"Dude, I kissed my neighbor..."

That's how it all started. They met as neighbors, after they'd purchased adjacent townhouses. One thing led to another, which eventually led to Julie texting the above message to one of her good friends and ultimately led to the wedding we attended yesterday.

We headed over to the peninsula for Nick and Julie's wedding at the Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo. We missed the ferry to Bainbridge Island (in our defense, we were there and in line to board...we realized something was wrong when we saw the ferry pulling away and we were still in line), so we ended up driving all the way around. The ferry ride is 35 minutes, the drive is 2 hours. Needless to say, we weren't exactly punctual.

You can see from the pictures that we did make it in time for the ceremony...but not in time to get a seat. We didn't want to make a spectacle of ourselves by walking across the lawn to try to find a seat, so we spent the ceremony peering through the bushes. Nonetheless, it was a lovely ceremony, Nick was very handsome, and Julie looked beautiful.

We enjoyed the rest of the evening meeting new people and catching up with old friends. It turns out Chris and Nick have a lot of mutual friends from the "old" days of Anderson Consulting, so it was a lot of fun to reconnect.

We didn't know anyone at our dinner table, but Nick promised us it would be a fun one. By the time the toasts came around, we were, in fact, the loudest and rowdiest table there. To top it off, Scott and Renee showed us pictures of their daughters and Chris was thrilled to see that he has a chance against my Asian genes. Renee is half Korean, Scott is Caucasian, and both of their daughters have blonde hair and blue eyes. They are gorgeous girls, and it made Chris' day.

After eating some cake (amazing dark chocolate mousse with cream cheese frosting) and dancing to some tunes, it was time for us to head back to the ferry. We actually caught it this time and were happy with the much shorter commute.

Now Chris is planted in front of the TV watching the US Open and rooting for Tiger. Tomorrow we'll be off to Colorado for one last trip to Durango before Chris' parents move out of the house, followed by a few days in Beaver Creek to celebrate David's 30th birthday with the whole family.

Link: View Nick & Julie wedding pictures