Wedding websites

Wow, there are so many wedding websites one can register on. It is phenomenal. And slightly overwhelming. I am having fun with it. Gives me things to do since work is slow and Brian is in class more now.
First up: check out (if you are bored) http://owensandfelix.weddings.com
That will take you to some times/locations of our wedding and a few places we have registered at so far.
Second: http://www.travelersjoy.com/members/owensandfelix/
This one is another website about our honeymoon and another type of registry.
ANyway, wedding plans are definitely going now. Ceremony and reception locations have been finalized, I just have to pay the bills so we can officially use them. The ceremony will be at Cone Chapel on the Willamette University and then a reception to follow at Mission Mill Museum, right across the road! So convenient. God is providing, I just needed to be patient. His timing always, not my own.

Oregon for Christmas

How nice it was to be home for Christmas. Here is the first group shot of my sister and her family with my dad, his wife, and Brian and I. It took a lot to get us all smiling at the same time and still, Isaac (the one on my sister's lap) would not open his eyes. Stubborn, but cute!!

Monty on Christmas morning. My mom, Brian and I after opening our presents. Very fun!



Isaac at the Salem Carousel, we all went to see Santa and ride the carousel. Last, the picture below is my sister's youngest, Gwyndolyn Tallulah. She is definitely growing up too fast!! I haven't been around her at all!

Engagement Pictures!

My good friend Amanda Slagle took some awesome pictures for Brian and I. It was a nasty, wet day out, but we braved the NW weather and did it outside. Thanks a ton Amanda, these pictures couldn't be better.

Ice Storm in Oregon

While some parts of the Willamette Valley got snow, we at my mom's house near Turner, Oregon had some freezing rain on the Sunday before Christmas. It was amazing to wake up in the morning and find thick ice covering everything outside!!


It was truly an amazing sight that day. Even just standing outside listening was pretty cool. Every few minutes you could hear another tree limb or ice or whole tree falling in the area. My mom's property is a disaster.

This picture looks pretty bad for both vehicles, but luckily my mom's truck only had some damage to the canopy. But wow, what a mess to clean up. Thanks to our neighbor who came with his chain saw we could get the truck out later that evening.

Unfortunately for us...some tree limbs became way too heavy and decided to fall on my old car, the "silver bullet" as my friend Sarah and I used to call it. It served us well on many road trips. How sad to see it out of service now.

Tacky Christmas Party

Okay, so it has been a busy month and this party was a long time ago. But, I've been busy with a proposal and Christmas and travelling!! Anyway, this was a fun party. We had some fun making graham cracker houses, definitely a wide variety of what people decided to make.

Here is Christine, Karla, Miriah and Michelle with their awesome mansion of a home.