On the Road

It is now day 3 of our Oregon adventure.  We set out from Vancouver, BC and headed to my cousin's house in Vancouver ,WA, weird I know.  My cousin and her family are amazing and are always willing to let us crash a their house when we are travelling.  They have 3 boys that are Cici's age and up.  My kids were so excited to see their cousins again, they love getting together with them.  They played and played and played.

We left their house yesterday and arrived here in Redmond, OR at my Aunt's vacation house.  As soon as we got out of the car it was instant relaxation.  There is a wonderful smell here that can't be duplicated anywhere else.  The cedar buildings mixed with the high desert air here is amazing!  We have already hit the hot tub twice, been to Costco, Gap and Children's Place, gone to the park, set up horseback riding for tomorrow and been bike riding.  The bike riding started good but on the first slight hill we realized that perhaps Beaner isn't quite ready to handle hills!  She made it safely to grass but forgot how to brake, needless to say that we need to spend some time teaching her hills!  We are hoping to hit the pools and tennis courts soon.  There may also be some canoeing in our future too!

Paul has had an awful cold, you know he is really sick when he asks me to drive!  He is feeling better now and we are hoping that no one else gets it.

We have been loving the change in food here in the US, although we are shocked about the amount of foods that have High Fructose Corn Syrup in them.  Corn Flakes, really??  All the cereal we bought with the exception of Rice Krispies are full of the stuff.  No wonder the kids are flying high at bed time!  All the kids are sharing a room, there are two sets of bunk beds and Cici was thrilled to finally have the chance to sleep on a top bunk.  J Man is learning how to share a room and not keep his sisters awake all night.  Hopefully tonight will be better.

I woke up this morning to an owl outside my window, pretty fun.  You will have to be patient for pictures of our adventures till our return, but will keep you posted about all the fun we will have!