Spokane in 48 hours

It was a busy weekend to say the least. After three twelve hour shifts with a nagging cold, we woke up at 5:30 on Friday in order to catch our plane to Spokane. Haden's mission: photograph Nate and Courtney's wedding. My mission: help as much as possible.

Courtney and I developed our friendship through two years of nursing school together. Nate came into the picture about midway through and Haden and I became friends with both of them through small group and New Community. Haden loves shooting friends weddings, so when they asked, he couldn't say no.

We landed Friday morning, picked up our rental car, drove to Whitworth to see friends and my sister then headed back down to the South Hill to the Trepus Motel. Kerry greeted us with freshly made muddy buddies and Madden '09 for Haden. I fell asleep for a few hours and woke up not knowing where I was, and mad that Haden would wake me from such a deep, wonderful sleep. Of course forgetting the fact that the rehearsal was starting in 30 minutes.

The rehearsal was a great time for Haden to take some test shots and figure out lighting, I spent most of the time catching up with old friends. We snuck out a bit early from the rehearsal dinner to get in some hang out time with Greg and Kerry. At Beniditos we both got to indulge in two of our most favorite things: for Haden it was Boddingtion's on tap, for me it was their garlic bread sticks (can't find bread sticks like them anywhere else).

The majority of Saturday we were occupied with wedding festivities and by the end of the night we could hardly keep our eyes open. The bride and ceremony were beautiful, followed by a great reception complete with two bottles of Dead Guy for Haden (a friend's wedding reception = one of the only instances that drinking on the job is allowed). Check out Haden's blog in the next few weeks to see the finished product.

It was great to be back in Spokane for a few days; our only complaint was that we were too busy. Three months ago we were practically clawing our way out of that city, but now it's easy to see the things we miss about it, especially all of our close friends.

Congrats Nate and Courtney!