U.S. Army Spc. Patrick Intorre, right, and Janai Roberts kiss directly following their wedding ceremony while Shanna McMahon, left, and Zach Braun offer protection from the rain, in front of the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory at Wright Park in Tacoma, October 11, 2011. The couple selected Tuesday to wed since they consider eleven their lucky number. Pierce County District Court Judge Pat O’Malley, who officiated their marriage, selected the location after the couple were denied a mid-day marriage time by other judges. Intorre’s work schedule wouldn’t accommodate 4pm–when courtrooms are available for marriages. Without a courtroom O’Malley offered to conduct the brief ceremony at noon under a tree at Wright Park. And to make sure everyone found the same tree he suggested meeting in front of the Conservatory.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer)

Samantha Caron, 4, determinedly sets out across the monkey bars while a deer, background, munches on leaves at Old Town Park, in Tacoma, July 11, 2011. The deer’s appearance initially attracted park-goers attention but soon both species went about their own business. And Samantha joyously succeeded in achieving her long-time goal of crossing all the bars.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer)

Fire spinners Jacob Jung, foreground, and Tai Rae, of Vashon Island, practice their moves with double staffs on Ruston Way, in Tacoma, July 6, 2011. The pair spent time on the waterfront before Jung boarded the train to visit family in Oregon.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer)

(TOP PHOTO) Whittier Elementary School kindergarteners Violet Egan and Hannah Buehler, from left, are cheered on by their teacher Lori Gallo, right, during the school’s annual field day, in Fircrest, June 3, 2011. (LOWER PHOTO) Between gunny-sack races third-grader Jason Patterson stretches out and protects his eyes from the sun. The filtered light he said gave him the sensation of being at the ocean. Students rotated through 19 activity stations. “We’re lucky today. We didn’t get to do this last year. It was miserable weather. It rained,” exclaimed fourth grade teacher Maryetta Alberts.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer)