Oregon

As part of his 4th year curriculum, Ryley was required to do a rotation at a different institution.  So, we spent the month of September in Oregon.  The kids got lots of cousin and Grandma & Grandpa time, and I learned how to make a quilt!  

Silly little Mia

Cousins :)

Logan absolutely loved all the "forests," and was constantly on the look out for slugs.

We went on lots and lots of slug adventures.

Mia and Grandma Enz at the creek

Swinging!

More cousins...

:)

Such a big girl!  Mia's all time favorite thing about our trip was Pippin the dog.  Two months later, and she still starts barking every time we see a sliding glass door.  :)

Funny kid.

The wood park!

My explorers.

Mia has to do everything her big brother does!

She does give the very best kisses...

Love him!

Love this guy too!

Calamity Jane's is a famous restaurant in Sandy, OR that sells just about every type of burger you can think of.  Their decor consists of individual dollar bills with drawings on them done by customers.

Logan decorated his own dollar bill to hang on the wall...

Another great thing about OR was OMSI!  So many great things there for kids to do.

Mable's 2nd birthday party!   We were so happy that we were able to go!

Daddy worked a lot while we were in Oregon, so we hung out with Aunt Ashlee.  She took us to the gorge, where we were able to enjoy some of the spectacular water falls!

And amazing ice cream of course....

All in all, this trip was a lot of fun!  We ended it with a wonderful weekend at the beach in Seaside. I still need to take a picture of the quilt Kathy helped me make. Mia got giardia from the river the last two weeks of our visit... which wasn't fun at all!  But, we made it home,  our family still intact, and with a whole slew of new adventures under our belts.