A Journal, with Pictures

We flew to Ore­gon for two joy­ous events, the wed­dings of Bri­an Lit­tle­field (nephew) to Lyn­da Math­ews and my broth­er Mike Williamson to Lati­cia Stryk­er. We stayed in Bend, Ore­gon, where my broth­er lives, then trav­eled to Salem the site of the rehearsal din­ner and wed­ding. We stayed in Salem at the beau­ti­ful Ore­gon gardens.

Ore­gon Gardens

Rehearsal Din­ner

The wed­ding was out­doors in a beau­ti­ful set­ting, fol­lowed by dinner.

Bri­an and Lyn­da’s wedding

We trav­eled back to Bend stop­ping at the Willamette Val­ley vine­yard to taste wine and have lunch with Mike, Lati­cia and cousin Kayle. We liked the Pinot, and sent a case back to South Carolina.

Ore­gon Wine Country

On Mon­day we trav­eled to Camp Sher­man, Ore­gon for Mike and Lati­ci­a’s wed­ding in a beau­ti­ful wood­ed set­ting, fol­lowed by din­ner. Lati­cia had a fab­u­lous pho­tog­ra­ph­er who did not want com­pe­ti­tion so these images were tak­en with my spy cam­era. It was a won­der­ful wed­ding enjoyed by the whole family.

Mike and Lati­ci­a’s wedding

We returned to Bend with my sis­ter Pat­ty and her hus­band Lenny and the next day had lunch with Mike and Lati­cia. Dur­ing the week end we had the occa­sion to reunite with our fam­i­ly in Ore­gon includ­ing my three sis­ters (Suzy, Pat­ty and Tina) and their hus­bands and chil­dren as well as of course Mike. We decid­ed it was time to have a fam­i­ly reunion and include all of the east coast con­tin­gent next year. Pat­ty is in charge so we know it will hap­pen. Joyce and I got up very ear­ly Wednes­day and flew back to South Car­oli­na. It was a great week­end which we will be remind­ed of as we sip the very nice Ore­gon, Pinot Nior that is on its way.