Homeward Bound

Oregon was a great adventure. We had so much fun exploring new places and trying new food, not to mention living in a completely new environment. Oregon is so beautiful and has such a great atmosphere we are so glad to have gone!

But now we are off on our long drive home. And even though we had a great time, there is no place like home.

Time for a park break.

Yay time to get out of the car!!

Anyone coming down?

Don't know exactly what Kes' finger is doing, but I am sure Chad does:)

Happily Calon found a tiny space to squeeze into.

MMMM french fries from Fab HotDogs a delicious hot dog place we heard about from Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

We stopped at SeaWorld on the way home. The boys loved it!Touching the bat rays.

Kes and Chad went on the water ride, Kes is finally tall enough to go on the rides!

Lion fish, I think.

Big boys.

Yay Shamu!!

By far the best part of the park.

Calon got to meet Elmo!!

He was so excited!

Checking on the Beluga whales.

The trip home went way better than we thought. The boys were great, the drive wasn't so bad and we are just thrilled to be home!

Last Portland Fun

Here are a couple of places we wanted to make sure to get in before went home.

This is the Stepping Stone Cafe, home of the Mancakes. We saw this place on Man vs Food and had to try it. It was really good, Chad said it was the best chicken fried steak he has ever had, and that is saying a lot, he gets that everywhere we go.

The boys loved the huge pancakes.

We also went to the Discovery Village in Salem. It was formerly the home of A.C. Gilbert, inventor of the erector set, and is now a cool hands on place for kids to play and learn.

This is the China room.

Sailing Sailing

Roar

That's one big Rocking chair.

Say Aaaahhhh.

Bubble room.

Cool hool-a-hoop bubbles.

Good bubbles Calon.

Hand bubble.

The Jungle room.

Cool outside play area.

Kes and Rex.

Choo choo.

Ultrasound

We had our ultrasound just before we left OR. It is the best to see the baby. Everything looked perfect! We are so excited.

It's a BOY!!! We can't wait for our third amigo.

The Sun is Shining!

The sun was finally out in Oregon so we headed to the park to feed the ducks and play in the grass.

Shadow Family.

Pose.

Little ham.

Here is Calon's pose.

Cute boys.

Ran so fast he ran right out of his pants.

A little rest after the tacklefest.

Brave geese.

Aunt Lex and Peter Visit

Lex and Peter came to visit right before we moved back to NM. We had a lot of fun with them, unfortunately we didn't get very many pictures with them.

We went to OMSI and they went on the submarine tour with Chad and Keston.

Chad and Kes outside the museum.

Water fun in the science garden at OMSI.

These are real fetuses preserved to show all the months of development. Interesting but creepy.

The new weather boys.

The Welkers do Weather.

In front of The Kennedy School Pub and Hotel. Thanks to Lex for snapping a family shot!

How many times do we have to say cheese?

Tickle fight.

If Lex and Peter got any good pictures when they were here I will definitely post them later. It was great getting to spend time with them!