What can you do in Oregon?

Hey Ya’ll (I may have shown a little too much redneck with that one)!! How’ do!! (Might as well stick with the theme on this one.) Two weekends ago I flew out and met Alexis’ family. And now that Lou and I are getting married I couldn’t be more excited to be apart of her family.

The family from left to right is Mary (Mer de Norms), Elizabeth (Libby), Wyatt, Momma Kristine (Vogue Cover Model), Alexis (Lou, with awesome new bangs!) Andrew (Voldemorts #2, or Josh), and papa Ray. Their dog Donovan is quite possibly the coolest dog ever. We shared good snuggle time through two of my nights there. I’ll miss your warm cuddle Donovan! Never let the memories fade boy- just hold on to the memories! Rachael and Matt were back in Utah takin' care of lil' Jack-man.

We had an incredible time. The first day we went to North Fork. It’s a wana be Havasupai, but gorgeous non-the-less. We jumped the small cliff, dove and swan under boulders and skipped rocks. About the time that the white trash started showing up we bailed. Way fun day.

Friday I golfed with Ray, Libby, and Uncle Bobby (I kept wanting to call him Ricky-Bobby, and always had to be careful not to slip up). After golf we got fresh fruit smoothies from the farmers market










Saturday we went to the beach at Pacific City, which was bomber-good-fun. Andrew, Wyatt and I had to get some testosterone out and so we decided to race down the face of the sand hill. As the race began Andrew body checked me and then knocked Wyatt down too. It was hilarious because I didn’t even see it coming, and Wyatt looked like he was running for dear life before Andrew got him. I think the picture sequence does it more justice than I could. Wyatt and I retaliated by throwing him into the ocean. It wasn’t cold enough to balance the scales of justice, but oh well. The whole afternoon was a perfect. Latter that night we went to Josh’s Concert. He rocked a cover of the White Stripes and followed it up with a gnarly song that I kept bugging him about. The end of that song was super tight- and my favorite.

It was super fun to spend time with each of the family as we did different activities. The Baums couldn’t have been more gracious, and Lou was right about her family. I loved ‘em.