Beach Trip

Last week Ryan and I planned on going to Bend for the week. That did not happen do to the weather they were having (driving in the pass with a ton of snow is not that fun). So we decided to take an over night trip to the beach. We haven't been to an Oregon beach in over two years. Kind of sad right? I called on Monday and made reservations at a hotel and we left Tuesday morning.

We went here and walked around. It has a great nature area with lots to see. Not to mention a beautiful light house.

After our visit we headed into Newport and were going to go to the aquarium. But Ryan found Rogue and we went on the brewery tour and had a few drinks.

We drove back to Lincoln City to our hotel and they wound up upgrading us to a suite for free!! We got a killer view, fireplace, soaker tub and a king bed. It was so AWESOME!! It's fun when something good like that falls into your lap. We relaxed in the room for the night had pizza and watched a couple movies.

The next day we got up and went to the outlet mall. I surprisingly didn't buy anything but Ryan got some new shoes. We also went to Mo's for some yummy chowder and salad. We were so happy with our trip! We couldn't have asked for better weather. It only rained at night, so it was perfect.

The East Side

This last Thursday Ryan and I spent the day with our friend Julie and Steven. We had an action packed day! We started out going here

The Vista House is a special place for Julie and Steven but Ryan and I have really never gone. It was so pretty! Not to mention that it had an AMAZING view

The color on this picture is off because of the filter lens I messing around with, but I like the pink tones in the sky.

Julie and I being dorks. After we finished up here we headed to Multnomah Falls for a hike. So pretty! We were all amazed on how crowded it was for a weekday.

After our hike we went to The View Point in so I could dork out. They filmed the final scene in Twilight there (the prom). This place has a killer view. I would love to go stay there some time.

After all our looking around we went to HUB for happy hour. Ryan has been dying to go to this brewery since it opened. We just don't get out on that side of town very often. We we stopped for some beer and probably the best pretzels I have ever had. After that we went to Foster Burger for dinner. The burgers were really good, check out Julie's blog to see some pics of the guys going at the burgers. After dinner we were all so full we could barely move. It was such a fun day!

Happy Birthday Brooklyn and Carter!

Brooklyn and Carter celebrated their 1st birthday on the 16th of May. Heidi and Chase had a fun backyard BBQ with lots of family and friends. The twins were really not in the picture taking mood, so the good ones were few and far between. But it was still fun to spend the day with them

Disneyland!

I just realized that I never blogged about our trip to Disneyland that we took earlier this year with Ryan's family. It was a great trip with nice sunny weather. It really isn't fair that some places can have 80's in February. After we got home I realized that I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I did when Ryan and I went two years ago. I think that part of that may have been intentional because I wanted to see the place with both my eyes :-) Also this trip was the debut of the flip camera that my parents got me for Christmas. It is pretty awesome.

I'm pretty bummed because I can't figure out how to post the videos. Oh well! I can't wait to go back when all the construction is over and the new rides are ready.

Bees!

We took Heidi and the twins to the pumpkin patch today. Here are a few of the pictures from the trip. The babies are bees for Halloween and they were not very happy about being in the costumes. It was kind of funny. The weather held out for us so we got lucky.

more vacation pics

So my mom emailed me some of my dad's pictures from vacation. Thought that I would share a few.

Ahh yes, this last one is a fam favorite. This is me inside the Amazon exhibit that had tons of snakes in it. Have I mentioned that I am totally afraid of snakes. I wish that this picture was more of a wide angle, but can you see the little bit of Ryan's face and how happy he is?