Crazy Weekends

So Brian and I have had two crazy weekends, and they're not over. Last weekend I headed to Ohio to attend my sister's college graduation (Kenyon College) and Brian skinned (skied uphill) into North Sister (one of the nearby mountains), snow camped and then skied down. Rachel's graduation was great. It was outside in front of a beautiful old building. It started out as a beautiful day and then the clouds starting slowly moving in. It rained off and on throughout the graduation and was a little on the cold side to boot, but it was beautiful and Rachel was so excited as she walked across the stage. She was grinning from ear to ear and waved out to her family right before she crossed. Then after lunch the packing began. She managed to move out of college in three and a half hours (again raining on and off). That night we had a very nice dinner to celebrate Rachel (and her boyfriend, Andrew's) graduation and grampy's 84th birthday. It was a wonderful weekend. Brian spent the weekend skiing and camping and had a great time. He said the weather was spectacular and actually pretty warm for the snow camping. Brian made an awesome little kitchen dug into the snow to hang out in. (I'll post a picture). It was nice to see each other again after the weekend. This weekend has been just as exciting and crazy, as Rachel and her boyfriend showed up late Wednesday night. We took them around Thursday and hung out. We actually brought them up to the fire lookout where our friends Joey and Shannon work to show them the lay of the land, and then down to the river. Brian and I went kayaking and they chilled on the banks. Yesterday they got to work looking for jobs and apartments in Portland. They spent six hours in the local library and Brian and I ran errands, before meeting up with our friends Deb and Justin. We all spent the evening hanging out and then headed to a concert in a nearby local amphitheater. We had planned on just listening outside the gate, but then were able to just walk in. Nobody was collecting tickets so we were a little on the sneaky side and attended a free concert. Justin and Deb left early this morning to go rock climbing, but in an hour or so my cousin Anna and her husband Rob are showing up for a long weekend. Im excited about that as I haven't seen Anna since October. We're going to have a girl cousin reunion. To add to the confusion, when Anna and Rob leave, Rachel's friend Catharine (who's spending the summer out here) and her sister Sarah (whose driving out with her and then flying home) are showing up on Monday night. We're not sure how long Catharine is going to stay with us. It's going to be at least until she finds an apartment and we're not sure how long Rachel and Andrew will be staying with us. It's turing out to be a lot of fun though. Brian's birthday is Tuesday and right now we're planning on going camping at Round Mountain where Joey and Shannon staff a lookout. Crazy, crazy, fun weekends.