Road Trip: Portland, OR

Last weekend we went on a road trip to Portland, Oregon. It was Evy's first trip out-of-state and we drove over 1,500 miles. She was a great sport! Josh drove, by the way, not Evy.

Josh's cousin Shannon and her husband Greg were married in Portland on Feb. 27th.
Here we are with Shannon, the lovely bride.

Greg got Shannon's ring in Australia.

Greg and Shannon were married in this romantic, cozy, candlelit library. Check out the amazing ceiling, woodwork, and fireplace!

Evy spent some social time with her aunts and uncles and grandparents. And we all enjoyed the delicious food!

Here's Evy with cousins Shannon, and Jessica.

She had her first dance with Daddy.

She even rocked out a bit with Grandpa.

We had some time to do a bit of sight seeing in Portland too. Here we are in the garden of the Pittock Mansion. The weather was perfect!

We enjoyed being outside and exploring the grounds of the mansion.

Isn't this amazing?! I've always wanted to use a picture like this on one of our Christmas cards and have the caption read, "Merry Christmas from our home to your's"

Grandpa was trying to get Evy's attention to take this picture so we suggested he make some animal sounds (which made us laugh).

It was chilly, so to keep Evy warm I wore her in the Moby wrap inside my coat.

We had a good snuggle.

We especially like all the bridges in Portland. Here's a nice view of one from our hotel's parking lot (and I think it's over the Willamette River). Notice Evy is more interested in the view than the camera.

On our way home, we stopped by Aunt Joanne's (the Mother of the Bride). It was special for her and Evy to meet after she'd prayed for Evy.

And here was one of the HIGHlights (pun intended) of the trip: Mt. Shasta! I have to add, this was the view on the way home. On the way there we could hardly see 100 feet in front of us because we had rain, sleet, and snow! But God protected us and we had a WONDERFUL trip.