Our weekend in Bend was really fun. It consisted of Pat, me, Brad, Nate and their ladies Alia and Alicia. There was an extremely lovely house, a snowball fight, some great food/drinks, a proposal, lots of Frank Sinatra, some amazing scenery, shopping, and a sledding adventure.
12/17 - 12/20
friday
On friday we all left work early to head over the pass to Pat's moms house in Brasada Ranch where we would be staying. The pass was really clear and sunny with only a little bit of snow on the trees, which was great for driving, but I was a bit disappointed when we reached the house and there was hardly any snow on the ground. By the time we had all finished getting settled in our rooms and eaten dinner it started snowing! We played some games, drank some wine and just relaxed for the night.
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| [[ bottles of wine brought along for the trip. ]] |
saturday
In the morning we all got up, ate breakfast, and went our separate ways. At one point I was sitting at the vanity (yes vanity, ridiculously awesome) in Pats parents bathroom, listening to Frank Sinatra playing all through the house, and watching snow fall outside... it was pretty amazing. In all the excitement of the snow, me and Pat went to Columbia and got a bunch of snow clothes. I have never had anything before, and don't know why, but I was really excited about my snow pants and boots.
When we got back to the house... SURPRISE Brad had proposed to Alia on a hike they took together, and she said yes. We returned to find them drinking champagne. (We were all of course in on the secret the whole time). Brad also asked Pat to be his best man, which was not something that we were expecting, and I think that Pat is really excited about it. To celebrate, we went out to the Blue Olive for dinner, which is a really nice restaurant on the resort.
sunday
It had dumped several more inches of snow Saturday night giving us the prime amount for sledding. The best part of this story is that we literally only had to walk outside to find good spots to do it! Since Brasada Ranch is on a golf course and obviously no one was exactly out playing, we just walked over to some of the steeper sand traps and made them our private sledding areas. It was really fun!
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| [[ pictures of the snow around the area. ]] |
monday
Everyone headed out. Me and Pat went into Bend to do a little more shopping first and went out to lunch at a drive in type of restaurant called Dandy's. The girls working there actually serve you in roller skates and heir merionberry/vanilla milkshake was seriously amazing! There was also no one on the road while we were driving home, and a ton of snow, so we pulled off to take some sweet pictures. It looked unreal. (these coming soon)
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| [[ clear sunny day on monday. ]] |
