Our Trip, FINALLY!

I know I am a little behind in posting, but I want to share my trip so that I can have this to remember it by later.

Our trip to Oregon/Washington for the family reunion was wonderful. We flew into Portland and had a day at Dennis and Trina's. We all met Sean and Marisela at a storage unit auction. This was a first for me and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Good job on those awesome buys, Marisela!

We headed up to Olympia for church on Sunday and had a nice day of visiting at the park. We spent our nights at James and Gale's. Monday almost everyone went to Mt. St. Helens. I was ready for some rest and Gale wasn't going, so we enjoyed a day of just hanging out. Good times!

The next few days were busy and full of wonderful visiting and catching up with everybody. A fish fry was a huge success except for the worm I found in my fish. I should have been prepared for it, this type of thing has happened to me many times, a maggot in my snickers bar, buggy graham crackers, and wormy sunflower seeds. But no, I was shocked and grossed out. Thankfully I was pretty much done anyway.

A surprise party for mom was truly a surprise and a lot of fun.
I got to love on my baby great nieces and nephews.
It just wasn't enough time to spend time with all of our brethern we would have liked to.

We drove down the Oregon Coast on Thursday with Bill, his boys, Reuben, and Tristin. The boys took Bills car the whole way and had a memorable time. After a pit stop for taffy and shopping in Seaside, we met John and Laurie and family at Tillamook cheese factory and then headed to Oceanside, our favorite beach. Walks on the beach, going thru the tunnel, watching kids "swim," and just sitting in lawn chairs enjoying the amazingly calm day, made it all wonderful.

Made it to church in Portland that night, along with other visitors headed to the reunion.

After spending the night at Dennis and Trina's we head to Salem to the reunion. I had so much fun just visiting and enjoying the people there. The auction was very entertaining, especially the guys in aprons!

Back to Portland for church on Sunday and dinner at Sean and Marisela's.

I SO enjoyed my whole trip. I have wonderful memories and pictures! I love and miss you all already!!