Portland Weekend

Cordell had a conference in Portland so we decided to make a family trip of it. He of coarse didn't get to take part in the fun other than eating dinner with us one night. The kids have forgotten what is it like to live in a city so they were thrilled to be a part of the action for a few days. We stayed on the 31st floor of the Hilton in the middle of the city so we had a great view!

I took all the kids on the train to the Portland zoo so we wouldn't have to deal with parking. Boy was that an adventure. They sure loved it. Good think I have a little city experience under my belt. I was a bit rusty, but we managed to find our way to the right places.

Eating "Elephant Ears" is always one of the highlights our our zoo experience. Ethan and Briana had sticky sugar all over, but they were happy as could be.

The kids had to climb on all the bronze statues. The funny thing about this outing is that one of the kids favorite animals at the zoo were the Pygmy Goats...as if ours at home weren't cool enough. Too funny!

Gophers in the ground. While Preston and Sylvia were enjoying this fun exhibit, Ethan was busy running off somewhere else. We managed to go on a super buys day at the end of May with all the school groups. There were tons of kids all over the place and only one of me to our 4 busy kids. With Briana strapped in the stroller, Ethan kept escaping and got officially lost at least 4 or 5 times. Luckily we were able to locate him around the areas we were at, but I was on pins and needles the whole time there wondering where he would be running off to next. He eventually had to be strapped in the stroller with Briana on my back. We had a great day overall despite our disappearing Ethan. I think crowds make him a little crazy...who can blame him?

After our fun adventures at the zoo and on the train, we got to eat dinner with dad at a fun pizza place. It was good to have another adult around, and even better that he was ours! The next day was fun filled at Ikea before heading back home. I was a bit tired after it all, but we had a great little trip not too far from home.