Hola blog. Did you miss me desperately? I knew you did. Wednesday after work we packed up, drove to Richland and spent the night in a cheap, pet-friendly hotel, and Thursday morning we drove the rest of the way to Boise. On Thursday my brother’s then fiancee came over to my parent’s house for dinner, and she brought some purple nail polish so I could paint my toenails the required color of purple. I waggled my freshly French manicured tips–she approved. I removed them the day after the wedding, of course. NEVER AGAIN!

Friday afternoon we all drove to the Botanical Gardens for the wedding rehearsal. Not only had I never been a bridesmaid before (only a maid of honor), I had never participated in a wedding rehearsal before. Not even my own! The Botanical Gardens in Boise are right next to the old penitentary, which makes for some interesting photos. Note the yellow foothills in the background.

The Gardens are beautiful, and the weather was absolutely gorgeous the entire time we were in Boise, a special bonus. Good-bye summer!

Pops dressed up for the rehearsal. We went through everything twice. Then we hit the freeway to go to Nampa for dinner at Stephanie’s parents’ house. The traffic was outrageous. Luckily Joshy and I had stopped at the State street Fanci Freeze on our way there (my request, of course). I only had ONE Flavor Burst ice cream cone on the trip, OH THE HUMANITY.

And of course Friday morning I went to my favorite shop, “Eyes of the World”. I found no worthy sundresses but did buy a cool glass pendant and a weird Aztec-print neon cardigan sweater that nobody else was impressed by.

More shots of the flowers will be posted later this week.

Turns out Stephanie (my brother’s new bride) and her family are all dog fiends! You know I’m easy! I think I want a golden retriever for my third dog. We’ll see.

Everything went smoothly at the dinner–pizza and cookies from Costco were scarfed, and I have zero drama to report (sorry Aunt Lisa). The next day was the beautiful wedding…that will be my next post, so stay tuned!