Oregon

Yes, I went to Oregon last week for my roommate, Jamie's wedding. It was very fun. We drove all night last Wednesday and arrived in Salem (near Portland) at about 10:30 Thursday morning.

That evening, everyone went to Sizzler's for the "rehearsal dinner." There really wasn't any rehearsing done, of course, we just ate food and enjoyed good company.

After Sizzler's, we all headed over to Jamie's house for homemade ice cream made in a John Deere ice cream maker. This thing was way cool. It had its own full-size power generator attached to it and man, was it loud! The ice cream was most delicious!

Here's me and Lindsay and Eva, "hanging out" on the backyard swing.

Me and Amanda and Eva in the kitchen. I don't think Amanda ever realized that I was making bunny ears behind her.

The wedding the next day was great. No rain, but it was slight windy and overcast. I felt like I was back in Alabama with all the moisture in the air! Here's some more pictures from outside the Portland Temple.


Me, Lindsay, Jamie (so pretty!), Eva, and Amanda.

Here we are, beating up Merrill for stealing our roommate away from us!

Lindsay and I are so weird!

We're such strong women!

For lunch, Lindsay's mom treated us to the Cheesecake Factory. Never have I tasted such sweet yummy goodness! I had the Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake. It was heaven!

The reception was held back in Salem at Jamie's home ward church building. She had chocolate wedding cake with white frosting. It can be done, Mom!

Here are Jamie and Merrill, cutting the cake! So cute! Note the chocolate wedding cake to the right! Of course, there is some white cake to the left, too.

Eva, Amanda, and I left right after the reception and drove all the way back to Provo that night. I slept most of the way.

I'd never been to Oregon, so I'm excited that I got to go to the wedding. It was way fun!