2008 Oregon Trip

We had so much fun on our trip to the Portland area of Oregon! The weather was amazing not too hot, not humid, and cool mornings and evenings! Such a nice break from North Carolina heat and humidity.

We got to see so many friends and had a wonderful time visiting with Chad's parents.

Friday, we had lunch with Mark and Amy, and Heather, who was at that point just days away from having her baby! Sadly Heather's husband, Micah couldn't come. Then that night we hung out with Pisey and Beka and had great time. For pictures of Heather and I click this link: Heather and Charissa .

Saturday, we had brunch with Joe and Amy. Then the wedding festivities for Travis and Eva-Lynn began with a rehearsal at Champoeg Park, the Robert Newell House. It was beautiful and so much fun. That evening I hung out with Eva-Lynn and the other bridesmaids. Chad got to spend time with our friend, Steve.

Sunday, was the wedding. On the way to the wedding site we realized that we were driving right past Joe's house, Joe was Chad's Best Man. We decided we ahd just enough time to stop in for a few minutes! The wedding was beautiful. I loved being a part of the wedding. Eva-Lynn is one of my very closest friends, so it was awesome to see her and Travis get married. They are perfect for each other! The receiption was so fun to watch all the college friends dance like maniacs...I of course watched since I was tired and far too pregnant to dance! After the reception and everything was over we stopped by Joe's house again and hung out for a while. (In the picture I am obviously the pregnant one not jumping! And the Picture was taken by David Way.)

Monday, we went to see Batman with Steve and it is such a great movie! Chad says it tied with Ironman for him...but I think they are too different to be compared, both awesome movies. After Batman we went to Mark and Amy's apartment to have dinner and play games before the baby shower. The Shower was so fun! It was totally worth it to see my father-in-law drink water from a bottle! He actually won the game...he can suck! HAHA!

Tuesday, was the most relaxing day! We went to Lincoln City, a small town on the coast. We ate at Mo's which has my favorite clam chowder and then we went to the beach. We walked down to the water and I got in up to my ankles and decided that was cold enough. We then went and sat on some logs and just talked. It was great! We discussed all sorts of things, but a big topic was parenting...we got some great advice. We are so very blessed to have 2 sets of amazing parents who are incredibly supportive and wise! We then went back to Dundee, where we staying with Mom and Dad Burns. We ordered Papa Murphy's, which is not on the east coast! We relaxed and hung out. For Pictures of the beach trip click this link: Beach Trip.

Wednesday....began the long trek home, see previous post about Delta.

It was a great trip...just too short. We could have stayed another week at least!

The next time we go to the Pacific Northwest things will be very different because we will have our son with us! So exciting.