Trip to Portland

Last month we took a family vacation to Portland, OR on the weekend when Andy had class. The kids were able to go back to Western Seminary's campus and see where we use to live and visit some old friends on campus. The picture below was taken about 20 minutes before Joey fell into the pond on campus. Luckily it wasn't very deep and his head was above the water and Andy snatched him up pretty quickly. We were all given a bit of an adrenaline rush though!

Hope and Josiah were REALLY excited to go to the zoo (even though it was rainy and cold)...so we bundled up and explored for a couple of hours. It was actually a perfect day and we had SO much fun. It wasn't crowded at all (go figure) and the animals were out and active.

While we were in Portland we got to visit and stay with our friends, Ray and Marietta Roy. When Ray started a fire in the fireplace Hope sheepishly asked, "Are we going to roast marshmallows?" Ray and Marietta were so incredibly sweet and immediately went through the cupboards and found the ingredients needed and the kids roasted marshmallows in the fire place and made s'mores!

The Roy's with the kids

We also had the great chance to visit with our dear friends the Thomas' down in Corvallis, Oregon. (Thank you again for hosting us even though you had only been in your house 2 weeks, and for being so brave to have 6 kids running around your house!) We had so much fun catching up and the kids all had fun playing together. In the picture below is Colton, Austin, Eliana, Hope and Livia (Joey didn't want to be in the picture).