At the beginning of June we took our big summer trip out West, visiting 3 different states and lots of family. It was a lot of fun, but we all think this trip required a little too much traveling. At least I think that's what Grant and Tate were trying to say as they were screaming in the back seat.
For the first leg of our trip, we flew into SLC late Friday night and spent the night at Nana's. On Saturday, drove 8 hours up to La Grande, OR in our rented van (it was supposed to be a compact car, but all they had left was a van...oh, darn), to visit my sister, Christine, and her family. It has been about a year since we've seen them so it was great to visit and to hangout in their new hometown. The kids had a blast together with lots of running around, lots of playing swords, robots, and sharks, and lots of rounds of Star Wars computer games. La Grande was very pretty and a cute little town. We tried to scope out cities and towns as we drove around the area, just to see if we may be interested in setting up shop there eventually. Right now, who knows, but that area is definitely in the running!
We stayed busy going to several parks, playing outside, playing inside, making delicious food, eating delicious food...all the important things.
Part of our trip included a drive to the Tri-Cities of Eastern OR for Ryan to get LASIK eye surgery (hence the glasses in this pre-surgery shot). It's been something we've been considering for Ryan since we've been married, but finally decided now is the time to do it. Of course, Ryan loves it and we both still think it's a little weird that his morning and night rituals with contacts are now a thing of the past. Now his vision is better than mine, but don't worry, I still don't need glasses...yet.
One of the cool things about where Christine and Sam live is that they are about 10 minutes to beautiful scenery and boon-dockish nature. We drove up a mountain side for about 15 minutes to get to this lake, which was very beautiful. The kids had fun throwing rocks in the water until they got brave enough to consider throwing themselves off the dock. That and the mosquitoes made the lake trip short but fun.
For the first leg of our trip, we flew into SLC late Friday night and spent the night at Nana's. On Saturday, drove 8 hours up to La Grande, OR in our rented van (it was supposed to be a compact car, but all they had left was a van...oh, darn), to visit my sister, Christine, and her family. It has been about a year since we've seen them so it was great to visit and to hangout in their new hometown. The kids had a blast together with lots of running around, lots of playing swords, robots, and sharks, and lots of rounds of Star Wars computer games. La Grande was very pretty and a cute little town. We tried to scope out cities and towns as we drove around the area, just to see if we may be interested in setting up shop there eventually. Right now, who knows, but that area is definitely in the running!
We stayed busy going to several parks, playing outside, playing inside, making delicious food, eating delicious food...all the important things.
Part of our trip included a drive to the Tri-Cities of Eastern OR for Ryan to get LASIK eye surgery (hence the glasses in this pre-surgery shot). It's been something we've been considering for Ryan since we've been married, but finally decided now is the time to do it. Of course, Ryan loves it and we both still think it's a little weird that his morning and night rituals with contacts are now a thing of the past. Now his vision is better than mine, but don't worry, I still don't need glasses...yet.
3 comments:
Sounds like you guys had a great vacation. I love adventures!
it was fun to see you and the boys! Thanks for coming by!
Looks like you had a great trip! We have friends that just moved from LeGrande that live up here now. They loved it there.
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