Brynn's Bachelorette

This past weekend, 8 of us girls set out east of the mountains to celebrate Brynn's last days as a single lady. Sarah had found us a beautiful house to rent for the weekend at Suncadia where we would take in the beautiful views and enjoy the nice weather.

Friday after work, Colleen and I made the drive over the pass. The other girls were able to head over that morning, so they were waiting for us. The house was ginormous. Huge kitchen and living room, a hot tub with an outdoor gas fire place, a grill, a garage equipped with a ping pong table and foosball, enough beds for everyone to have their own, and plenty of bathrooms for us all to get ready in. Sarah had also put together welcoming gifts for everyone that had a can of pink champagne, gummy bears, Advil, spf chapstick, and some nail polish. So cute.

We stayed at the house our first night, and had dinner in. Sarah had also planned a yummy dinner of grilled chicken kabobs with a greek salad and pitas to make your own gyro. We also watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, which just confused us. Lots of strange things going on there. Eventually we all gathered around the island in the kitchen and found ourselves playing cards and drinking games. Once things got too silly (like trying to figure out the complicated microwave to make the popcorn Mikaela happened to be carrying in her purse), we called it a night.

Colleen's art project

The next morning, we were all up early (well...9am) and decided to go for a hike. We were told about a hike that took about an hour out to the river, so we got changed and headed out. The hour hike took us about 20 minutes. Not sure who the longer time was based off of since I am not your experienced hiker, but we still had a nice walk out in the woods. Suncadia is so pretty, so that made hiking to the river that much more fun.

After our hike, we headed into Cle Elum to hit up Safeway to get some things (Colleen had a difficult time packing and forgot a few essentials). After our excursion into town, we headed back to the house for lunch. We also packed up a cooler to hit the pool at the Suncadia Lodge for the afternoon. It was a perfect day to lounge poolside, with the exception of the wind. I took a little cat nap in the sun, and again, enjoyed the gorgeous view.

loungin'

After a few hours in the sun, Colleen's poor skin was starting to fry, so her and I walked back to the house. The rest of the girls followed close behind, and it was time to get ready for a night of games, wine tasting, dinner, and dive bars.

Once we were all showered, we played a bachelorette party game. We had each bought Brynn some lingerie, and hung it all on a clothesline in the living room. Brynn had to guess who brought each one, and when she was wrong she had to take a drink. I was pretty surprised how many wrong guesses she made, but that just made the game more fun...well for us.

the bride-to-be making another wrong guess

We also started another game as we headed out for the night. Brooke had come up with a list of 60 "items" for Brynn to do...tell someone she liked their polo shirt, find someone named Ryan and ask him to marry you, buy an old man a drink...lots of stranger danger things to do, something Brynn (or me) would have a hard time doing. The rules were she had to do 4 things off the list every hour, or she'd need to put on one piece of bridal flare.

party favors for Brynn to wear

in front of our house about to head out

Our first stop was Swiftwater Cellars, the beautiful winery at Suncadia. The intention was to wine taste, but Colleen and I found a tasty cocktail to try instead. It was cucumber vodka, watermelon pucker, and soda water topped off with chopped cucumber floating in it. It was delicious. We all sat in the bar and had drinks, overlooking the valley out the window, while we waited for our dinner reservation.

photo on the patio before dinner

Once our table was ready, we headed into the main dining room. Dinner was delicious. I ended up getting a caesar salad, a flatbread white pizza with artichokes and mushrooms, and shared some asparagus with Brooke, noms. We also had a great time watching Brynn start to check things off her list.

After dinner we headed back to our house so that we could change and head out to Roslyn. We hit up the Brick, the best (or more like the only) bar in town. I've been here a few times now since cousin Jami lives out that way, and always have a blast. They had a live band playing, so that was fun. There were also a few other bachelorette and bachelor parties out for the night, I think Suncadia is becoming a popular spot for them. Not wanting to blend into the crowd, when people asked what we were celebrating, I told them it was a baby shower. With a 7-month pregnant Sarah with us, they believed it! I'm not sure if they're just gullible in Roslyn, or if that's a common occurrence out in the sticks.

The Brick!

Santa?

Brynn and Erika

Cousins - Brynn and Mikaela

Colleen and I rocking out to some Journey on stage,
 off comes the jacket to get serious

Brynn and Sarah

After a while, our (pregnant) designated driver had to call it a night and drove home. Fortunately for us, there is a shuttle that picks you up from the bar and takes you back to Suncadia. As the bar started to close, our ride arrived. We all piled into the shuttle where the seats had been replaced with bean bag chairs on the floor. The driver also thought it was fun to circle the round abouts a few times. We made it back safe and sound and had a great night.

The next morning it was time to clean up, pack up, and head home. I can easily say we all had a great weekend celebrating Brynn. Congrats to you, and goodbye to single lady days!