Oregon

(We've been home for an entire week now, and I've had NO time to post pricures, but I guess the good thing is that I'm finally able to document our trip.)

Last weekend, we (the girls) went to Oregon to visit my brother and his family. They have two adorable little kids.

Mindy took us to a Children's Museum (the Gilbert House) which consisted of a musuem both inside and outside of 3 historical buildings in Salem. I have to say, I was a little skeptical at first (wondering how they would have room to put kid-friendly exhibits in), but it was AMAZING! Next time you visit, make sure you go!

Here, the girls are having "tea".

Sadie liked the giant chess board. Too bad I don't know how to play so she just got to hold the pieces,

Morgan and Elaena loved exploring in the ENORMOUS outdoor playground. Seriously, it's HUGE!

Here's the guys, stopping for a quick smile!

Sadie loved going down the long, long tube slides and I wasn't a big fan over and over and over. So, Brandon was kind enough to squeeze down with her a few times.

Of course, no trip ANYWHERE would be complete if our girls couldn't play with trains. They were in heaven when they found the train room!

Isn't this a cool slide? Sadie must have gone at least a dozen times!

Here's Sadie and Jacob peparing for their great dinosaur dig!

And, here they are again (with Mindy, too!) counting cookies on the wall. It's magnetic, so you put the cookies in and press a button and it punches them all out so you can start over! Pretty cool!

Here's proof that I didn't send my girls on an airplane by themselves! I went to Oregon, too!

Here we are making giant bubbles with the girls. This particular room was very wet and soapy! It seemed like I washed my hands for 5 minutes to get the soap off!

Sadie had so much fun in the bubble room, I could have washed an entire load of laundry using the soap in her shirt! So, Jakey let her borrow his sweatshirt. What a nice guy!

Sadie enjoying her blueberry pancakes. I put A LOT of blueberries in them and they were VERY MESSSY!

Elaena has quite the princess dress up collection and Morgan and Sadie were envious. They loved playing "princess"!

Morgan always offered to help feed Jacob a bottle.

We had lots of fun! Thanks for letting us come visit, Brandon, Mindy, Elaena, and Jacob!