New Duck Fans

As I mentioned before, as soon as my parents left in July I started planning a trip for them to come back out. We had been talking about taking my Dad to Duck game and since they had a long weekend, and my mom didn't start school until after labor day we decided labor day weekend would be a great time to bring them out and take them to a game. 

They arrived Friday afternoon and then we headed to Joe's crab shack  in Vancouver WA (my parents love this place). On the way there however my mom started feeling sick to her stomach. So by the time we got there she was not feeling up to eating, so we all went in and she stayed in the car to recover. After ordering our food however she felt good enough to come in and eat a little. We enjoyed the view of the river and all the boats going by. 

We then took my parents up to campus so show them Kevin's new stomping ground. We drove around there for awhile and then convinced them to go on the tram with me. The tram takes students from the top of the hill down to the bottom of the hill where there is more school buildings. Kevin is currently at the top of the hill but in a couple years when they complete the new dental building he will be at the bottom and take the tram down. The photo's are from my phone so they are not very good. Kevin drove down to the bottom to pick us up since it is only free to ride down, but costs to ride up.

Here is a picture of the tram I stole from the internet so you can see a better view of what it looks like.

Mom and Dad on the Tram

 Our View

We then headed back to our apartment and enjoyed the hot tub. This is when my dad got sick to his stomach and spent the night recovering. It must have been something they ate on the way here.

The next day headed to OMSI to check it out. We decided that it is huge! You could spend days there staying entertained. Too bad we only had a few hours. We occupied those hours touring a submarine, doing brain teasers, learning all about natural disasters, and about the human body, and lots lots more. 

Portland

The new dental school building at the bottom of the hill

Waiting for our submarine tour

The submarine

All of us outside the submarine

Dad taking the wheel

uh oh! 

The Missiles 

Kevin laying in the bed. He barely fit! 

 Kevin trying to land an airplane

In the earthquake house

 Playing twinkle twinkle little star

Green screan

Giving the weather announcements

In an ear

Boys will be boys

Astronauts 

Crazy Dad! 

After OMSI we headed to Eugene for the game! The game was lots of fun! It was a blow out, 50-3 at half time. They put in all the 2nd and 3rd string the second half, so we actually left after 3rd quarter (which was nice because we missed all the traffic).

GO DUCKS! 

The new Duck fans

TOUCHDOWN! 

We were exhausted by the end of the day and when we made it home we were asleep in minutes. We also all slept in until 10 the next day. After Sacrament we had dinner then decided to go check out the Rose gardens. They were beautiful! 

Thanks Mom and Dad for coming and visiting! We miss you already! Come back soon! 

Cannon beach round 2 (for Kevin)

I will be the first to admit I was not to happy about this trip, but survived nonetheless. OHSU took all the first year class to Cannon beach for a dental conference and a sort of get to know your classmates thing. However, none of the spouses were allowed to go. Kevin left early Thursday morning and spent the day in meetings and relaxing on the beach playing frizbee and having bonfires. I spent the day with the other dental wives at a picnic and swimming (thank goodness or I might have gone crazy). They stayed at a hotel right on the beach. Lucky huh! 

The next day Kevin had some team building activities where they had a sand castle building contest. The theme was Olympics. This is his teams sand castle (The London Bridge).

When Kevin arrived home at 5 on Friday I was a little excited! I was glad he was able to go and get to know his classmates but I sure wish I could have gone with him :) 

Great Wolf Lodge

Before Kevin started school the Berg family was able to sneak in a little family reunion.  The reunion was at Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mounds Washington. The night before Pat, Stacey, and Carly stayed the night at our place (It's kind of nice to be the middle town). The next day we headed up there and met EVERYONE else. Yes I said everyone was there except sweet little Crew of course. Anyways we spent the day exploring the hotel and playing in the water, going down all the slides, and really enjoying the wave pool. 

That night we had a yummy dinner together as a family and enjoyed watching these cute little wolves. The night was then ended with all the boys playing in the arcade. Talk about competitive (I see where Kevin gets it now)

The next day was another day of fun. We played lots and had some more family time. We however had to separate that afternoon. It was a great get together with the Berg family and we were sad to see everyone go but it was fun to get together with everyone! Thanks Pat and Stacey for a great weekend! 

Cannon Beach

I was always told that the Oregon coast is beautiful but always a little bit chilly. So when we were told that the coast was supposed to hit 89' degrees we jumped at the opportunity to go to the beach, and so did everyone else. The coast is supposed to take an hour and a half however due to traffic, it was about 2 hours. However once we got there we were thrilled to enjoy the sunshine. The weather was perfect!  A slight breeze, lots of sunshine, and lots of relaxing. We laid out for a while, attempted to get in the water a couple times (even though it was warm the water was still freezing!).

After relaxing for a couple hours we decided we wanted to take a walk on the beach. We took all our stuff back to the car so we could go walk around, and then started heading back to the beach. My blood had been running low, and so as we were walking away Kevin asked if we should grab some kind of food and take it with us just in case. We turned back, I opened the trunk, grabbed some crackers, closed the trunk. I then turned to Kevin and asked "do you have the keys". His reply was "no you used them to open the trunk". Oops they were still in the trunk. Kevin started panicking a little bit and for some odd reason I was really calm, which i think was a little annoying to Kevin. We proceeded to call the sheriffs office and see if they would come unlock it. The lady said no they do not so I would have to call a locksmith to come unlock it. It was then that I remembered Triple AAA. Thank you mom and dad who have AAA on there cars. We called and within the hour the locksmith had come and unlocked the car! Whew.

So after our little mishap we went for our walk down the beach and enjoyed the beautiful scenery and weather for a little longer. We even managed to get a sunburn on the Oregon coast (didn't know that was possible).

Keeping Portland Weird

Here is a quick glance at a few of the adventures we snuck in before Kevin started school.

Portland from Mt. Tabor

OHSU from Mt. Tabor

Wilderness Trail in Forest Park  it is one of the biggest parks in the U.S. 

Downtown Portland

What you do not see behind us is the beer festival that is going on. Can you say wake up call .