Well, here we are. We are nestled all comfy cozy in the motorhome outside of Shay's house (to give us some privacy) and enjoying catching up with the family. Surviving on only 4-5 hours of sleep the night before we all crashed soon after we arrived last night and enjoyed a blissful night of slumber! After leisurly waking up and getting ready (it was almost noon when we were finally ready, lol), we headed out to the local Public House - a McMenamins Brew Pub - they are famous here in the NW and this one was one of our local hangouts when we lived here. They have the best fish and chips! Once again, the food and grog did not disappoint.
Of course, the rain was here on arrival and is just as we remembered it. Hasn't bothered us a bit and are actually enjoying it. Being able to pull out all our hats and gloves has been great, especially when where we live it is a perpetual summer, 1 season year round with almost no rain.
Today has been a lazy day and we wrapped it all up with a night out with some of Shay's friends for a party they host every year called the Winter Solstice. Everyone brings a dish to share, they build a huge bonfire out back and everyone brings their bongos, drums, guitars and other instruments. At one point, they turned out all the lights, we lit candles and celebrated. It was a fun evening. Hannah and Christian loved being a part of the drum circle and Xander really showed his musical talents on the guitar tonight even impressing the 18 and 19 year old boys that were there playing along side him. We were very proud of him, he did great!
Again, early to bed. Tomorrow I am looking forward to spending some time with Shay shopping and hanging out. Fun times!!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
The journey begins....
Today we begin a 2 week unstructured journey of the Pacific NW. Our plans are to use my cousin Shay's home as our base camp making day and overnight trips everywhere from Bend, Portland, the coast, Seattle, San Juan Islands and more.
Left the house at 7am this morning - decided to change leave time after the horrible traffic heading towards LA late Friday night. Good idea on leaving this morning as we didn't have one traffic problem, yeah for us!
We were going to stop but decided to make the drive straight through since the kids were being so wonderful and the traffic was so good. After 15 hours are driving we finally made it from San Clemente to Salem!!! YEAH.
The most eventful part of the trip was the gorgeous view of Mt Shasta all covered with snow, it was simply amazing.
We'll post more each day, stay tuned!
Left the house at 7am this morning - decided to change leave time after the horrible traffic heading towards LA late Friday night. Good idea on leaving this morning as we didn't have one traffic problem, yeah for us!
We were going to stop but decided to make the drive straight through since the kids were being so wonderful and the traffic was so good. After 15 hours are driving we finally made it from San Clemente to Salem!!! YEAH.
The most eventful part of the trip was the gorgeous view of Mt Shasta all covered with snow, it was simply amazing.
We'll post more each day, stay tuned!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Manic Monday
It's raining, it's pouring...... and a perfect day to stay indoors and get many of the things done, I need to get done. You know all that dreaded wrapping - although I love making the presents pretty. Sometimes the package wrapping is better than the gift, lol!
Three quilts to craft this week, 2 for American Girl doll bunkbeds and 1 for Xander, his is long overdue as I was supposed to make it last year. Oh well, I am only one person with so much time. Speaking of time, I am down to the wire. We leave for Orygun as the natives say it (Oregon) next Friday and I couldn't be more excited. My cousin who lives there said that it was 34 yesterday but felt like 25 and rainy. For some of you that may sound like torture but for us, we live in a place where it is summer year round so we are excited about getting out our hats, gloves and rain gear. The weather certainly won't dampen our parade!
Lots to do before the kids get home. We'll be blogging our entire trip. Yes, I know we are intermittent bloggers, lol however you always know we blog on our vacations and with new laptops, life has become easier and more mobile so stay tuned for more updates!
Happy holidays - did you get your Christmas card from us yet? If not, send me your address and I'll send one right out! XOXOXO
Three quilts to craft this week, 2 for American Girl doll bunkbeds and 1 for Xander, his is long overdue as I was supposed to make it last year. Oh well, I am only one person with so much time. Speaking of time, I am down to the wire. We leave for Orygun as the natives say it (Oregon) next Friday and I couldn't be more excited. My cousin who lives there said that it was 34 yesterday but felt like 25 and rainy. For some of you that may sound like torture but for us, we live in a place where it is summer year round so we are excited about getting out our hats, gloves and rain gear. The weather certainly won't dampen our parade!
Lots to do before the kids get home. We'll be blogging our entire trip. Yes, I know we are intermittent bloggers, lol however you always know we blog on our vacations and with new laptops, life has become easier and more mobile so stay tuned for more updates!
Happy holidays - did you get your Christmas card from us yet? If not, send me your address and I'll send one right out! XOXOXO
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Getting ready for the holidays!
It's official, Christmas cards are out! Albiet a week late for me they are done and out. I am so excited, these are my favorite cards yet.
The days are turning in to a big blur as we get ready for the holidays and ready to leave for our trip to Oregon. Very excited about driving back and looking forward to spending it with old friends and family. Hopefully, we'll get everything done in time.
Hope all is well in your world as you get ready for friends, family and the holidays! Please let us know how you are doing!
Much love. XOXOXO
The days are turning in to a big blur as we get ready for the holidays and ready to leave for our trip to Oregon. Very excited about driving back and looking forward to spending it with old friends and family. Hopefully, we'll get everything done in time.
Hope all is well in your world as you get ready for friends, family and the holidays! Please let us know how you are doing!
Much love. XOXOXO
Monday, October 26, 2009
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