We drove up to Portland and arrived there on Aug 6th. (Phil's birthday) Thursday was the rehearsal. That went well and then we were off to downtown Portland to go on a paddle boat cruise for dinner. It was a beautiful evening, cool after a fairly warm day. Dinner was great. The next day, there were things that Phil & Jenny needed to be at so we spent the day entertaining Ryan (tough job...ha). When we woke up Saturday morning I looked out and it had been raining. I don't think there was a plan B for the wedding, it was to be outside. As the morning went on, it began to clear and by wedding time it was absolutely perfect. God is good!
Vicki (Vanessa's mom) walked Vanessa down the isle as the string quartet played.
Don took over at that time to preform the ceremony. There was some good story telling, but also some great words of commitment. They took communion while the string quartet played. I liked my front row seat, good for pictures.
So from there they were pronounced man & wife and we moved on to the reception. Here is a video of some of the words shared....leave it to Phil to be a good MC...he did great at our wedding.
Clinking of the glasses produced a kiss....can you believe I was the one to start this??
This is a view from the house looking at the reception. Check the hydrangeas....Heather, eat you heart out....wouldn't I love this yard.
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This was a garden room in the house. They had cupcakes instead of cake. They were stacked on a fun wrack. There was no smashed cake in the face either...they were so good!
The house & the gardens of this home (The McLean House, West Linn, OR) were beautiful. This was near the gazebo where they were married. They were taking pictures and I told Vanessa to get on the rock. I think they really had fun on their special day.
Photo opp
There was a DJ and some dancing.
The garter toss. Not sure of the name of the young man that caught it.
My "great" niece Jacquelyn was the lucky one to catch the bouquet.
Now it was time to leave.
Happy life, my dear kids!!!
"The beginning" not "The End"
We were all at Sweet Tomatoes before the kids evening out. The Matron of honor got this get up for Doug. He wore it all evening. As you can image, the crown added 6 inches to the already 6'8".
Had to have a picture in front of the hydrandeas
Sunday we went over to Vicki's house where she & her family put on a great brunch spread and Doug & Vanessa opened gifts. We left about noon along with Velora & Ed (my sister) and drove over to the Oregon coast. We drove to Tillamook and toured the cheese factory. After seeing that, eating some of their Delicious ice cream we traveled down the coast. Velora & Ed were in their own car. It was their anniversary (52) so we stopped at a waterfront hotel and had a lovely dinner to celebrate their big day. The next day we decided to do our own thing since we had different times that we needed to be home. We spent one more night on the road and arrived home around 9pm on Tues evening.
I think one of the funniest things that happened on the way was that we get this phone call from Phil while we were having this nice anniversary dinner with Velora & Ed. He's calling from our house. He sounded tense to say the least. He's saying "can you hear that, the house alarm is going off and the neighbor had called the police". You see, their car was here while they were gone and they were picking it up. Well the neighbor didn't see a car outside, because they had been dropped off by friends.
Sometimes it's hard to see in our garage at night (letting Phil off the hook here) so he punched the code in but didn't press the enter key (on/off). As soon as the door to the house was opened the alarm went off. I didn't believe him since he is always joking around. Finally I told him what to do and he got it switched off. By that time the police were here. When he looked at who was "breaking in" he believed the story and left. We have some great memories from this wonderful occasion.
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Beth~
It was so great to see you and Don at the wedding! It was a great couple of days. The pictures were fantastic, especially the one with D and V sitting on the bench, their backs to you. I love the quiet shots when no one should be looking! Also, I am so glad that you ate the ice cream at Tillamook Cheese Factory! It was one of the highlights of my summers as a kid! Hope to see you soon and God bless!
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