Family Trip To Oregon

We made a spur of the moment trip to Oregon this past weekend. To visit Shawn's sister Krista, Beau, Sammi and Kyle. Grandpa Corey and cousin Graydon came along too. Here are some of the highlights:

Jack had a blast playing with the cousins.... We went on a long walk up to Kyle and Sammi's School and played on the play ground, we jumped on the tramp a lot and had fun just being goofy.


Bend Oregon is such a beautiful place. We spent most of our time outside and in the water. We went up the canyon one day and spent some time at the lake. Jack had a ball getting really messy, as you can see. He loved the water too. It was cold but it didn't seem to stop him. The weather in Bend is normally high 80's Low 90's this time of the year, but not this week it was right around 100 the whole time we were there. I guess we brought the St. George weather with us.

We also went on some fun walks around the town. There is a beautiful river that runs through the middle of town. Along the shore line are the cutest little houses. We walked along there dreaming of what it would be like to live in the houses and be able to walk out your back door and hop in your canoe and float down the river.... maybe someday...

The best part was the trip home. Even though it was super long Jack was the best kid. He got to sit on Shawn's lap and look out the window of the plane. We were stuck waiting to take off for more than 45 min. But he loved to look out window at all of the "clanes" he thought it was great. He smashed his nose against the window and soaked it all in. I wish I could have captured the moment in a bottle. I don't think the pictures or video do justice. Back to the reason we were 45 minutes waiting to take off... after about 30 minutes the pilot got on the intercom and said "umm... we are doing some calculations to see if we will make it to Las Vegas with the gas we have, sorry for the wait. We will try not to have to stop somewhere between to fill up." What in the heck!!!! What kind of pilot tells his passengers that we MIGHT have enough gas to get were we are going. It was crazy. Then he got back on there and said that this "DUDE" is about done filling up the tank then we will be able to take of. Oh boy I guess that is what you get when you buy a cheep flight. But don't worry we didn't have to stop in the middle to get gas and finally the dude got done filling up the gas and we were on our way.

We had so much fun hanging out with the Eastes Family. Thanks for letting us come and demolish your house. We had a blast!!!
Oh and how could I forget.. Krista has a scooter that Shawn just couldn't get enough of. He loved going on quick little rides and exploring the town of Bend. He actually loved it so much he has been begging to get one for himself!