The trip begins....we pick up Lucas and Shannon bright and early and drive them to the Seattle airport. The trip went by much quicker with good friends. Thanks guys!
We spend the first 2 nights in Portland. This is us at Dan and Amanda's house who were out of town. Thanks for the place guys!
Derek's sister, Jenn, and her husband, Richie. We babysat the kids so they could have a date.
To Bend at long last. Our first stop...Backporch Coffee Roasters (Dave's shop) where we got to experience our first coffee tasting/cupping.
Dave and Derek
beautiful
The next day was Majell's birthday.
They put me to work at Backporch. We had fun!
Dave and Majell had a little party to celebrate Majell's bday with friends. This is Chris with Dave. Chris works at the shop.
It's not a party without some alcohol :)
Just hanging out.
Everyone was supposed to bring a dessert to share. Needless to say, there were lots of leftovers.
This is our new friend Joe. Joe works at Backporch and so we spent lots of time with him every day. We love you Joe!
just the friends
bye!
The next day we went on the Deschutes Brewery tour with my dad and come family friends.
Where's my free beer?
There it is!
Ken and Cherise
Dad
My 3rd and 4th glass
they really should take you on the tour and THEN give you the beer. whoa!
Me and Dad.
This is where they bottle the beer
Christmas Eve candlelight service at my parents church
Me and my sister Annie. Should I be taking pictures in Church?
Afterwards we went out to dinner at the Pine Tavern with Annie and Tony.
us at dinner
Christmas morning!
Little sis Jodi opening some gifts
little sis Hayley
Mom and my brother Robbie
Jodi wants to be a firefighter so she was pretty excited about this shirt that Annie got her.
Yay! This is the new jacket I got Derek.
This is what Annie got me. What a weirdo! haha!
L-R: Halyey, Helen, Isabelle, Maici, Dad, Robbie
My big brother, Josh, in the far back there.
My beautiful niece, Bella.
other niece Maici
Derek got me an iPod shuffle.
I was surprised...
...and so excited!
awww...my nieces
Dad and Mom with their granddaughters
Later that night we had a gift exchange
What to pick? What to pick?
We all ended up with fun gifts!
My sister Hayley playing some Christmas songs on the Violin.
She's really good! I was impressed.
Big family game of Cranium.
The next day we went shopping. This is Derek trying to be funny at Nike. Nice coat ;)
Silly Dave and Majell. I think the long hours of work are really getting to them :)
I got to have coffee with my dear friend Kari.
The coffee roaster
work it Dave
The next day, Kari, Megan and I walked up Pilot Butte. This is Kari with her cute puppy, Pfiefer.
View of Bachelor from the top of the Butte.
me, Kari and Megs
close up shot
kind of blurry...this is at Beth Colclough's wedding
Beth and Jesse
Dave and Majell at the wedding
me and some friends at the reception
My good friend Jess who I was so excited to see that my jaw actually dropped.
Jessica and another good friend Allison
Allison and I with the beautiful bride
their first dance as husband and wife
time to leave Bend...we begin our drive to Portland. This is Mt. Hood
Mt. Hood getting closer. It was a gorgeous day.
Back in Portland we celebrate our 2nd Christmas with Derek's mom, and siblings. This is our niece Sophia.
Nephew Alex
Richie, excited to get his very own travel mug
Jennifer
Derek's brother, Jacob, in the back with his new PJ bottoms!
Sophia and her new books!
Alex with his new Little People set
This is the cute sweater we got Sophia.
I made card packs for Jennifer and Derek's mom. They loved them
Richie...ready for golfing
Our new dust buster power vac. It is a dream, we love it!
Alex likes to wear his big sisters pink boots.
Me and Alex staying up late
The next day we went out to Forrest Grove to celebrate Christmas for the 3rd time. Alex kept running in cirlces when the little santa in the background would "ho! ho! ho!". It was hilarious
precious Sophia
The tree and Derek's dad and Step moms
Present time. Sophia could hardly contain herself!
the fam
Richie and Jenn got some nice wine from Dad and Marcie
woohoo!
oh the joy! You have no idea how excited I was for this :)
Dad and Marcie with their gifts from Canada
sweet horse and carriage Sophia!
Alex got a fun new rocket from grandpa and grandma
sophia helped put it together
go Alex go!
cute stepping stone from the grandkids
The End! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
