Our wonderfully long weekend

Q. What's a girl to do after tax day when her husband is a tax accountant?
A. Get out of town for a long weekend!

Thanks for getting married, Stephanie! It was perfect timing for us and the perfect excuse to get down to Oregon and hang out with family and friends. We left on Thursday and stayed in a hotel outside of Portland just for fun. The boys enjoyed the pool:Then we went to this beautiful wedding at the Portland temple of the Jolley's long-time family friend and neighbor, Stephanie. It doesn't get much better than attending a sealing in the temple; it's such a powerful spiritual experience.The other great thing about this trip is that we got to hang out with a lot of family too! Darren's sisters came from Idaho and Nevada for the wedding. Here's my boys with their cute cousin, Easton. The boys loved walking around the ledge of the fountain, making their mothers very nervous.Check out game night at the Jolley house. These guys are serious Scrabble players and I was honored to play with and also lose really badly to them.Joseph is a Scrabble player in training.We visited the Saturday Market in downtown Eugene where you can see a lot of hippies, buy their art and a lot of yummy food, too. Isn't my sis-in-law, Emily, an adorable pregnant woman?We left for home on Sunday, but our extended weekend wasn't over yet. On Monday, my cousin, Terri and her family trekked out of the mountains where they live to spend the day in the city. And I'm so glad she called so we could hang out. We spent the afternoon at Alki Beach while our kids played hard.Konnor and Joseph were fast friends and were obviously way too busy to look up for the camera.Sigh. Now I'm refreshed and ready to dive back into normal life.