Ben and Katie's Wedding!

The main reason we went down to California was for Ben and Katie's wedding. They got married on 08-08-08, so we went down a couple days before to hang out with them in Santa Cruz. We picked up a good friend from the air port who was a groomsman in the wedding as well as one of Evan's best men in our wedding! The rehearsal dinner was on the beach with a fire, hot dogs, and smores! The wedding was so beautiful and we loved it!

 

A collage of the wedding pictures!

 

Katie's Bachelorette

I wanted to blog about our most recent summer trip, which was to Cali for Ben and Katie's wedding. We were down for a week and half, and the first weekend we spent at their bachelor and bachelorette parties! For the guys, they went camping in the Tahoe area and were not prepared at all for the 10 mile, 2000ft. climb they endured! Most guys were in flip flops and ended their hour long trek exhausted and blistered. All they wanted was to not sleep on the hard ground, but to their avail, one of Ben's friends' time share was completely booked. So they ate at a snooty restaurant, and then enjoyed the rest of their time around a camp fire. Evan said they had a great time, despite the pain and exhaustion.

For Katie's bachelorette party we went to the Elephant Bar restaurant in Sacramento and had a great time. She was decked out in bachelorette decorations! Below are some fun pictures from the night!

 

 

 

 

One Year Anniversary

Yesterday was August 18, 2008, exactly one year after Evan and I got married. We didn't have the top tier of our cake to eat because I didn't think that it would taste very good a year later! However, we did get to sleep in for the first time in a long time. Evan woke me up and told me to close my eyes. When I opened them there was the cutest stuffed animal panda in front of me with a jewelry box tied to him. Inside the box was a beautiful white gold necklace with 1 diamond for our 1 year anniversary! I was so surprised and so happy! We got up and made a yummy breakfast with a frittata, home-made parfaits, and a Veuve Clicquot Champagne that we've been saving for a year to drink! It was thundering, smoky, rainy, hailing day in Bend, so we stayed inside, watched the Olympics and a movie for most of the day. For dinner, we got dressed up and went to Blacksmith, a great restaurant in Bend. We brought a 2002 Silver Oak Cabernet, for those who know, it is a very nice and expensive wine that we laid down to open on our 1 year anniversary! To sum it up, we had a great first year of marriage and can't wait for the next decades of marriage!
Here are some pictures from our day!

Back in Bend from Cali

Evan and I returned to Bend yesterday after a fun filled, eventful and exhausting vacation. It was a wonderful trip in that we got to see all of our friends, all of my family and celebrate Ben and Katie's wedding! The only downside was that we got very little sleep and saw so many people that we were in a different place almost every night it seemed. We had an amazing time, and I will post pictures and more details later.