A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words



On Sunday was Corban's beach party at Bob Straub St. Park in Pacific City. (This is the same beach my family and I have been to several times and Jason got to join us there last Christmas!) It was a great day for being at the beach, until like 5:30pm when the fog rolled in and we had to stand in line for over an hour for dinner! All in all it was enjoyable but I REALLY missed Jason!!

On Saturday Kate and I went to the Portland Market and Voodoo Donuts with some girls. It was a beautifully sunny day and we had a lot of fun! Voodoo Donuts wasn't all that it's cracked up to be though...I wasn't impressed. That night Kate and I joined Alethea for a Catholic Mass at a church in Portland. It was an interesting experience...most of it was in Latin! And there was a beautiful sounding choir that sang Gregorian chants!

Roomies in Portland!



Roomies in Portland!




The last week of August my cross-country team had a retreat/training camp in Sisters, OR.
This is the team at a lake there.



Courtney and I in the lake during the XC retreat



Open Skies

Praise Him under open skies

Everything breathing praising God

In the company of all who love the King

I will dance, I will sing

It could be heavenly

Turn the music loud, lift my voice and shout

From where I am

From where I've been

He's been there with me

He's built a monument

His very people

So let his people

Sing, sing, sing

And it's so wonderful

Just to be here now

Praise Him under open skies

Everything breathing praising God

In the company of all who love the King

Let us dance, let us sing

It could be heavenly

Turn the music loud and sing

  Lift your voice to heaven

Lift up your head and sing

To the One who gave his love

This is our offering

Lift your voice to heaven

Lift up your head and sing

To the One who gave His son

Here our lives we bring

["Open Skies" by David Crowder -- our theme song]

Today the Jen, Courtney, Amy, Kate and I drove to Lincoln City and spent a beautiful day playing on the beach and then walking around the outlet mall. After that we drove 8 more miles south to Depoe Bay and ate this amazing and expensive seafood dinner at Tidal Rave. It was a very local, classy, and well known restaurant -- we were the youngest people in it! And we met about 4 elderly couples that were all very friendly to us! It was fun!