Saturday night – Kevin and Margaret’s wedding !

Today was the big day! Kevin and Margaret (a.k.a. Marge) we’re getting married. We were so happy to be part of this wedding. Kevin and his family have been super close to us ever since he and Sam met on the school bus in third grade.

Kevin and his family were there for us so much when Sam died… And have been like family to us ever since. Kevin statue died just six weeks ago.

. Joes memory was everywhere in this gathering. . Joe had been so proud of Kevin and loved Margaret.

Even with some sadness mixed in, This was a very fun and light day… It was wonderful to be here with everyone.

It was fun catching up with folks as we gathered and set up for the party

And then… It was time for the wedding. We are gathered down hey Siri the lake… And Kevin’s good friend John stood up to officiate. He did a fabulous job

And just like that they were man and wife.… I wish them a long and healthy and happy life together. I’m a big fan of marriage… It’s worked out very well for us 🙂

Let the party begin.… There was such great food and drink and toast and talk… It was great coming together and it was great remembering those who couldn’t be here with us

That it was time for the family pictures…

We got some of our family as well

When the party really started

There were some great stories about Kevin from his past so I pulled a couple of pictures of him as a kid out for my Google photos to share

Then came the cutting of the cake the first dance and the throwing up the bouquet

Guess who caught the Boquet?

And the party went on till night…

What a fantastic day!… So happy to be with so many friends so happy to see our friends happy. Congratulations Kevin and Marge !

Nite all, nite sam

-me

Friday night – Mom and Bills birthday. Kevin and Marges rehersal cookout

Nice day with both boys here.. We got together to call and wish my mom a happy 89th birthday..      Happy birthday Ma..We love you!

Its my baby brothers 62nd birthday.. Happy birthday Billy.. We love you too !

All sorts of love in the air.. as Kevin and Marges rehearsal cookout is tonight..   but not before we had some good hang out time with the boys

Late afternoon we piled in both cars and headed down to the DAR {ark in Addison county.. It was a beautiful night for kevin and margarets  rehearsal dinner and (for some) campout

It was getting late so we helped gabe get our ten set up, then Diane and I headed home.

meanwhile on the playa  I later learned that a couple chose to get married in front of Fluffy. how cool is that ?

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

thursday night – already september

I cant believe it’s already September.. !  Max got in today, gabe’s coming late tonight. The boys are here for Kevin and Marge’s wedding.

We had a great day hanging out with Max

Meanwhile on the playa.. I got these pictures a bit later.. Here’s Fluffy out for deep playa beer delivery !

Looking forward to picking up Gabe tonight !

-nite all, nite sam

-me

Wednesday night – our 36th anniversary

It was so nice to  be home with diane to celebrate our anniversary.

This is our 36th.. I am so very grateful that DIane is in my life.. she is my love, my friend.. and on projects like fluffy, my best collaborator.

Our anniversary and burning man often overlap.. in 2016, max, gabe and I did an anniversary toast to diane with the help of the burning man webcam operator motorbike mike.   here’s what we did in 2016

Thursday night – anniversay day on the playa (delayed post)

 

Diane .. I love you so much.. thanks for being my Wif’ ! (love your ‘band)

We had a fun day.. hiked duxbury window and feasted on fresh tomato sandwiches.. exactly  the day we both wanted !

 

Later that night we watched the burning man web cam to see if we could find fluffy .. .. We ended up watching it all week.. we saw fluffy a few times.. but not much .. we didn’t really know what was happening out there.. which was both fun and crazy

 

So nice to be at home with my girl !

I love you Diane !

nite all, nite sam

-me

ps. after the fact I did get some updates from my campmates on what happened this day.. They successfully got fluffy running and got day and night passes from the DMV. I heard our fire device got great reviews from the DMV FAST (Fire Affect Safety Team) coordinators.. they even brought their lead to see our rig. He said the wished everyone did it the way we did.. That was great to hear..

I also learned that there were some  problems with the lights on the driver side. I’m still not sure why they didn’t manage to debug them.. I can tell from the pics that it wasn’t hard to fix.. From what I hear though, the lights were fine on the other side and were well received