrest was having a FIELD DAY with all of the new friends. What a little lovebug!

Wedding weekend in SF

Matt and I flew in Thursday night and we got some late night donuts with Andy, David, and Henry! Good ol' Allstar Donuts for freshly baked goodies... MMM mmmm. We then headed to Buckshot and played darts. I am ... so bad at darts. But I had tons of fun trying to keep up with the guys. David is REALLY good. While we were there, someone ordered an Ike Turner, but ended up not wanting to do the slap. Dangit, how disappointing. I hope one day I get to see one. :)

Friday, after work, we went to Pa'ina for HH with Brian, Alom, Nan, and David. The food was bad. The drinks were alright, not great. Boo! We immediately went to Playground and got more drinks (and better food). We rushed over to the Real Escape Room, more than slightly tipsy, and met up with the rest of our group. The funniest part of the night was probably trying to find the place to meet for the game... because no one initially read the sign at the entrance. So we were going up stairways to dead ends, trying to go upstairs by using the elevator but we didn't have a required access card, and we actually thought the game had already started!! When we got into the real game, it was SUPER fun, and everyone got into it. We did relatively well, and the game coordinator also said we were very close to escaping the room. We were working on the very last clue as time ran out. I seriously can't wait to do the other room in December when I'm back in town. SO INTENSE!!!! After the Real Escape Room, we checked out Andy, Alex, and Nan's new place. It's a huge upgrade from their previous apartment, and a lot nicer than I thought it would be. We drank more and played games, and it was great to catch up with everyone.

On Saturday, it was really hard to wake up. We finally rolled out of bed after noon, and went to get lunch at Sapporo-Ya in Japantown. Matt had never been to Japantown, so we walked around the mall and looked at the stores. Lots of stores have changed since I've last been! We went back home to take another nap.. we were really exhausted from staying up the night before, and got ready right before it was time for dinner. Alex and Nan drove us to Zen Peninsula for the wedding.. and the inside of the venue was really nice! We got to take pictures with Christina and Vic as soon as we walked in, and we ended up at a table with only 4 people. The other 2, our new wedding friends, were really fun, and we did our best to work through the food. We finished the Remy bottle! And had tons of food leftovers. The wedding was organized and the activities were entertaining. Best of all was seeing people I haven't seen for 7-8 years. Catching up with friends like Tony, Tony, and Dan was my one of my fave parts of the night, only second to watching Christina and Vic gush (and kiss). I haven't seen them in so long, and I TOTALLY missed them. It was a beautiful wedding, and the proposal video made me cry like a baby. The photo booth and dancing were fun too! Such an awwwwwesome dinner.

After the wedding, Dan drove us back home and we changed to get ready for Dima's birthday at Bruno's. Charles joined us, because I guilt-tripped him (HAHA) and dragged him out of bed. As per usual, there was plenty of drinking and good music to be had at Bruno's. And we enjoyed every minute! But that made Sunday morning brutal... wedding drinking + Bruno's = hangover central. We stopped by the slosh ball game on Sunday before we flew out, but neither of us played. However, I did fly my first kite!!! Gary S. helped me with it, and to my surprise it was hard work. My arm was getting tired!

Loves, doves, and grubs

Thea and Geoff's wedding was beautiful, magical, and wonderful. After all the grumbling and complaints from the guys (and some girls) who didn't want to dress up for the black tie formal wedding, everyone admitted how nice we looked AND really enjoyed taking photos in the fancy getups!

The ceremony was at a really nice church in Seattle, and even though there were a lot of sponsors participating, etc. they did a great job of keeping each segment brief. It felt short, which is nice, especially for someone who doesn't go to church and can feel awkward at times during service. The ceremony was really well planned, and the photographer even took a bird's eye view photo of all guests from the balcony - that's awesome! The ceremony ended with everyone on the front steps and doves being released. WOW. So fancy!

We all trekked over to Snoqualmie Ridge golf course for the reception, which was also coordinated well. We started with drinks and open bar to mingle, and they even had a customized cornhole game set! NICE. The dinner was outside on grass, under a gorgeous white tent. It was a bit troublesome (actually terrifying) to walk in heels on soggy grass, but fortunately we were only out there for a short time. After the tearjerker toasts and the first dance, we moved indoors or more drinking... and dancing! The guys did a surprise dance for Thea, which I could tell she LOVED, and the rest of the night was pure celebration and bliss. Everyone was really happy, and had a great time. The photo booth was totally a hit, and I had a ridiculously exciting night. We ended up at Snoqualmie casino for a few hours, and then headed back home. Whew, that was enough fun for a whole 3-day weekend!