What I love about Sarah

One of my dearest friends Sarah Eaden came to visit Jeffrey and I a few weekends ago. It was a wonderful weekend of winetasting (www.orchardheightswinery.com) , going to Oktoberfest in Mount Angel (www.oktoberfest.org), eating dinner at Montage in Portland (www.montageportland.com), and just spending some much needed time together.

This summer, I pretty much saw Sar every day. Usually our get togethers involved running or some sort of other physical activity but rarely was there a day when we did not see each other (and I'm not complaining). I have known this for a while but have really come to this conclusion:

Sarah is truely an amazing person.

Her gentle spirit and listening ears have helped get me through so many rough patches over the last few years. She has always been there for me in her own way, and it is just what I have needed. She always seems to offers words of wisdom at just the right time and is NEVER afraid to tell me what she thinks. She is honest with me, and that is something that I think can be rare these days. She is crazy and goofy with me and we are ridiculous together - even when no one else gets it..... =) She is insanely stubborn, but so am I, so we understand and call each other out on things. Sarah is one of the hardest workers I know (in every area of her life). She always gives 110%, even when things don't come naturally. She is an amazing musician and we love singing together (seriously and not seriously....especially terrible old lady songs).

I could go on.

But in short, I love this girl. She is AMAZING. I thank God for bringing her into my life.

Here are a few pictures from her weekend here =)

Oktoberfest - 2 years ago she came and we went to Oktoberfest!

Oktoberfest - all 3 of us dressed up watching the wiener dog races!

Silver Falls hike - One of the MANY falls! See the little dots down behind the falls?? Yah, those are people. These thing are huge! Come visit and we will take you there=)

Silver Falls hike

Rediculous

Ready for dinner at Montage

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