Day Three - Mt.Hood

Rain, rain go away . . . Still raining. It seems the rain is following us. But here in the mountains it is actually really cool. The thunder echos off the mountains and sounds really cool. Kids are still bummed about no swimming, though.

Our first view of the Columbia River. Not very pretty at first. The further we went into Oregon, the greener things got.

Really cool windmills on top of the hills above the river. Miles of them.

We got lucky and got an incredible deal on a condo in Mt. Hood. Took us about 45 miles off the freeway, but totally worth it. We are nestled right in the heart of the mountains. The kids thought it was really cool that we drove right through the clouds to get here.

This is the view outside our condo right on the golf course.

Our condo has upstairs and downstairs, two seperate bedrooms, two living rooms and a full kitchen. This is us having dinner tonight. We could stay here the whole vacation and be totally happy! But tomorrow we head out to the coast. Not sure if we will have any internet access between now and next Thursday, so if we don't post that is why. Having a great time, even in the rain!!!

Day Two - at Grandma's House

Well, the forecast was for rain and lightning all day, so we cancelled our trip to the water park. Then it ended up being nice all day. That's what you get for trusting a weather man! Oh well. It probably would have been too cold to swim with a high of only 70, so we went to a 3D, glow-in-the dark miniature golf place. It was cool. I've never seen anything like it. The kids all got a hole in one on the last hole and won a prize, so it was a successful afternoon!

The black light makes this picture look kind of funky - the boys look like shadow creatures! We had a great time. Now it's off to bed so we can get up early and head to Oregon - the part we are so excited about! Hopefully we'll see some fun things tomorrow, but Saturday will probably be more fun as we head down the Columbia River Gorge and see all the waterfalls.

Vacation Day One - Salt Lake City to Boise

Rain Rain Rain Rain Rain Rain Rain

We thought if we left Utah we would leave the rain behind. WRONG. It rained almost the whole way here. I think we brought it with us. No water park tomorrow!! Oh well. Hopefully this rain won't follow us the entire trip.

Pictures tomorrow. I'm going to bed.

A bright spot in the dark clouds

A lot of afternon rainstorms the past week, but that also means we get to see lots of really cool rainbows!

Kingergarten Program

No matter what I do, I end up sitting on the opposte side from where my children are performing. Still got some pretty good pics around the back of the teacher's head!! Counting to 20 in sign language.

Singing parts of the face/head in Spanish.



I'm a VIP in my family!

Jarod the rockstar.

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I was too far away to pick up the sound very well. Listen close and you can hear his part.

Months of the year macarena.

ABC rock

You are my sunshine.

Lagoon

On Memorial Day, Daddy surprised everyone (including Mom) by using his extra duty pay from work to buy Lagoon Season Passes for the whole family. So off we went to Lagoon! We expected awful crowds for the holiday, but it wasn't very crowded. I guess everyone headed out of town. (When we got to church Sunday, there were TEN cars in the parking lot!! Everyone was gone.) Of course, everyone's favorite ride was Rattlesnake Rapids. Especially Jarod. This is the ride we went on first, and second, and third, and . . . I think we went on it about 8 times before finally moving on to something else. Thank goodness for no lines! This was Jarod's first ever trip to Lagoon. I don't think he realized that there were amusement parks outside of Disneyland. He was fascinated by everything.

Everytime we went on this ride, Dean ended up being the one to go under the waterfall and get soaked. Too funny.

Road Trip

Well, the rain has returned. Today we decided a road trip in the rain would be more fun than sitting around stuck in the house so we decided to head up American Fork Canyon. By the time we got to Highland the rain had pretty much stopped and the sun was popping out, so we were able to get out of the car and play a bit.As you can see, the water coming down the canyon is very high right now - it is spilling over it's banks in most places. Everything is so green and pretty!Tibble Fork Resevior is also very high. Water is gushing out over the spillway. I had Jarod pose for this great shot. Do you love his outfit? He actually generally has better fashion sense, but I guess he was preparing for any kind of weather. It worked out great because those boots were perfect for wading!
Of course the boys went right for any rocks they could climb. Jarod particularly couldn't wait to stop driving and start heading up the hill. Lindsie wouldn't even get out of the car!It didn't take long for all my boys to head up the rocks (even Joey). Once again, check out the awesome outfit!

We had a nice quiet day. Sometimes it's nice to just "head for the hills." By the time we got back to West Valley, it was raining again. It still is! Nice wet Memorial Day Weekend. Oh well. Better than sweltering hot, and the rain smells good!