What a great week this has been. I wasn't able to write because we took a trip up to Portland to see my sister's daughter, Crystal, married. Logan, Hunter, Nicole, and myself got in the car Wednesday night, and we traveled up to Nicole's parents house in Lehi. We spent the night there, and then awoke early and headed to Portland. Nicole had prepared a "Happy Box" to entertain us. Every 100 to 150 miles, we opened up an envelope that had us play a game. The games were simple, like trying to find 20 license plates from different states; or trying to find the numbers 1-20 consecutively on street signs. Once we accomplished the game, we got to open the happy box. The box was stuffed with Oreos, swedish fish, Milk Duds (which were melted), and various other goodies. It helped the 13 hours on Thursday pass by. When we were in Idaho, we saw a man walking down the freeway in a suit, and a mini van parked on the side of the road, about 1/4 mile back. We stopped and gave him a ride into his town, and then we stopped at the store, and there was a homeless man. We rolled our windown down and asked him if he was hungry (he was holding a sign that said, "Will work for food"). He said, "Yeah, I guess." So, we gave him a $5 Subway card. It felt good to help, but I was a little confused why he wasn't sure if he was hungry, when he was holding a sign asking to work for food!
We arrived in Portland on Thursday night and went to dinner with the family at Chevy's Mexican resturant. Then, we went up to our room and hung out with my brother, Keith and his family for a while and then went hot tubbing. It was really enjoyable to hang with the family. On Friday we went to the Portland Temple to see my niece, Crystal, get sealed to Brandt Gibbons. There was a sweet spirit there, and it took me back to the time I was sealed to Nicole in the Jordan River temple. After the sealing, we took pictures in the rain, then we drove 3 1/2 hours to Keith's house where we stayed the night. On the way, we stopped at a waterfall in Portland and took pictures. I've included a picture of the family. It was raining the entire time, but wow was it beautiful! Saturday we helped my sister Kory with the wedding reception, and then Saturday night we went to the reception. It was beautifully decorated and quite nice.
On Sunday we woke up and went to my Keith's ward. He's the bishop, so it was fun to see him conducting. Then, we got in the car and drove 11 more hours to Nicole's parents house. Monday morning we woke up and visited Nicole's brother's grave. We then traveled for another 4 hours back home where the Weaver's had invited us to swim and have dinner and ice cream. All-in-all, it was a long 5 days, but it was worth it. Family is important, and I really felt that it was important to support my sister.
So, that was my week, lot's a driving. The boys didn't fight at all, and so it was actually a very pleasant trip.
We arrived in Portland on Thursday night and went to dinner with the family at Chevy's Mexican resturant. Then, we went up to our room and hung out with my brother, Keith and his family for a while and then went hot tubbing. It was really enjoyable to hang with the family. On Friday we went to the Portland Temple to see my niece, Crystal, get sealed to Brandt Gibbons. There was a sweet spirit there, and it took me back to the time I was sealed to Nicole in the Jordan River temple. After the sealing, we took pictures in the rain, then we drove 3 1/2 hours to Keith's house where we stayed the night. On the way, we stopped at a waterfall in Portland and took pictures. I've included a picture of the family. It was raining the entire time, but wow was it beautiful! Saturday we helped my sister Kory with the wedding reception, and then Saturday night we went to the reception. It was beautifully decorated and quite nice.
On Sunday we woke up and went to my Keith's ward. He's the bishop, so it was fun to see him conducting. Then, we got in the car and drove 11 more hours to Nicole's parents house. Monday morning we woke up and visited Nicole's brother's grave. We then traveled for another 4 hours back home where the Weaver's had invited us to swim and have dinner and ice cream. All-in-all, it was a long 5 days, but it was worth it. Family is important, and I really felt that it was important to support my sister.
So, that was my week, lot's a driving. The boys didn't fight at all, and so it was actually a very pleasant trip.
Multinomah Falls in Oregon