Ashley and Cal's wedding

On January 10 we flew to Portland first thing in the morning to attend the sealing of Ashley and Cal. We took Nate with us as he had a basketball game that Friday. Since we were going to stay only one night we just brought some carry on luggage.

We got to Portland and as we were walking to the car rental saw Bill Walton of the Portland Trailblazer fame. We did not take a picture since I would have intimidated him. We then drove over to the motel everyone was staying at. It was then time to head over to the Portland temple for the sealing.

After the sealing we waited outside for the happy couple to come out and be greeted by everyone and have pictures taken.

 We then did a few pictures of our own. 

There were a few hours before the wedding dinner so we decided to drive over to Maltnomah Falls at the entrance to the Columbia River Gorge. It was misty with off and on rain.

Of course everyone else was there in rain coats and casual and we were in suit and dresses just having come from the wedding and still going to the dinner, but those people will never see us again.

It was then time to head head over to the dinner in Oregon City. The dinner was at Museum of Oregon  History and overlooked Willamette Falls.

At the dinner table Maddie and Dad worked on their wedding smile faces.They still have a ways to go.

 We then returned back to the hotel which was near the temple and  took this night picture. The fresh smell of the evergreens and the bark is a smell that is so good, especially when it is winter and you don't have those smells at home.

The next morning we were up and off to the airport. We stayed a little longer at the airport however as our plane had problems and so they brought in a smaller plane. They asked for volunteers to give up their seats so we did since we had no time frame to get home that day. It turned out to be a good deal as we got a free meal out of it and $300 a person air voucher for a future trip. We took this picture of this massive wood clock cut out on one tree trunk in the center part of the airport which symbolizes all things Oregon. You notice Shannon is in a wheel chair as she had hurt her foot playing soccer a few days ago and had to wear a boot brace.