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So these past few weeks have just flown by. Terra and Ryan were married Saturday evening in a beautiful ceremony at Elk Cove Vineyards in Gaston, OR!

The excitement began on Thursday evening with the bachelor/bachelorette parties! The boys went golfing, to dinner and out to some clubs, if you know what I mean. The girls went to dinner at PF Changs first, it was very delicious I might add, and off to the party we went. Our next stop was Darcelles for their drag show. If you have never been let me tell you it was QUITE an experience. Everyone had a great time and Terra got some stage time as well. They sing and dance in many different outfits, it is quite a crack up! After this we headed out downtown stopping at the first bar we saw, Dixies. This is a country bar with all the fixins..girls dancing on the bar, a bull to ride, beer in a can, etc. :) Erin and I coerced Terra into riding the bull here, it was lots & lots of fun. She did very well, you would have thought she was a pro! Next we were off to our last stop for the night we were headed for Baracuda (a dance club) but got detoured along the way by a man bribing us with free shots at McFaddens, never one to turn down the royal treatment, we headed to McFaddens and danced our little hearts out. It was so much fun. Terra had a great time at least I hope she did. The guys evening ended sooner then the ladies...they were all "sleeping" by the time the girls got home.

Next was Friday the rehearsal dinner. The rehearsal went very smoothly. The dinner was at Grand Lodge (McMenamins) After doing a walk through at the vineyard, we headed over to the hotel for dinner. It was nice to meet the part of Ryan's family we had not yet, his grandparents and one of his aunt's and uncle's. Also one of his brothers and his sister Kristin and her husband James made it as well. We got home fairly early so we could all get a good nights rest.

The intent for Saturday was to go out to the Grand Lodge and check in early so the guys could play frisbee golf. We did make it out early, with enough time to grab a quick bite for lunch but no time for frisbee golf. We headed over to the vineyard to setup the chairs for the ceremony and the banquet room for the reception. Everything turned out beautiful. Then back to the Grand Lodge to get ready for the big event. The wedding was supposed to start at 6:00pm, however it got started just about 6:30pm. Terra was very beautiful in her dress. The evening was so much fun! It was great to be a part of such a wonderful, happy event. It was also fun to catch up with friends we hadn't seen in quite sometime! After the reception ended around 10pm we all headed back to the Grand Lodge for more relaxation time. We sat at the outside seating area for the most part, the weather was beautiful and we were in bed shortly after 1:00am. It was a great evening to say the least. We all went to breakfast Sunday morning with the married couple and off they were to the Oregon Coast for a quick honeymoon before returning to Michigan tomorrow afternoon. I will very much miss them I have seen them more over the past 2 weeks then probably the entire past 2 years. It was so great. They both got to see the babies as well.

Hope everyone is doing well. Darren's mom and stepdad headed home Sunday after helping us tremendously by watching our children off and on over the past few weeks. They will be missed very much. Darren's sister Stacy will be headed up Friday which will be so much fun. Braeden will be so excited to see her as are we. It should be a fun weekend. Kody's birthday party is Saturday afternoon and with Father's Day Sunday it should be a weakend full of excitement. We hope you all have a great rest of the week!
With Love!
Trina