Monday, March 23, 2015
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Brooke,
Emily, Camden, Tyson, Wynn and I all piled into Brooke’s van and headed for
Boise at about 3:00 p.m. Brooke and the
kids stayed at Brooke’s brothers home in Eagle, Idaho. Spring truly is in Boise; the trees were all
in bloom.
Wynn and I stayed in a hotel near by.
Monday, March 23, 2015
We left
Boise around 9:00. We had lunch in
Pendleton, Oregon. Tyson couldn’t wait
to get out of that car seat.
We went to
the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River and enjoyed the fish hatchery
there. Lots of huge fish. The kids had fun; I think they ran everywhere
they went. They were excited to get OUT
of the car.
We called
Natalie and had her meet us at Multnomah Falls.
As we arrived, it started to rain.
So, we enjoyed ourselves in the rain!
Natalie was so excited to see these kids! Camden road with her to our hotel. Brooke was excited to get to her parents
house and get the kids settled in. Wynn,
Natalie and I enjoyed a wonderful dinner together at Sweet Tomatoes. (I have wanted to go there ever since we had
Matt and Kayla’s wedding dinner there.)
It was pretty good and it was so good to be with our Natalie! We also got to go see where Natalie lives. It is so cute!
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Brooke was
so excited to take us to Mount St. Helens.
She worked there when she was in High School and knows where to go and
what to show us. Wynn, Natalie and I
drove to Longview to where Brooke’s family lives. We all loaded in their van and headed
out.
We made a
stop to where Brooke’s Dad was working.
We got to see the house he is remodeling. The kids had a ball riding on his
loader.
We got back
on the road and headed to Mt. St. Helens.
We stopped and looked at the statue of Big Foot. Sightings of Big Foot has been seen around
those parts……
As we got
closer to the volcano, it was very evident that nothing was open yet. It was also cloudy so we couldn’t see the
mountain anyway. It was a beautiful
drive but we were disappointed that Brooke didn’t get to show us the ins and
outs of Mount St. Helens. We had lunch
at a gas station and it was pretty good.
We went
back to the Robinson’s home and then we headed for Vancouver.
We drove around and looked for something to do. Fort Vancouver looked fun but it was almost
closing time.
That night
we went to the Cinetopia right there in Vancouver. We saw Insurgent. Natalie was excited for us to have the
Cinetopia experience. It was fun..
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
Wednesday morning we drove back to Multnomah Falls. We wanted to check out more of the sights
there. We went to the Vista House and
enjoyed the scenery there. We drove all over
Mt. Hood. It was so cloudy that we
couldn’t even see the Mountain. We drove
by several ski resorts. We checked lots
of things out. We drove by lots of
cherry trees or apple trees all in bloom.
Simply beautiful! We did a fun
hike up to Latourell Falls. So fun just
to get out and enjoy the countryside.
Fun being with our Natalie.
We wished
we had a hot tub to climb into at our hotel after our hike. No such luck.
We had a fun day!
Thursday, March 26th, 2015
Thursday morning we drove over towards the coast. We went to the Tillamook cheese factory for
lunch. So many people were there. Fun eating toasted cheese sandwiches
there.
We then
went and checked out the Tillamook lighthouse.
I just never grove weary of lighthouses.
I just love them! They are just
so cool. We have been to this lighthouse
before but I love it…… We went and saw
the octopus tree again too. So
fun….
We kept
driving down the coastline and enjoyed tons of stuff and such beautiful
scenery. We ended up whale watching all
along the coast. This was the best week
for this. There were signs all over the
place telling us where to whale watch.
We saw lots of them. Oh, I just
loved it! We watched the sun go down
and Natalie and I had tons of fun taking pictures.
Words just
can’t explain how nice it was to be with Natalie. Wynn and I had her all to ourselves. We had a great time. We ended up eating a seafood dinner at Mo’s. It was good. It was so interesting to me to
see the light in the lighthouse turning.
I just loved it. We stayed in a
little hotel in some little town. Fun,
fun, fun……
Friday, March 27th, 2015
We toured
the coastline of Oregon. We saw several
lighthouses and like I said before, Wynn and I have seen them before but I
loved revisiting them. I don’t know,
they just give me hope. I loved it… We headed back up the coastline heading
towards Seaside. We were meeting Brooke
and her family there. We had hopes of
playing on the beach with the kids but it was so cold. Natalie did go out with Camden and they had
such a fun time. We ended up going to
McDonalds for cocoa because we were so cold.
Natalie got to spend some time with the kids and that was her wish. I wish she could have had more time with
them. Brooke had to split time to be
with her folks and with Natalie. Natalie
just loves and missed the kids so much.
She is such a good Aunt.
We went back
to Vancouver and stayed in a hotel. Wynn
got Natalie’s taxes going and so Natalie and I went to the movies. We went and saw Into The Woods. It was fun to spend some time with just
Natalie. She is the best.
We took Natalie to a steak house in Seaside for her birthday. Here she is with big foot.
Fun dinning with her. We hope next year is as good as this one has been for our Nat.
We love you with all our hearts!
Saturday, March 28th, 2015
Brooke picked us up early this morning. We headed for home. I hate that our little vacation was
over. I especially hated leaving our
Natalie there. She is doing so well in
school and things seem to be going well for her, I just hate leaving her there
all alone. How I wish she could find her
a eternal companion. She is constantly
in my prayers.
