Eclipse

I saw Eclipse tonight :) (happy sigh)

Every time I go into that world, I don't want to come out.  I'm sure that's not healthy, but I really don't care.  Do we really have to wait until November of next year for the next installment?!

Mammoth in June

So, I got back from Mammoth a week ago and I think I have almost settled back into my normal life in LA.  It was definitely hard to leave Mammoth for so many reasons.  It was breathtakingly beautiful-honestly, the pictures can't even capture it.  I was there from Thursday through Sunday and every ten minutes for almost the entire time I was there I would stop and say, "Wow, this is so amazing."  

I was there for my friend Katie Lee's wedding to her boyfriend since college, Trey.   Their wedding was one of the most beautiful weddings I have ever seen.  The setting was certainly a big part of that, but what was really incredible was how much Katie and Trey made their friends and family part of the event.  The actual ceremony was very personalized and included a Native American blessing of the two families.  Almost every part of the wedding, from the decorations to the music, was done by the hands of the people close to Katie and Trey and it really made the event particularly special.

Katie and Trey are definitely very blessed in the department of loved ones.  When I left LA to hop on a plane to Mammoth for the weekend, I was a little worried that I might find myself at the outskirts of the activities since I didn't really know anyone except the bride and her immediate family.  My fears evaporated before I even landed in Mammoth.  On the flight over, I met one of Katie and Trey's friends from college, who had a stopover in LA on his way to the wedding.  He was so nice, and we chatted the whole way over to Mammoth.  Upon arrival, I was greeted as though I had been part of the crew all along.  Katie and Trey's friends from college and Trey's childhood friends from Kentucky, where Katie and Trey now live, took me in immediately and I felt like I had instantly gained a whole new family.  The weekend was non-stop fun.  We roamed around Mammoth village, ran amok on the ranch, went hottubbing both on the ranch and in some natural hot springs in Mammoth, hiked, ran into glacial runoff rivers in the middle of the night, and generally had as much fun as you can have in one weekend.  I definitely think I made some connections that I will keep in touch with, and I am looking forward to visiting Katie, Trey, and some of their friends in Kentucky some time soon.