Poet's Garden Work Day

Day Four: get up, get dressed, eat breakfast, pack EVERYTHING, load up the suburban, drive to Salem, have lunch with Grandpa and Grandma Ward, divy up the kids to aunties houses, drive to Albany, stop by Coastal (like Tractor Supply, but WAY BETTER!), and arrive at Poet's Garden to help ready the grounds for the wedding! Whew! And that was just the first half of the day! When we arrived, we made the rounds, saying hellos and exchanging hugs, and for Karl and Katy, meeting many of the friends there, for the first time. ( <-- how's that for a run-on sentence!) We got to work quickly though. Katy washed windows and scrubbed terra cotta pots. Karl scrubbed the play structure and some buckets and made a makeshift easel for a sign to go on. I spent the day painting signs for the day of the wedding. The had amazing weather . . . maybe 78, and there was a slight breeze too! PERFECT! We ended the work day with a little BBQ and fellowship. There is still much to be done in preparation for the wedding on Saturday, but much was accomplished. Thanks to everyone who was there . . . Larissa, West, Mom and Dad Saemenes, Mom and Dad Dunbar, Ben and Shannon, Katy, Karl, Nick and Jessye, Linnaea, and I'm prettysure I'm missed someone, but you are great! Thanks for letting us work the day away with you!