fabulous

it has been such a lovely, fun-filled few days

genevieve's bachelorette party started on Friday evening, at Bethany's house with a delicious salmon dinner, engaging conversation and lots of red wine. later we went downtown, to the VFW for karaoke, which was hilarious, especially since we brought along a cake shaped like an enormous penis ("anybody wanna see a big cock?" was what Heather said as she carried it down the street to the bar). Bebe wore her tiara, sash and bling ring (which was not all that much bigger than her actually engagement ring (that thing is amazing!)), and we ruled that place. i sang Toxic, Flashdance, and Blue Moon of Kentucky. good times, though i drank too much and felt not so good that night or the next morning.

the next day we picked Jesslyn up from the airport (she finally arrived after a harrowing day in the airport the day before), got some lunch at the GFS, and then met everyone else at my place to head out to the party house down in the B'root. Jamie drove Becca, Jesslyn and I to this place, which was south of Darby, up the West Fork of the Bitterroot. it was a pretty amazing place for all of us - a huge common room with a fireplace, an enormous dining room and great kitchen, and everyone got their own bed, which was nice. tired on pretty dresses and helped Genevieve decide on which one she should have her bridesmaids wear. had a great dinner, hilarious party games, more penis cake, and then we hung out in the hot tub (once it finally warmed up!) until we all needed to pass out from being tired. stupid daylight saving time came along and stole an hour from us, though ...

we had a leisurely morning and breakfast the next day, Genevieve decided she was gonna stay for until the next afternoon and changed her ticket (yay!), there was more hot tubbing for some of the group, and then we all headed back to Missoula in the late afternoon. a beautiful drive up the Bitterroot Valley - the weather was amazing all weekend. sushi hana for dinner with the menfolks (hank, matt and dave), where we had the most mysterious check paying mishap ever ...

today Becca and I walked to Selvedge Studio to meet the rest of the ladies and help G make fabric decisions for the wedding (I'm really excited about that store now!), then we all piled into Kiki's car to take her to the airport (6 ladies in a Subaru!) and say goodbye. then the rest of us went up to Waterworks Hill where we swooned over every dog we came along (including Sarah Cobler's Jack and her friend Erica's Maisy, who we ran into up there), and enjoyed the absolutely beautiful day. it's been completely idyllic all day - just gorgeous! then we came back downtown, and Jesslyn, Becca and I went to Betty's Divine for some awesome shopping adventures (salmon pants!). we were starting to feel hungry by then, so we went to Butterfly Herbs for lunch, and met Hank there, (and Catherine came later). Jesslyn and I got milkshakes - yummy. then Jesslyn and Catherine had to leave so they could get ready for Rasa's yoga class and Hank, Becca and I came home. now we're chatting about life and books and school and enjoying the late evening sunshine.

so, I just wanted to chronicle these events, because it was just lovely spending time with all these amazing women who I really appreciate ... so thanks, world, for making this happening for me. :)