Called to Serve - California January Trip

   My youngest sister Marissa was called to serve in the Lima, Peru mission!  So we headed down to say one last goodbye for the next 18 months.  So excited for her and proud of her!  My mom's family for all over came to send her off and it was so fun to see everyone!

first time flying in her own seat!

Anthony's Fish Grotto!

Sea Port Village

Balboa Park!

My best friend.

Hudson & Charlie. Finally meeting!

Sister, sister!

Oceanside Harbor

Ruby's on the pier!

Wild Animal Park!

I D E A 

He's finally here!

Happy Birthday dinner for Mimi at Texas Roadhouse!

Port-lyn - November 2016

   For Chuck's 30th birthday I surprised him with a trip to Portland!  When I listed off a couple places we should go one day he said "Portland would be cool." and that was that.

   Surprise trips are hard.  But somehow I put it all together, got him time off work, planned out our days and optional plans and of course hotels, rental car, plane tickets.  Planning and replanning and searching for "must see" "must do" "must eat"'s.

   A week before his birthday/our trip, I let him open his "present."  I got him a new travel backpack and some travel size toiletries and then let him guess.  P O R T L A N D.  And to top it off, my parents were coming to Arizona to watch our babies. A kid-free trip!

DAY ONE.

"Tom's - Unassuming American diner"

Hot chocolate because it was freezing.

hi.

DAY TWO

Blue Star Donuts - Lemon Poppyseed

Atlas Pizza

Salt & Straw - pumpkin pie and goat cheese

Getting ready for some birthday segways.

Portlandia.

Trying to FaceTime Cora

DAY THREE

Lan Su Chinese Garden

VooDoo Donuts!

Oreo Peanut Butter and Maple Bacon

Multnomah Falls

Cascade Locks

Cascade Salmon Hatchery

W A S H I N G T O N

Atlas Pizza round two.

DAY FOUR 

Portland Temple

Ikea kid-free!

the end.