I am sad to say goodbye to summer. I love the weather, being
outside, and especially having adventures and new experiences with my sweet
little boy. Now it gets dark at 7:30, the evening requires a hoodie, and clouds
have been a frequent visitor in the sky. In a place called Canby, however the
weather is wet and a hoodie is required at all hours of the day (at least for
me). It’s a beautiful place with so many trees you almost think you are in New
York, and a sweet little family that we had the opportunity to visit. This past
week was spent our time in Canby, and it was wonderful!
Last year we had made plans to visit some old friends, but
with my health we had to cancel our plans. Well, we decided to make it up to
them this year, and come for a five day visit! There was lots of time spent in
the car, but also lots of time laughing, sharing precious moment with our
children, and wishing we could stay just a little bit longer.
Tuesday we left after Jason got off work. Not the ideal time
to go on a 12 hour journey, but luckily we have a wonderful grandma who is
always willing to put up with us. We got to Nyssa Oregon at midnight and
welcomed bed time when we got there.
Wednesday morning we had a delicious breakfast (Grandma
always spoils us with amazing food, and tons of it!) of pumpkin waffles and
fresh fruit. We never get our sweet grandmother to ourselves, and so we always
cherish the moments we get to have her all to ourselves. We were able to visit,
share stories, and marvel at all the things my grandma does to keep busy.
Carter loves his great-grandma and was so happy to spend some time with her.
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| Great Grandma <3 |
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| It is so wonderful that he was able to spend some time with her :) |
We had a 6 hour drive to Canby after our visit, and were so
excited to see our friends the Leders. Carter was especially excited to meet
and make new friends. We caught up on 4 years of not seeing each other with
pizza and screaming kids in the back ground. It was so nice to see our friends
again!
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| Carter had a milkshake while we were driving. He inhaled it! |
Thursday we got up in the morning and made our way to
Portland to see the Oregon Zoo. It was pretty cool outside and so the animals
were very active. Carter loved walking with his friends and watching the
animals play. After a while he was SOOOOO tired, but decided he wanted to be a
trooper and refused to get in the stroller.
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| It was a beautiful day! |
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| A bald eagle! |
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| Carter and his friends :) |
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| They decided to ride some horses... |
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| Carter loved walking... don't know why we brought the stroller |
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| The crew at the zoo :) |
I was so excited to call my aunt and uncle who in live
Portland, and beg them for a visit. I was so excited to lay out dinner plans at
a Chinese restaurant with two people and we love so much! We had a wonderful
visit, and were sad to say our goodbyes. Carter was getting a little crazy
however and started doing laps around the tables. It was time to leave, but it
was so good to have those couple of hours with them!
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| Our favorite people in Portland Oregon <3 |
Friday we woke up to rain, and decided it was time to do
some shopping! How can you go to Oregon and not shop?! No sales tax is pretty
awesome. Once the rain died down, we headed to an apple farm called Bauman’s.
There were so many cool things to see and do. Most of the fun sections of the
farm were closed, but we had fun playing in a fort, sliding on slides (they were
huge), walking through a maze and playing on a playground. We ended our day at
the farm with cinnamon doughnuts and fresh pressed apple cider, YUM!
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| US at the farm |
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| Carter found a tractor! |
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| Carter and daddy rode around on a bike. |
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| I did too! |
After our farming adventure, we decided the crazy kiddos
needed to chill for a little bit. We headed back to the house and on our way in
the crazy Portland traffic, saw an accident. We were the only ones who stopped,
and it took a while to write a statement about what we saw. Then it was on home
to chill and hang out with our friends. It was good to visit some more, and we
had a yummy dinner of homemade peanut butter curry!
Saturday we had a plan for the beach, and decided to add
crabbing to the list. We got up early and headed out on a 2 hour drive.
Crabbing was pretty cool, and while we were throwing our pots in the water, I
spotted my aunt and uncle. Yay! We got to spend more time with them.
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| Jason excited to throw his pot in the water. |
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| Carter actually held a crab! Good thing its claws were gone! |
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| Us on the dock. Yes I was FREEZING! |
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| My Aunt Nancy and Uncle Allen |
After eating lunch we went to the beach! Not exactly the
beach you would picture (beautiful sand, beautiful water, and the hot sun with
a small breeze to keep you cool). It was COLD and very windy! I am sure we all
got sand in every nook and cranny just by walking to the water. Sand was
everywhere! We decided to go into a little more sheltered area, and had a blast
building and destroying sand castles.
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| Here's Carter and I right before hitting the beach. |
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| We ate at a place called Mo's. It was pretty delicious :) |
Sunday was a chill day for us. We visited, let the kids
play, went for a walk and then busted out some games once the little kiddos
were sleeping. We played Rukus and Rummy, both of which we were all pretty
competitive. We shared lots of laughs and had fun.
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| Jason read to Carter and Ben. they loved it! |
Monday was a sad day. Carter didn’t want to leave his
friends, but we got up early in the morning and headed back home. We tried to
make lots of stops, but ended up stopping at Maltinoma Falls, for lunch, and
for dinner. !5 hours and a massive poopy blow out later, we made it home! We
love being home, but it has been hard to get back into the swing of things.
After all having friends to play with all the time and getting no sleep, is
pretty awesome. We had a great adventure! Happy reading!
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| The falls on our way home |
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| Our silly little traveler. He was a trooper :) |
