Our Wonderful Years...

Over the course of the average lifetime you meet a lot of people. Some of them stick with you through thick and thin. Some weave their way through your life and disappear forever. But once in a while someone comes along who earns a permanent place in your heart.

Brown hair, brown eyes. When she smiled, I smiled. When she cried, I cried. Every single thing that happened to me that mattered, in some way, had to do with her. After all, she was my girl. And I knew that she understood that in some small way my achievements were her achievements.

~ Kevin Arnold

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Chinese Gardens June 2010

Steven's Parents have been long time supporters of the Portland Chinese Gardens and they got some free passes, which they let us take a few months ago. Well we finally got around to using them!

We invited our friends Mel and Ryan for an afternoon of Asian delights. We hit the garden and then headed down to Portland City Grill for Happy Hour. It was the most awesome Wednesday afternoon we've had in a while. Steven even managed to cut out of work early, so that made it extra special.

What happens when you get two amateur photographers together?? This is an experiment in what exactly happens! You get a plethora of awesome photos and a few that look like this: Mel got a few shots of us that I really liked, and edited to make them pop!

The two trees that you can see in the background are both from Steven's Parents! They are main garden focal points. The garden really is magical. If you haven't checked it out- you really should! I am wanting to go back now and enjoy the tea house on the property too. That's the one thing I was bummed that we didn't get to do.

Happy Hour was pretty spectacular too- we got the last booth and an amazing view of the city along with our Beers and "Strawberry Supernova's". Double YUM!

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