Thanksgiving in Oregon

Sunday, November 29-Last Monday we finished all the invitations and Andrew worte the names in Calligraphy with his pen from the Calligraphy class he took in Middle School. Haha! That night we saw Andrew's cousin in a high school production of Aida. That brought back good memories and it was fun to be with Andrew's family and extended family. We attended Meredith's choir concert. Tuesday we got up and lef at 6 AM to go to Oregon for the Thanksgiving break. We drove 13 hours and hit some icy paths but arrived safely. Joy was impressed by Andrew's height and how handsome he is in person. Wednesday Quin did tons of free dental stuff for us. We got our teeth cleaned and he fixed up a cavity for me. We both got chairside whitening and sat for an hour with a crazy magical crystal glowing on our teeth. After giving us trays for whitening, our teeth are gonna look fabulous on our wedding day. It was so generous of Quin. It was cool to see him in dentist mode and at work. Their home is really cool even though they felt it wasn't presentable. They have fixed it up so much and cleared out so much land. What hard workers. We all shared one bathroom. Yeah! We watched movies every night including Twilight so that Andrew could be prepared for our date to see New Moon. Thanksgiving morning we shot shotguns and handguns on some property of a friend of Quins. Andrew loved it and Meredith connected with her inner FBI agent. It was so fun to shoot and Quin's friend Dave was so generous with his ammo and time showing us how to use the guns. Andrew shot a semi-automatic and it was really sexy. I had to pee in the woods:( Oregon was so pretty with the fog, cold, trees, and mountains. I think you just need a positive attitude in dark places. We ate a wonderful meal consisting of Turkey, stuffing, acorn quash with cinnamon and sausage, and biscuits. We talked about Joy and Quin's courting and early marriage as well as our own (minus the early marriage stage). They enjoyed getting to know Andrew and love him. Friday we took a super cool trip to a state park in California where we saw amazing giant Redwood trees. Meredith was taking tons of pictures with her new camera and the forest was just old and gorgeous. The kids were adorable. Noelle played drawing games with us and Tian is just so sensitive and sweet. Joy and Quin fed us the whole time and took such good care of us. It was a wonderful vacation and totally worth the long drive. I love vacations because I don't worry about any other obligations and I can focus all my attention on Andrew. He is my favorite person and knows me so well. He would do anything to make me feel comfortable and happy. If I every feel unhappy, just being with him makes everything all better.