A trip to Oregon

Recently we got to go on a family vacation to visit friends up in Oregon! It was lots of fun to get away and Margo did such a good job setting up our room it felt like a bed and breakfast…there were even chocolates on our pillows!!!

The trip up was a 10 hour drive, Liam did wonderfully! Could not have asked for anything better! As we drove over the pass between Oregon and California it snowed! It was so beautiful and we turned on Christmas music. We also listened to audio theatre, the story of Corrie Ten Boom. I had never heard it before, it was really excellent!

It was great to catch up with friends and watch the babies play. Liam loved all of Juliet’s toys. We took a road trip to Mount Hood and the Multnomah falls. One of my favorite days was in the city of Portland, we went to a bookstore called Powell's that was an entire city block! I even found Astrix and Obelix, a cartoon book that was part of me and my brother’s childhood! We did lots of Christmas shopping…no sales tax in Oregon…whoo hoo!

Scott wanted a "no baby" picture

Liam and Scott hanging out on the bench

It was absolutely beautiful up there

Mommas' and their babies

Daddies' and their babies
(Juliet would smile so easily! Not so with Liam!)

Family picture
Scott with Juliet
Mark with Liam

Liam just hanging out on the bench

How we traveled :)

Getting ready to hit the big mall with an ice skating rink in it

Never seen a draw bridge up before

Liam Hanging out on our bed while we packed up

The drive down Liam was still a champ. In Redding we stopped to change his diaper, put him in jammies, and have him go to sleep for the night. It was so COLD! We were changing him and he was screaming because he was so cold….broke my heart…so I cranked the car heat to warm him back up. I haven’t heard him cry like that since he was a newborn.

Mt Shasta on the way home