St Patty's Day

St Patty's Day, which the boys refer to as Leprechaun's Day, was fun, as always. The boys made a trap in the morning. Keston had the idea to make Monster Trucks on the sides of the trap with a sign that said, "Free Monster Truck Rides", that way the Leprechaun, who loves monster trucks, would try to get a ride and would get trapped.

Well, the Leprechaun fell for the trick, but must have found a way to escape, since all that was in the trap was his gold and treasures.

Checking out the loot.

Yay for green treasures!

Holidays are fun, even simple ones.

The Weenie Mobile

We went grocery shopping the other day and the Weenie Mobile was in the parking lot. We got free weenie whistles and got to go inside it. Awesome!

Fun with the Pfeifers

Our friends, the Pfeifers, came down from Pueblo, CO for the weekend. We had a lot of fun with them, as usual! We are so glad they were able to come and spend some time playing.

Calon fell asleep on our way to the aquarium.

Keston did not.

Keston, Lacee and Kenzee striking a pose.

All sorts of reactions to the aquarium.

Don't remember the real name of this fish, but I think Pinocchio works.

Very large Puffer fish staring a little girl down.

Hard to get 5 kids to look and smile at the camera at the same time, this shot had the best outcome.

Robin and Chris going ant back riding.

Inside a giant pumpkin at the Botanical gardens.

Carrot house.

This was a man made cave thing, though Keston swears it is a T-Rex's throat.

Lacee was brave to touch a scorpion, a hissing cockroach and a tarantula.

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.