Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The day we left was a little cooler and we hit rain for a lot of the trip. We stopped about 45 minutes out of Portland and visited Multnomah Falls. It is right along the highway. We parked and followed a tunnel that took us under the road and to the falls. It was sprinkling and the falls sprayed you so the kids got cold pretty quick. We took some fast pictures and movie to prove we had been there then got back in the car. It has a path that you can take all the way up to the falls but we opted to get back on the road. The rest of the drive was pretty uneventful. The kids watched more movies. We stopped in Pendleton for lunch again and made it to Becky Ann's for supper. When we left Becky Ann's on Saturday James was not very happy that his cousins were not staying so he and Andrew were happy to see us when we showed up again. My kids went to bed really quick that night. Taryn slept on the sofa bed in the office by herself. Max slept with me in the green room and Cecily slept on the floor in there. Becky Ann, Boyd, and I stayed up visiting until Boyd decided it was bedtime then Becky Ann and I continued visiting until we couldn't keep our eyes open. The next morning we took things slow. The kids all got in the hot tub and splashed around. We got them all cleaned up afterwards and Becky Ann and I snuck off to Walmart to get a couple things while Taryn babysat. We spent the rest of the day visiting and being lazy. Becky Ann popped some popcorn and we watched a couple of Mom's easter cartoons she had recorded. Around 4:30 we headed over to Brett & Lori's for supper. We got to see and hold Mallory for the first time. She looks like she belongs to their family. So cute! Barrett and family also came to dinner so we were able to see Dax as well. What a cute chubby baby! Lori made a delicious lasagna dinner and then afterward there was an easter egg hunt for the kids. They got lots of candy and chowed lots of it down. Andrew was eating one thing after the other and had a cute chocolate face. James, Erin, and Eden sat at the play house eating candy. One of them would stand inside the window and unwrap the pieces of candy. One the other wanted a piece they would come up to the window and be served. A couple of the adults tried the window as well and received a piece also. It was very cute. We headed back to Becky Ann's for bed that night and then left the next morning for Utah. I always want to stay longer but Todd was really missing us and we were missing him. It was a wonderful spring break. Seeing my sisters and spending some good time with them was so much fun and we always love to see our kids interacting together. Todd was sitting on the front porch waiting for us when we pulled up. We got the car unpacked and things put away and then collapsed until bedtime.
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