Multnomah Falls

During our time in Oregon, we decided to take a quick trip to Multnomah Falls.  It was SO much fun!!

Here are my 3 little munchkins, at 69 feet:

Then hiking up to the bridge:

On the bridge (225 feet):

And there we are on the bridge...

Yes, those little people on the bridge....that's us! :)

The nature shop down below was lots of fun too!

(We also stopped by the fish hatchery but these are the only pictures I got - with the enormous sturgeon!)

Aquarium

While I took a whirlwind trip down to Utah, my sweet Mom took my children on all sorts of adventures....including the Oregon Aquarium, which they LOVED!  So...these pictures are courtesy of my Mom!  Thanks, Mom!!!

How to kill 12 hours (or...Portland to Portland in half a day!)

We decided to take a little trip.  We left our house at 4am.  Drove to Manchester, NH, got on a plane, flew to Denver, got on another plane, flew to Portland, OR and wala!  Just like that, we were across the country!  

Luckily we had some good helpers to carry our luggage!

And who needs a window seat with a view like this?

And this....

Grins was THRILLED with the baseball cards some friends gave him for the trip.

Wiggles thoroughly enjoyed the color wonder princess art our sweet neighbor Miss Nancy got for her!

And I enjoyed having Wiggles nap on my lap without any associated guilt for the countless other things I needed to do (I was on a plane - what else could I do?!)

Is she adorable or what?

Grins - all my kids, actually - took full advantage of the snacks!  (a rare treat!)

Wiggles worked on some 'homework' from preschool.

These guys enjoying the view...

How cute is she with her gigantic backpack and enormous carseat??!!  I could eat her up!

 She carried it the whole way to the car all by herself!

Whew! What a day!