Finally, our trip to North Bend

We started off our big trip to North Bend, Oregon by waking up at 4:30 on Thursday morning after a whopping 4 hours of sleep, which was awful coming off of our 2 day packing frenzy. We were tired and anxious all at the same time. After about 8 hours we hopped on a little puddle jumper from Portland to North Bend which was less then an hour flight. We were lucky though because our pilot decided that since it was so nice and clear outside we would fly up the coast and we flew the whole time right over where the pacific met the land. It was Route 101 in the air basically so it was amazing, especially since I haven’t seen the ocean like that in almost 4 years.

Once we landed in the airport we though we would have some time before meeting our hosts who we would be staying with, but as we go off the plane (that we had to walk outside to get off) we realized we were delivered straight to our hosts without so much as a potty break and makeup fix. The couple we were staying with was an elder and his wife and after dropping our stuff off at home and a brief relax time we went to dinner at a seafood restaurant to meet a family who wouldn’t be there for the rest of the weekend as well as an elder who wouldn’t be there and his wife. After dinner some of our hosts family came over and we stayed awake and congenial a long as possible.

Friday consisted of a tour of the town and then lunch with the preacher and his wife at the Casino which we found pretty funny, but the restaurant did have a great view of the river. That night we had a pizza party at the church which was our chance to meet all of the youth who all seemed rather nice.

Saturday was our day to tour the town a bit on our own and go to the beach for a BBQ with the youth and their parents. It was a gourgeous day once the sun came out and we had fun getting to know the people and enjoying the beach. Carter got a group of people to go with him to the top of a rock that he was dying to climb and had a great time. Saturday night was our formal interview that we got dressed up and were questioned by the elders, their wives, and the preacher. It really wasn’t as bad as we thought it would be and Carter did most of the work, we both felt very confident about it.

That is Carter on top of the rock (above)

Sunday morning was Carter’s time to shine as he taught the morning bible class, and then he also preached the morning sermon. He did a really great job and I was probably more nervous then him because I’ve never seen him do anything like this before. Everybody loved his sermon and we met many more people after church. We went to lunch with a group and then after lunch we were offered the position although we did not accept right away because we still didn’t know what we wanted to do and we wanted to give Olympia a chance as well.

Sunday Afternoon we took off from people because we were starting to become overwhelmed so we went to this cute little town called Bandon which is on the water and has lots of little fun shops that we enjoyed. After Sunday night church we went to ice cream with some people and went to see The Incredible Hulk.

Monday we went to breakfast with the preacher, Norm, and then headed to the airport for our 8 hour flight. It was an exhausting 5 days for sure!!

Update Coming Soon

We got back safe and sound from north bend, and now we're off to our next trip. Big post coming soon!!

D is for Dog

We still don't have one...


This post was contributed by Carter

C is for Cutie Patootie (spell check please!!)

This little Cutie is Ryan Little, my friends little baby boy. Carter and I have had the pleasure of babysitting him twice in the past few weeks and the last time I watched him for about 7 hours which was a lot of fun while his mommy was studying for a test the next day. We had a lot of fun even though he slept for 3 hours straight. It was funny because Carter kept wanting him to wake up so he could play with him before he had to go to work. Carter is suprisingly very good with little kids despite the fact that he says he doesn't like them. It is also a lot of fun to play with Ryan and then send him home to his mom so we don't have to deal with him when he's grouchy and doesn't sleep. It's also a good taste of parenthood for us and helps remind us that we're not quite ready for it yet.