Wedding Day!

Our summer travels were all centered around one event in one place and one day.  While we traipsed across Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California--our real destination was always Oregon. And our timing was always determined by this special day. It's the wedding day of our son, Blake, and his bride, Jamie. We were honored to be there for "the first look" photos on this special day.

Right after that photo was taken, we saw that we were sharing the woods with a doe and her little spotted fawn. That seems to be a good omen!

We also spent that special day with a special ring bearer, who loved her new dress and first high heels.

While more pictures of the bride and groom were taken in the shadow of Mount Hood, we spent our morning with the bride's mother and sister decorating for the wedding and reception. The forest provided a beautiful back drop, and it also provided some of the decorations for the tables. We cut ferns, Queen Anne's lace, and picked up pine cones for the tables.

Right before the wedding, it was time to get the groom's boutonnière attached to his new suit jacket.

Every wedding needs a few hiccups, just so you have good stories to tell years later. One of the hiccups was that the local bakery forgot to bake the wedding cake that was ordered months ago. When the bride called to confirm when they were delivering the cake, there was a long pause on the other end of the phone. Then they started baking. It wasn't exactly what they had ordered, and it was late, but we did have wedding cake.

Our granddaughter, Carter, was glad to find out there were two ring bearers. They became good friends before the day was over.

It was fun to have all our kids in one picture. Our other son and daughter-in-law joined the bride and groom in this photograph.

We were blessed with perfect temperatures for this August wedding. We were also blessed with blue skies, since we didn't have any wild fires in this area.

We were so very happy for this special couple, so it was a blessed day in many ways.

After the wedding and the meal, we had some dancing on our forest dance floor. We planned our summer travel around this place and this day, and it was so worth it! Happy wedding day!