I'm about to move into my second year of college, the dorms are 10-20 minutes from home.

I went on a trip to visit my friend in oregon, to get away from it all, I've been getting stressed out from stuff.

We visited mount saint helens, an awesome mountain, I got all sorts of pictures, I hiked around it for 2 hours, then turned back when the rain hit, with no supplies and no idea how long or far I was going, it was fun.

So My mom and dad say they went by mount saint helens after their wedding, they flew by it, and they were in a plane.
I remember my dad telling me stories about how when it went off, he could pick up like 5 inches of white ash from idaho, where he lived. Hearing this story for years sparks my interest in it for many a year, but I never really considered visiting it, I've never been to the Northwest really. (Southern california city boy more or less)

While in oregon my friend's dad mentions mt st helens and I say I'd like to visit it while I'm there. we visit, yada yada yada (it was amazing, but that's not what the story's about)

So my mom and I can't find the mt st helens pictures after her and my dad's wedding, but I skim through old wedding pictures which I doubt I have ever seen.

I see things I'd never expect, all my uncles and aunts at roughly my age, a scary thought, since they've always been older than me. But that doesn't get to me all that much. What gets to me is the picture of my 4 grandparents and my parents on their wedding day.

My grandfather on my mother's side was apparently someone she did not like, I've heard how he had been a tad abusive, and my mom wanted to keep away from him after she got married. I saw him once as a baby...and he died from...well I'm not sure what. Cancer?
My grandmother on my mother's side I remember vaguely, I was a child when she died, and I mostly remember she was very kind and nice, but it's mostly images of her, and her house in the winter that I can remember.

My grandfather on my father's side passed away about 5-10 years ago. I didn't get to see him that last time, because my parents thought it might be too scary for me. I was kinda mad about that. I only remember what my parents tell me about him and what vague things I remember about him. I remember small things like seeing batman with him, and the fact that he smoked...but not alot else. He was apparently a comedian, I remember looking up to him alot.

My grandmother on my father's side is still alive, she lives in the house my dad grew up in, and I see her from time to time, once every year or two. WHen I'm there we talk a little about what's going on with me, but she usually talks to my dad.

This picture was like almost overwhelming, I have never seen them all together. Usually a picure of one of them or two of my 4 grandparents is interesting, because I didn't know most of them, but this picture is like...wow. my parents getting married and my 4 grandparents. It's a crazy thing to comprehend. I've hardly had a "grandparents" experience, and I'm probably going to scan this into my computer once I get to the dorm and set everything up.

Anyway...I felt like blurting that out.

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