Oregon: The Finale

Okay...I finally got the motivation to finish up our Oregon trip. (now that it has been almost a month! :)) There are A TON of pictures, so enjoy. These are more for my record than anything else, because I do not scrapbook this is the next best thing.

Saturday: May 16
After spending the night in Vernonia with Clayton, Corrie, and the girls, we headed out bright and early to the Oregon Zoo. It was a fun day, though it was very hot and crowded.

All ready to go

Here we go!

In the eagles nest

The bear kept pacing back and forth over and over again

We were all wishing we were the polar bear, we all wanted to jump in with him

In the Polar Bear den

Cooling off at lunch

Hallie LOVED the elephants, she thought they were the greatest thing ever

BABY ELEPHANT!

Hallie even likes pretend elephants. :) Hallie was bouncing up and down on this elephant, and a cute little British lady told me we better buy her a horse because she had a natural rhythm of a rider. So maybe we'll have a rider in our future. :)

Hallie with Corrie, Jessica, Clayton, and Cheyenne

the fat meerkats

Look what Hallie brought home from the zoo! An elephant of her very own.

After the zoo, we went to Teann's soccer game, where we did roast in the sun. But it was fun to see her play. What a little hustler, she is quick! She is a good little soccer player!

Then we went back Banks to get ready for Stake Conference. We were able to go with Jim and Jeni to hear Elder Ballard speak. He did a fantastic job, as always. What else would you expect from an apostle? :) We got to meet him afterwards too. Though I think he thought Hallie was a boy. He looked at me and said "raise em up to be a missionary," and I just said "we will Elder Ballard." Oh well, she was in her jammies and I guess men just don't pay attention to what color they are wearing no matter who they are. :) What a cute man though.

Sunday: May 17

We attended the general session of Stake Conference, then came home and had a big BBQ with everyone. It was really fun just to hang out with everyone, and not feel like we were running around crazy.

Playing at the park

Jesse James

Eric's new best friend

With Haven

With Barb & Wayne (and Chewy of course)

playing with Chewy

Skyler, Eric & Jer

Back at the park

Silly faces!

On the Harley (training her young)

Skyler showing off his guns!

(okay, Eric made him do it)

Monday: May 18

We got up and headed out to take some pictures, then off to the airport we went.

Tuesday: May 19

We all woke up in our own beds. It was such a great trip, we were sure sad to leave. But it is always nice to be home.