1 Year Down

Ralph at the top of Multnomah Falls.
Sign that talks about the landslide that happened at Multnomah
View from the top
Ralph and Addison on the bridge at Multnomah. They are in the middle of the bridge. Ralph is wearing the dark shirt.
How Addison got around.

Happy 1st Anniversary to us! It is true. We have been married for 1 year now. CRAZY! It seems like just yesterday we even started dating. Time does fly when you are having fun. As is normal for us, nothing went as planned for our anniversary. We planned to go to Multnomah Falls just outside of Portland and we did, but as I usually do I ruined the day for us. We got there, got out of the car, and I was like, "Wow. I'm not feeling too well." However, we continued on for awhile. When we went up to Multnomah Falls, I was like, wow, I don't think I want to hike up anymore because I am REALLY not feeling well. I didn't want to ruin the day so I sent Ralph and Addison up to the bridge between the falls. When they got there, Ralph really wanted to hike the whole way up but I was feeling even worse by then so I flagged him to come down. We went back to the car and he really, really wanted to go to the top so the plan was to let me rest in the car with Addison while he climbed up. Well, that plan backfired because I began feeling even worse. I started getting horrible chills and we are sitting in the car and it is getting hotter and hotter and I have a sweatshirt on and I'm getting colder and colder. I was not dumb though. I knew that no matter how cold I was I needed to look our for Addison's well being and make sure that she stayed cool enough. So, we waited it out for 1 1/2 hours while Ralph did his hiking and then when he finally returned he saw me crying, and worried because he doesn't have his permit or license yet so I was the only driver. I thought of a lot of solutions to our problem but the only real solution was to pray and get in the car and drive home. So that is what we did. When we finally got to Monmouth, I just stumbled out of the car and walked inside, grabbed the thermometer and saw that my temp was a whopping 101.6! So, I took some medicine, put on my pjs and climbed into bed. After waking up I was sweating so badly. We then decided at that point that a blessing was in order so we called around until we could find someone else to assist Ralph in that. I got a blessing and then went back to bed. Around midnight, I woke up and was shivering again so badly that I couldn't even get up to get medicine. So, like a good husband, Ralph rolled out of bed and grabbed it with some water. Also, around that time, Addison woke up crying because she was hungry. Well I was shivering so hard that even the tiniest bit of air on my skin made my shivers worse so my mom thankfully took Addison and gave her a bottle. I am so grateful that she took it. She was a champ through all of it. So, that is how we have been spending our anniversary. In sickness and in health, in good times and bad, we will be together!