Um...Hi!

The guilt of not posting for over a month has gotten to me. So here it is. I don't really have a lot to report so I'm going to go back a while and tell you about my trip to Portland.

So in the end of July/begining of August Kevin and I went to Portland for his cousins wedding. It was also rather convenient that Donele lives there so we got to hang out with her. It was such a fun weekend. On Friday afternoon, when we got there, Donele took us through the gorge. Which is not an outdoor amphitheater that Dave Mathews likes to play at. That's in Seatle. This gorge was a geological gorge with lots of pretty waterfalls. Then on Friday night we went out with his cousins. For those of you who are in my family his cousins aren't like our cousins. He has 6, not 600. We had dinner then went back to the hotel and hung out in the bar. I was actually really worried about meeting his cousins but they were super nice so my worries were for nothing. On Saturday morning Donele and I went to the Saturday market. WOW! It was huge and fantastic. There were vendor stalls set up everywhere containing everything from food to homemade purses. I loved it there. Then I had to hurry back for the wedding. It was so nice. It was at a vineyard at the top of a valley. So pretty. And so hot. I forgot to mention that Portland was having record breaking temperatures while we were there (and before). So all of these activities are accompanied by buckets of sweat. Sunday morning was probably my favorite activity ... no they were all my favorite activities. On Sunday morning Kevin, Donele and I went to the largest bookstore I have ever been in. It was like from a dream, a really good dream. We actually spent about 3 hours wandering around the bookstore, and I don't know about Kevin and Donele but I didn't even see half of the store in that time. It was amazing. Plus they had used books mixed in with the new ones so if there was a book there that you wanted and they had a used copy you could get it for much cheaper. So great. I bought a few books as did Kevin. And he bought me the best reusable bag ever. It has a picture of a squirrel on it. That was our trip. Then we drove home tired and sad to be leaving.

I was so busy and so tired the whole weekend that I didn't take a lot of pictures but here is what I did get.

Here are some waterfall pictures from the gorge.

One with Kevin in front of the waterfall. Or I should say displaying the waterfall

And one with Donele in front of the waterfall.

A random but neat building at the top of a cliff.

And finally the vineyard. Technically it is the view from the vineyard, but it is pretty.

The end. More to come soon, I hope. (Like maybe some pictures of "THE WEDDING NOTEBOOK", eh, Tish.)