This is a different view...

I recently had one of the best weekends ever.  You know when you have such a great time you're still smiling a few days later?  That was the kind of weekend I had in Colorado.  My high school friend Kate got married to the male version of herself in Crested Butte.  I drove to Denver a few days early to go to Ikea spend time with my friend Libbi.  We went to Ikea, ate and drank yummy things, and spent time with her adorable little girl Linnea, who is 6 days older than Nola!

My sister and her friend Morgan flew in to Denver Thursday night.  I picked them up Friday morning and we made the 5 hour drive to Crested Butte.  I think it was a life-changing drive for Morgan.  Sara and I might be too much for most people to handle, especially for 5 hours in a car.  Let's just say there was a lot of harmonizing and inappropriate stories.

We got settled into the house we were renting for the weekend just as our high school friend Sarah and her husband David arrived.  Then we headed into town for dinner.  We found an amazing pizza place.  They had all kinds of crazy pizzas, like the Big Mac.  My favorite was the one with french fries, cheese, bacon and sour cream- basically potato skins on a pizza. YUMMMM

Morgan loves me?!?

After dinner we met up with the bride and groom for some drinks then went back to the house.  The rest of our crew were a few miles away so I stayed up to let them in.  They were coming from Andover and apparently an 11 hour drive makes a person crave tequila.  So, while the AHS people were sleeping, the ACHS people went drinking (our high school split, so we all went to school together until   our junior year and then the more awesome people some of us went to the new school).

Go Jags!

We woke up Saturday ready for some wedding fun!  First we stopped for breakfast where I ordered the biggest pancake I've ever seen.  They told me that only 3 people had ever finished it.  I was not one of them.

Then we did some shopping.  Did you know bears sometimes roam around Crested Butte?  According to an internet article I skimmed, there was a "swarm" of bears there in 2009, and a few of them broke into houses and were like, "what up?"  There was instructions at the house on what to do if we ran into one.  Everybody thought I was scared about the bears, but I wasn't.  I just felt like no one else was taking it seriously so I was cautious enough for all of us.  Anyway, I only saw one bear.

It was stuffed and wearing a tiara.  

After some shopping and our bear sighting it was time for the wedding!  Here is the high school gang all dressed up!

The wedding was on top of a mountain!  We got bused there which was nice because the Kia did NOT like the altitude.  Unfortunately, we picked the wrong van because our driver got lost and we ended up going up, down and then back up the mountain.  

When we finally made it we were blown away.  It was such an amazing place to get married!  The weather was perfect- the sun came out just as the bride was coming down the aisle.  

The happy couple.

The ACHS crew

After the ceremony we had drinks and appetizers under a tent next to the ceremony site.  Then we were bused back down the mountain to the reception site, which was at an ice rink!  As we walked in waiters handed us drinks and walked around with more appetizers.  So fancy! 

The food was AMAZING and so was the live band!  We had so much fun dancing and singing along.  

Remember that pancake?  I packed it in my purse incase anyone got hungry.  Morgan snacked on it but left it at the table.  It makes me laugh to think that someone found a gigantic pancake on the table when they were cleaning up.

This picture pretty much sums up their relationship.

After the reception we were bused to a bar where there were drinking games and s'mores.  Those hit the spot!

My favorite picture from the weekend.  Twins!

Like I said before, I'm still smiling just thinking about last weekend.  It was so great to spend time with these amazing people. I love that we have all gone our own ways but can still come together and laugh a lot.  It didn't hurt to be in a beautiful place celebrating such a fun couple.  Congrats Bill and Kate!