new to the northwest

We are privileged to have amazing friends all over the country (and globe, for that matter!)

One such couple is Gary and Jillian. 

Jillian has been a good friend of mine for years and she got married last year to a great guy named Gary. 

Oddly enough, he was in the Northwest recently and we were able to spend an evening with him, showing him some of our beautiful city and enjoying fellowship and food. It made me miss Jillian more than ever, as she was the center of quite a bit of our conversation and my thoughts :)

We went out for Thai food

We took a walk downtown to visit the falls. Love how big they get with all the snow melting!

Carson sharing his thoughts on how to run the river in a kayak

He loves doing this and Gary asked better questions about it than I do

And finally, the picture we took for Jillian. We missed you, love!

Last but not least, here's a video of part of the falls. 

In the background, you will hear Carson and Gary are discussing how to best jump in and save someone,

 in the event that someone were to fall off the walking bridge you will see.  

Thankfully, that didn't happen.