OKAY SO IT'D HAD BEEN AN ENTIRE YEAR SINCE I HAD BEEN BACK TO OREGON WITH THE KIDS, AND CHRISTOPHER AND I HAD NOT BEEN BACK THERE TOGETHER SINCE WE MOVED FROM THERE IN 2005! PATHETIC I KNOW. HERE IS A LITTLE INSIGHT ON SOME OF OUR ADVENTURES WE HAD WHILE VISITING OREGON THIS LAST NOVEMBER.
WHAT WOULD A TRIP TO OREGON BE WITHOUT VISITING MY OL' STOMPIN' GROUNDS OF P-TOWN. I TOOK THE BOYS ON A TOUR OF MY OLD HIGH SCHOOL, AND CHRISTOPHER AND I VISITED OUR OLD HOMES--THE HOUSE I GREW UP IN AND HIS MISSIONARY APARTMENT (WHICH WAS JUST A BLOCK AWAY--CRAZY I KNOW). IT WAS SO SAD TO GO BACK THERE. NOT THAT I LIVED IN A PALACE OR ANYTHING, BUT WE KEPT THAT HOUSE SO MUCH NICER THAN WHAT IT IS NOW.
CHRISTOPHER IN FRONT OF THE OL' MISSIONARY APARTMENT. THIS IS WERE HE PROPOSED TO ME ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO!
ME IN FRONT OF MY CHILDHOOD HOME--HOPING NO ONE IS LOOKING OUT THERE WINDOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE HECK SOMEONE IS TAKING A PICTURE IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE!
WE ALSO TOOK A TRIP TO NEWPORT. I LOVE THE OREGON COAST. WE VISITED THE AQUARIUM THERE. I THINK OUR FAVORITE PART OF THAT WAS WALKING THROUGH THE SHARK TUNNEL. WHEN WE WERE THROUGH WE HAD TO STOP AND HAVE LUNCH AT THE FAMOUS MO'S LOCATED RIGHT ON THE BAY FRONT. WE HAD YUMMY CLAM CHOWDER IN BREAD BOWLS--DEVINE! AFTER LUNCH THE BOYS HAD A LOT OF FUN SELECTING THEIR FAVORITE SALT WATER TAFFY FROM THE CANDY STORE ACROSS THE STREET.
SHARK TUNNEL AT OREGON COAST AQUARIUM
THE FAM IN NEWPORT--BURR!!
COBY PETTING SHARKS!
KEENAN IN THE MOUTH OF SOME DINOSAUR SHARK I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF!
OUR FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT WHEN WE LIVED THERE IS HENDRICKS PARK. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. I HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF TIMES WE SPENT TOGETHER THERE AS A FAMILY. JUST BEFORE YOU GET TO THE PARK IS "PRES' ROCK". THIS IS AN AMAZING SPOT TO VISIT. I ALWAYS FIND IT FASCINATING WHAT PEOPLE LEAVE THERE AS A TRIBUTE TO HIM. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER BEEN TO EUGENE AND NOT MADE A STOP THERE.
HAPPY BOYS AT HENDRICKS PARK
ME AND THE BOYO'S AT PRES' ROCK
PLAQUE AT PRES ROCK
THE BOYS IN FRONT OF PRES' ROCK.
CHRISTOPHER TELLING THE BOYS ALL ABOUT STEVE PREFONTAINESOME OTHER HIGHLIGHTS REGRETFULLY NOT PICTURED WERE DREAM PIZZA AT THE HALES AND WOODSTOCK'S PIZZA WITH THE OTHER HALES. YUM! SERIOUSLY YOU HAVEN'T TASTED PIZZA TILL YOU'VE HAD PIZZA FROM OREGON'S BEST!
OH YEAH AND THE CIVIL WAR WHERE ARE DUCKS POUNDED THE BEAVERS!
YEAH, GO DUCKS!
UNTIL NEXT TIME. GOOD TIMES :)
UNTIL NEXT TIME. GOOD TIMES :)
2 comments:
So nostalgic. I skinned my knee running across that driveway in a big hurry to see if you could spend the night at Susan's or something, and I still have a scar from it.
And I've lived here most of my life and have never even heard of Pres Rock. Shameful, I know.
so cool...we really enjoyed seeing you guys here. sorry we we're all so sick and passed it your way :( The pictures look great and I know how it feels to take a trip down memory lane. Hope we can come visit you soon! Love you guys-
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