HONEYMOON

Mark and I had a fabulous honeymoon! We got married 4-14-12 and caught an early flight out of SLC 4-15-12. We flew to Portland Oregon, caught a train from the airport to downtown where we proceeded to rent a car and head out to the coast. We were out there a whole week. The weather was a little cooler than I would have loved, although I appreciated that it wasn't hot (Neither Mark nor I are hot weather people). Mark loved the weather and said it reminded him of his mission in Iceland. My favorite part was the hot tub at our motel. I had to barter with Mark to have a daily soak. It was so nice being in such hot water while there was a chill in the air. We went on a couple of hikes, watched movies in our hotel room, took a drive down the coast, walked along the beach, slept in, stayed up late, walked around cute little shops, had campfires, and I fell in love with Mark more than ever! How blessed I am to have him in my life!

Here are some pictures that we captured from our awesome honeymoon:

Mark in Seaside Oregon

Our Morning Beach Walk

Lookout point along the coast

The Ocean is BEAUTIFUL and POWERFUL

Resting after a short evening hike

Lucky girl

Another look out point

I'm sure I'm deep in thought here

A smidge windy...

I got stuck on this rock in High Tide....kinda

My Eagle Scout building a campfire for our cook out. This was one of my favorite days!

Hiking around near the beach after out campfire dinner

Mark got stuck out here during high tide. I was a little worried he wasn't going to get back to me. My camera is on full zoom so it's hard to capture just how far away he was from me

This was a really rainy day which also happened to be the longest hike that we went on.

Not sure why I even bothered with the umbrella...note the standing water we were hiking in

Just in case you weren't believing me about all the rain on this hike, here is more standing water and a little shelter

This tree presented a problem while walking through a river and carrying an umbrella

Mark straddling the hiking trail which was a small river at this point

Mark came under the umbrella too for some shelter

On our beach run

We I might have gotten too tired to run

Seaside Oregon! 

If you've made it through all the pictures then perhaps you were entertained enough to want to read on. I really want to write some of this down for journal purposes. So if you don't read, I won't be offended.

We were married April 14, 2012 at 2pm in the Salt Lake City Temple and then had a reception at the Old Meeting House in Salt Lake City. We we overwhelmed by the love and support of so many friend and family that helped us and attended the temple ceremony and reception! The only regret of the whole day that I have is that I wish I could have spent hours with each person (the nature of the reception beast I guess). As it is, we put in a good 30seconds. That is truly my only regret! Thank you to EVERYONE who helped and supported Mark and I on our wedding day. And, thank you to those who will continue to support us throughout our marriage.

After the reception we had to go back to the motel that my parents were staying in because I was running late for our actual wedding and didn't get a honeymoon bag completely organized....what bride does that? Anyway, we ate some grub with my family, watched our wedding video, and then went to catch some zzzz's before our plane left in the morning.

April 15, 2012 we flew out at around 7am with a 4 hour layover in Denver. I was exhausted. I think I slept the whole plane ride form Salt Lake to Denver and then a good majority of the layover in Denver in an uncomfortable terminal seat. At least I was asleep right? We finally got to Portland around 3pm and then took the train from the airport into town to rent a car. It worked out pretty slick. After we got the car lined up we were on our way to the coast. Once we got there it was party time. Good food, good hikes, good scenery and most of all good company! If you hate sappy stuff skip down a few lines, but I have to insert this. If Mark and I had to be alone for the rest of our lives I could do it. I can't think of a more perfect match for my personality and he makes me feel like I'm the only concern in the world to him! I am so blessed and looking forward to spending everyday our our lives together.  Okay....sappy stuff over!

We had a couple days of pure relaxation...movies, naps, hot tubs, walks, food etc and then we had a few days of hiking, running, playing, driving. Oregon is beautiful. I'm glad that's where we went. Neither Mark and I are hot weather people so Oregon was a good match (even with the rain). It reminded him a lot of his mission (Iceland) and I would much rather be bundled than sweating.

It was a perfect honeymoon!