Our Week in Silverton

We spent a week in Silverton with our families a couple weeks ago.  It was so nice to be in Silverton, a place where everything is familiar.  It was also wonderful to spend the time with our families.  We were up in town for many reasons.

Grandma (Mom) & Ernie

On Saturday we were celebrating my mom’s 50^th Birthday and my nephews 1^st Birthday.  Joe and I headed out with my sister Kelsey to buy the fixings for ice cream sundaes.  My mom likes maraschino cherries.  We bought the biggest jar we could find.  We spent the rest of the day with family and friends, celebrating life and enjoying ice cream.  Ernie sure liked the whip cream!

Kasey & Jake

On Friday we met Joe’s family in Brownsville for his brother Jake's wedding rehearsal.  Jake is marrying my friend and former roommate, Kasey.  It was a nice Friday afternoon.  The sun was shining, and Kasey and Jake were so happy.  It was also fun to be at someone elses rehearsal, to watch from the sidelines. Everything was beautiful and coming together wonderfully.

On Sunday was Kasey and Jake’s big special day.  We got up early, bought some sunscreen and headed to Brownsville.   It was 80 degrees outside and just beautiful.  The ceremony was short and sweet and was totally Jake and Kasey.  They were beautiful saying their vows to each other.

Their guest book was cute and unique.  She had a page with drawing of tree and on the trunk of the tree was their initials and wedding date.  Everyone thought that Kasey drew it, but she bought it on etsy.com, what a great site!!  I think she bought many things for their wedding on Etsy.com. ( Hope I didn’t give away your secret Kasey!)  Anyway, everyone stamped their fingerprint on the tree and signed it.  Great idea for guest book, and it turned out wonderful.  

The reception went very well.  Again, it was so nice and beautiful outside.  The tables were cute.  The center pieces were pictures of both Kasey and Jake's families wedding pictures.  One table had Kasey parents, and another Jake's parents…and so on.  What a fun idea!  They had homemade blueberry jam made from their own blueberry bush as favors.  The food looked great and tasted even better.  They did a great job of picking out food!   Their cake was super cute!   It looked amazing, and again tasted even better.

They drove off in their Just Married Ford Mustang.  Congratulations Kasey and Jake!!!

Visiting Family

I spent the rest of the week visiting family and friends.  I got to visit with some people I haven’t seen since we moved.  It was nice to catch up.  One day I went with my Mom to work.  She is a third grade teacher and it was a lot of fun to hang out in her class for the day.  

That about sums up my week in Silverton.  It was great to spend time with everyone, but on the last day, Joe and I were both ready to head home, to our house and our kitties.