Palmer Family Reunion

This weekend we drove down to the Tri-Cities for my aunt missy's pinning ceremony/graduation celebration. My cousin Seth graduated from college as well. The theme of the party was Mardi Gras. We had a catered dinner of New Orleans cuisine and even had a live jazz band playing. My entire family was there down to cousins I haven't seen for years. The weather was great and everyone had a great time. The first picture is a reenactment of my aunts picture that showed up on the front page of the Tri-City Herald the day after graduation.











The entire Palmer clan
My aunt Missy & I


All the boy cousins

Spring Wedding & more yard work

In May Greg & I ventured over to the other side of the state for a wedding. My good friend Toni from nursing school was the lucky bride. The day was very long as we left at around 9 in the morning & didn't get home until 1am the next morning. The wedding was very small and beautiful. It overlooked the ocean. The reception was at salty's restaurant & the food was excellent. The entire wedding was beach themed down to the cake with white chocolate seashells on it.

A couple of weekends ago Greg planted four maple trees in the front yard. His parents were also there to help out. He removed the two dead trees not surviving the winter & added two more. It looks so nice. He also installed path lights leading up to the house running all the wire under the dirt & replaced the old ugly porch lights with new ones. The good thing for me was that it was my weekend to work so I slept all day while he was working outside. The temp was also in the 90s. I think he did an excellent job. The next weekend when I was off I worked in the backyard planted some flowers & started our first vegetable garden. Come August we will be dining on cucumbers, green beans, corn, carrots, & cantaloupe. I also planted sunflowers & pumpkins for fall. We are very excited to see how it turns out.