Altan Baker park

On the first day of our trip, we decided to stop in Eugene for lunch. In case you don't know, Eugene is seriously one of Ben's favorite places in the whole world! (: He loves the UofO and Eugene holds a special place in his heart!

Anyway, we drove past one of our old apartments and stopped at a grocery store to pick up lunch. The kids were freezing but we knew we wanted them to get some energy out before another few hours in the car.

I had such a fun time watching the kids try to protect their lunch from the ducks! We took them there when they were teeny-tiny, so it was fun to bring them back.

We got them back in the car, swung passed Autzen stadium, let Ben get an Oregon fix and then kept on going.

abc's of being home

(entering the Discovery Center)


(Discovery Center)


(happy to be reunited again!)


(lots of rain!)


(cousins eating pizza at Spooky's)



A- airport to pick Ben up!

B- boys! Lots of them! Brothers, Uncles, Grandpa's, cousins...

C- cousins. The kids have had a blast playing with their cousins!

D- Discovery Center in The Dalles

E- entertainment. There is never a dull moment around here

F- family time

G- getting to know Grandparents again

H-hanging out

I- Ice cream from Dairy Queen.

J-jumping on Aunt Amy's trampoline

K-Kennedy relatives

L-lego tables

M- movies before bed

N-naps for Mom!

O- overindulged by Grandparents

P- playing outside without sweating

Q- quiet? Only when the kids are asleep...and sometimes not then!

R- rain, rain and more rain!

S- sweatshirts

T- Turner relatives

U- uniforms are non-existent

V- value meals that are actually cheap

W- waiting to go to California

X- hmmm...sorry I am not that clever (:

Y- yawning

Z-zzz's, and a lot of them as we are still gettng used to the time difference