Finally!

hello patient blog followers. i'm finally back to show you all pictures of my fabulous valentines weekend. i was so blessed to have two of my dearest highschool friends come and visit me over that weekend. by no means is this all the pictures that we took last weekend, but it is a glimpse of all the fun had. i will try and keep my comments to a minimum so you can make it through all the pictures!
both girls got into town on Friday evening so that night was spent chilling at the apartment and catching up with each other.

I was so excited to show them everything that Portland/Oregon had to offer that we spent much of our weekend just like this! (Sarah had never been to Oregon before!)

this is our amazing breakfast that Brandon made for us on Saturday morning before the festivities began. notice the heart-shaped pancakes :) i have the greatest husband.

our first stop on Saturday morning: Cannon Beach. It's the most beautiful/famous beach on the coast.





classic

it was really cold, ok

shortly after this photo it started raining on us so we headed into town to find something to eat.



after that first 5 min. rain, we had the most beautiful day ever to explore the coast. here we are at Hug Point.

sarah has no body-heating-system :)

doing the happy dance!!!!!




our third stop/attempt to try and find a cool place to hike.



So sarah decides to jump that stone wall and find her own trail....luckily it did end up being some sort of overgrown trail. I tried to be supportive. Emily's face says it all! As you can see by my face in the following pics, i'm not really the "blaze your own trail" type of person :)




but look at the view that we found. soooo worth it!

that night when we got back from our adventures, we relaxed and ate fondue to our hearts content. what an awesome v-day!


the next day (sunday) we went to church, at lunch and then headed downtown on the Max (lightrail). here we are at our daily Starbucks stop :)

we walked all over and saw Powell's Books, REI, and the cutest little cupcake shop. here is what we got :)

Alright, so our third and last day was spent in the Columbia Gorge. It was insanely windy!!! literally, we were about to fall over taking this picture!


Multnomah Falls



Missing our Joanna!!!!!!!!! and laughing at ourselves because people are looking at us funny while we take this picture.

all of us at the falls. After this we drove back into Portland, relaxed as we got pedicures (Brandon's v-day present to all of us!) ate some lunch and said our goodbyes. it was an amazing weekend that i will remember forever. thank you, girls, for coming and visiting me! I love you!