Our Trip To Oregon

Portland/Troutdale was wonderful. I had never been there before, but have always heard how pretty it is. I was excited to go. We left on Thursday morning and we were pretty excited to see Andy, Rachel and the boys. I love how green it is there. The scenery is amazing. We first stopped at their house. The boys were pretty excited when we got there, they peeked out of the blinds upstairs then came out with big smiles on their faces. They are so cute. I was excited to meet their new addition little Parker Dee. He is so cute and I'm so sad that I didn't get any pictures of him. He is a great baby. Then we ate some lunch then headed up to Mt. Hood. Ben and Andy first had to stop and get their demo boards for riding the next day. Then we drove to this place:

So amazing! Then we set up some chairs and a table at this little site.

Andy made us a fire to roast us some hot dogs for dinner.

The boys had a blast playing in the river and playing around the fire.

Rachel is the Primary President and had a lot of bottles of crush soda that we needed to drink so she could use them for the father's day gifts. Tayson loved them and couldn't get enough. He is hilarious. And look at his poor eye. That is what brothers are for right!

Benson cooked his hot dog a little too long and was pretty sad about it, luckily we had more hot dogs to roast . Such a cute little sad face.

Then of course we had to pop some popcorn over the fire. I had only tried it once before and it wasn't that great. Andy and Ben did a great job at popping it. It was delicious.

We also roasted some marshmallows and made some smores. It was a very fun night!

Ben took this picture. I love how green it is. We definitely have to go back there again one day!

Ben Here, The next day Drew and I went snowboarding. I love going to hood every summer. This year the snow was great and the weather was right on par.

Here is Andy doing his Nose Press.



Front Board



Steezy


Drew and our kits. I decided to demo a 2011 Burton Sherlock 154. It's one of their "Flying V" decks. Which basically means it has Rocker and Camber (Peep them HERE then click on "campaigns" and then "Take a stance"). I actually liked it and would probably run one. Drew ran an Oh Eleven Easy Livin that is 100% reverse camber. We both could feel the difference and it took some getting used to.



Back to Brit.

While the boys were snowboarding I hung out with Rachel and the boys. We went to the craft store to get some stuff for Andy's Father's Day Gift. We got some frames and some ribbon. Then when we got back home the weather was nice so I blew up their pool while Rachel printed some letters off for the gift. Before the boys could get in the pool we had to take pictures. We took a picture of each boy. One held #1 the next held a D then the next held an A then we took a picture of Parker with another D. The pictures turned out great. The boys then got their swimsuits on and I filled up the pool for them. The pool was pretty cold and it took them awhile to adjust to it. Benson was pretty funny he didn't want to get his shorts wet and when they did he wanted to go get his other swim shorts on. I told him that his shorts were suppose to get wet in the pool. So he decided to keep the ones he had on.

I love his little smile!

Cute little Tayson.

They had a lot of fun in the pool. With a few here and there cries from being pinched or splashed they are some funny cute little boys.

After Rachel and I went to the grocery store to get some groceries and print off the pictures that we took. They turned out great!

The next day we took the boys to see Toy Story 3. They were pretty excited to go see it. Benson brought his Woody. He loved the movie. His eyes were glued to the screen he didn't want any candy that we would offer him, or popcorn. Ben put his hand in some and he didn't move.

Loggan brought his cheetah, he couldn't find his Buzz Lightyear. He loved the movie as well. Tayson ate most of the bag of gummy worms before the movie even started. He sure does love his sugar. The movie was excellent. They did a great job on making a third movie.

After the movie we went to Multnomah Falls. It is amazing!

We hiked up a little bit to the bridge. I loved it. You can keep hiking up to the very top. Which I would love to do some day!

That night Ben and I went down town to walk around. Ben spotted a festival going on. So we started walking towards that. Once we got closer Ben realized that it was for Gay Pride. So we turned around. We walked around for awhile and couldn't find a place we could agree on to eat. It probably doesn't help that I'm picky :) We then went home and got this picture on the drive home.

Sunday morning we woke up to Loggan sitting by our door. He was the only one awake. Ben told him to come lay with him and he said he wanted some cereal. He is so cute. We all got ready for church and while Andy was getting ready we put the pictures in the frames. I think the gift turned out great and loved the ribbon Rachel picked out to hang them with. I had so much fun and I wish we could have stayed longer. Since they live up there I didn't really know them that well, and really enjoyed getting to know them all a little bit more. We miss you a lot already and wish we were closer to you, but we will for sure come back and visit! And we can't wait to see you in a month!



Also before Portland we went and celebrated my brother's birthday at Texas Road House. For birthdays they make them sit on a saddle. Jack was pretty confused at what was going on and when they yelled YEEHAW! Jack didn't like it too much.

Poor little guy!

There was another party and once again when they yelled YEEHAW! Jack started crying. It was sad, but kind of funny. Love that little boy. We then went to their house and had cake and ice cream. We were glad we got to celebrate with him! One more year and he will be the big 30!

Also today my sister Brooke came up to Snowbird. My mom gave her a gift card for her to come up to the Bird and get some treatments from me for her Birthday. She decided to get a cut, color and a pedicure. We were pretty much the only ones in the Spa. It is pretty dead right now. So that was fun. She decided she wanted some highlights. And as we were walking out after the treatments I took a picture of her hair I didn't get a picture of her toes though.

She said she loves it and I think it turned out great. Now Brooke is the Dark Blond hair of the family. My mom will be so glad that she has a daughter with light hair again :)