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A suburban girl transplanting to the big ole NY countryside. Married to my soul mate, step mom to a pre-teen boy, survivor of a miscarriage...and struggling to get pregnant again. These our my thoughts, my dreams, and my struggles, so fasten your seat belts, it's sure to be a bumpy ride.
2005-06-12
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2007-03-18
We were in Oregon. Our trip turned out way better than either of us had expected! We saw Mt. St. Helen's from the plane flying in. You could see steam coming from the top of it as it is still perkilating and an active volcano! We had a car service at the airport to pick us up in a decked out Lincoln Navigator, they took us to our beautiful hotel at the 5th Avenue Suites in downtown Portland. Then to the Portland City Grill, which is in a high rise building with The most amazing views! The perimiter of the restaurant is all glass windows and you can see mt. St. Helen's and I think it was Mt. Hood or Mt. Reinier and the whole city, it was breath taking! We ate an amazing lunch for free and then drove around the Nike campus and headed to the Nike employee store where they hooked us up with amazing gifts and we loaded up on a bunch of stuff!
We went out to visit Ian's parents and the boys played around on their new 4 wheelers, we went out on the trails and hit some pretty cool jumps and such.
Sunday nigth we decided to stick around and stay in NY until Tuesday night when Scott had to go backl to his mom's. Monday, we got together with my brother, SIL and my niece and nephew and decided to take a trip to Animal Land to have some fun with the kids and feed some animals. We had a great time! We got to feed monkeys, goats, donkeys, zebras, giraffes, kangaroos, all kinds of animals! The kids went on pony rides, played on the play grounds, and we saw a pig race. Ian's first pig race ever actually! It was great, they had the slow fat pot-bellied pigs, then they had some really fast pigs and then they brought out he little tiny baby pigs that were just adorable! they ran around like crazy and kept escaping because they were so small that they could fit through the fencing! It was hilarious and a lot of fun. Ian was thrilled to feed the monkey's out of his hand. They were in a cage and then there was a big fence around the cage but the younger ones could fit through the cage and get out and would come right up to the fence i you stuck your hand through with some food. They ate it right off his hand, it was so cool.
We packed up the truck and headed up to NY for my nephew's birthday party. He's turning 4 this year! I can't believe it. I can remember the day I found out my SIL was pregnant, the day he was born, the day he came home from the hospital, everything! I love this kid! So for his 4th birthday he got a new 4 wheeler, and not one of those power wheels, battery operated ones (I bought him that for his first birthday) He got the real deal, gas powered, I'm a big boy 4 wheeler! And he does awesome on it! I couldn't believe it.
So vacation officially started for me Friday at 3pm. I drove to NY to pick up Scott and we drove home. Saturday, we went and dropped off the dogs at the kennel and then Scott and I went out school shopping. Saturday night Xander came to visit and had his first sleep over. I had a blast! Ian, Scott Xander and I all went out shopping, rented a movie and picked up some pizza. We had a great night. I soaked up every minute of having a newborn baby in the house. Ian was even good, wanting to chip in and help out.
Our vacation offically started on Sunday. We went to NY for my nephew's 4th birthday party. It was great! It's always fun to spend time with family. Ian and I miss the kids so much so it was great to have a day of fun with them. We decided to stay until Tuesday night so we crashed at my parents house and spent monday with my brother and sister in law and the kids. We just got home tonight and are trying to pack for our flight to Oregon tomorrow. Our flight leaves at 7 am so we have to leave the house by 5am! Yikes! I better get moving...I'll write more about our trip to NY w/family and add some pics when we get back. I'll have to catch up with everyone else then too. I know that there's a lot going on in everyones lives right now so I promise I will catch up on reading when I get back, or maybe get some in at the hotel when we get there. Until then I wish you all well and I'll be back soon...