Summerfest on the Rio

This is the weekend of Summerfest on the Rio in Alamosa. Cole Park is filled with craft & food vendors and everyone comes to enjoy the sunshine. It is usually very windy for Summerfest and Bill purchased an EZ-UP specifically for this event, in the hopes that it would hold up better than the tarp cover he's used in the past. Wind was not an issue this year...instead, we've had record breaking heat! 94 degrees, to be exact! It's crazy to think that a week ago, we were having freeze warnings and, today, we broke a 64-year-old high temperature record!

Bill & Jamie camped out at the park both nights and although sales were down, Bill had a great time. He has fun visiting with everyone.

Mom and I went in on Saturday morning, took them breakfast and walked around to see all of the booths. She left for Rio Rancho afterward. I went home for a few hours but came back in to see Bits N Pieces perform. They always put on a good show with good ol' classic rock & roll. Saturday's temperature only got to 90 and it clouded up and started raining in the early evening. Just in time to cool things down for the night and in time for Bill to close up shop so we could make an appearance at the LeDonne's BBQ.

I stayed home today and crashed! It was hot but I managed to stay comfortable inside the house with fans going. My fibromyalgia & I are secretly enjoying the warmth!

Twenty Four Years!!

We decided to stay an extra night in Salt Lake City and drive straight through to Alamosa. On Monday morning, May 31, we said our good-byes to Bill's mom and then met the Goodier's at Einstein Brother's for breakfast. They were all headed to Creekside Park for another round of Frisbee golf. Jamie really wanted to play so we let him go with Scott & Corrie while Bill & I walked across the parking lot to Starbucks to share a quiet anniversary moment. Wow!! Twenty-four years!!

We picked Jamie up and started on our 9 1/2 hour journey. We were unsuccessful in attempts to meet with our niece, Cristina, so we did stop at Sofa Mart in Draper to see Brad and drop off the box of books & CD's we brought for baby Lauren.
The trip home was not too bad. We stopped in Grand Junction and had lunch at Qdoba and again in Gunnison at McD's for ice cream. We were all glad to be home and Jamie was happy to see Ginger & Bronco.

Scott & Corrie's Wedding Day

The big day...finally!

The weather was perfect! It was cloudy, breezy & raining a little for the rehearsal and even on Saturday morning but by 2:00, the sun was out and it was beautiful.

Jamie was sooooo handsome!! The other men in their tuxedo's and the bridesmaids looked pretty good too. Corrie looked like she stepped out of a bridal magazine...so amazingly beautiful!

I'm only posting a few photos but all 409 of them are on my Flickr site.

Scott & Jamie

the Goodier men & Jamie

the groom & the preacher (also the groom's dad)

two of the better men & man of honor

Jamie & the bridesmaids

the beautiful bride & her dad

celtic hand binding ceremony

the kiss!

Mr. & Mrs. Goodier

can you tell that everyone is barefoot? awesome!

Scott & Bev

dinner buffet line

most amazing chocolate fondue fountain!

champagne toast

the cake

cutting the cake

bride & groom's first dance

with a little bit of M.C. Hammer in the middle!

Jamie was exhausted and also a little tired of posing for pictures!!

I had fun taking photos and figured out (ok, I already knew) that I need a larger SD card for my camera. I have a 4G SDHC card that I used in my Canon but, for some reason, my new camera won't read or write to it... and it should. I think I just need to format it but, since it won't read in my camera, I can't format it. (I did try formatting it on the computer and it did format but still not recognized by my camera.) So, I was using my 1G card and had to upload to my laptop after the ceremony so that I could take more photos at the reception.