Aj & Lindsey's Wedding

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So Saturday Ryan's cousin, AJ got sealed to his awesome gal Lindsey! We are so excited to have her be a part of the family; she fits right in! The festivities started yesterday as we helped transform the outside courtyard of their stake center into their gorgeous reception & ring ceremony site. Is it just me or the more you work on other peoples weddings the more you wish you could change or add to your own? Then we went to attend the Portland temple to see Lindsey recieve her endowments. It was very fulfilling spiritually and physically (we had a great rehersal dinner that night after the temple session - pass the breadsticks please!). This morning was the sealing and then later this afternoon they had a ring ceremony and reception to follow. The ring ceremony was very nice. Cameron (Aj's brother) sang a duet "Forever & for Always" with a bandmate of his. While they were singing I couldn't help, but notice one of the flower girls who felt it was time to pick up all the petals that she had dropped - so cute! After the musical number AJ & Lindsey took some time to express their love to one another and exchange rings. Right after that the music started (a cool blend of Frank Sinatra & Micheal Buble) and the food came out! After a few hours of schmoozing and eating (hello chocolate dipped strawberries!) the newly weds left in a cloud of bubbles to their decorated car and drove off while fireworks (props to Cam) went off. Everything was absolutley beautiful! It was great to be a part of it and support Aj & Lindsey.

Exploring Burns

So since we have been living in Burns for 3 years now......& I have no idea why this is all underlined. We decided to see the two "Big Sites" that Burns supposedly has to offer. The Steens Mountains are really quite amazing. When we were drivng to the Steens I really didn't see why they called it a mountain; it looked so small! But we started going higher and higher and before long we were looking down on some really beautiful land. Granted the Steens have NOTHING on the Rockies, but it was still worth seeing. The next stop was the Pete French Roundbarn which was really kind of funny. They have commericals on the radio that state "It's a unique shopping experience, with clean public restrooms" and "your guests will be so impressed with your knowledge of Harney County they will want to come again and again." Well, the shopping was unique I don't know many places that sell so many different versions of Monopoly like: Catopoly, Dogopoly, Horseopoly & Rodeopoly. The public bathrooms were very clean & as for our knowledge of Harney County: "Peter French came to Harney County and built a round barn." Impressed?
While we were up in the Steens there were multiple signs posting to look for big horned sheep that were all over that area. It wasn't until we were heading home & on the other side of the mountain that we saw some. So the last picture on the slide is not a two headed dog, which they actually looked like when we drove up to them, but two big horned sheep.