The last of our trip

So I probably could have finished this the other day because now that I look back I didn't take very many pictures while in Portland. One of the days we were there we went to Multnomah Falls and hiked to the top with Erika, Grant, Ethan and Elle. It was a lot of fun and I only think I stopped twice on the way up. I thought that wasn't bad for a prego. Here are some of our pics from the trip:


McKay and Grant at the top of the Falls


Ethan and Elle at the top


The dogs and us at the top


McKay at the top


Griffin hanging out in the back of the car with Ethan.


The dogs wanted in on the action when we stopped at Crown Point, but they got to stay in the car on this stop. Erika took some good shots from the Falls and Crown Point with a real camera, we'll have to post those when she sends them to me some day. :)


McKay at Waterfront Park in front of the Hawthorne Bridge. One of the days we were in town McKay and I went downtown together. I love downtown Portland so it was so nice just to walk around my city! I miss it!


Just some ducks swimming down the Willamette River


The last from our trip right now. The dogs hanging out at my parents house watching McKay pack up the car I think. Miles looks like he maybe howling but no worries he is just about to catch some mean flies....got to love that Fly Catchers Syndrome of his! :)

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Utah to Cali to Oregon

So I am finally getting around to posting some of the pictures from our trip to the Redwoods and up the Oregon Coast. I believe I mentioned in my prior post that we had to use disposable cameras because we left our digital at home, so the quality of some of the pictures is not the best but better than nothing! We'll start with the Redwoods:

So the first night we drove to Winnemucca, NV and stayed in this really nice hotel that I booked for us.... oh wait no it wasn't nice and McKay said to me "maybe next time don't book the cheapest hotel you can find." I thought that I was being smart and thrifty, oh well we survived. The next morning we got up and drove all the way to the Redwoods. It took us the whole day. We camped at one of the camp grounds inside the Redwoods. It was so nice and each camp area is secluded because of the tree's and brush. We loved it! The next morning we got up took down our camp and did some exploring. Below are some of the pics from our day.


McKay Hugging one of those big tree's in the Redwoods


I don't know how we'll this one will post. Me and the dogs hanging out of the sunroof.

McKay on a big stump.


McKay and the dogs by a steam in the Redwoods, it was really pretty down there.


Just one of the dogs...Miles looks so thrilled in this picture! :)

So after our day at the Redwoods we started up the Oregon Coast. It was so beautiful and I didn't realize how much of the coast line you do get to see while you are driving. We stayed right on the Ocean for quite a while. That night we camped at Beverly Beach which is between Depot Bay and Newport if I remember right. The camp ground was not as good as the Redwoods, but it worked out for us. We enjoyed a nice windy walk on the beach that night and a great sunset!!



Shadows of us...this is the type of picture I like of myself these days. The rest you can see how fat my face is getting. :(


Even the dogs enjoyed the Ocean view.



It got pretty windy...just look at Griffin's face in the second picture; he really was ready to go. He kept making his little whining noise at this point until we left. And Miles just looks so cute! :)


Windy but don't you just love the Oregon Coast. It is so pretty!



A couple of other views. Me and the dogs and then if you look above you can see McKay on the other side of the weeds....I wonder what he was doing?? :)


Just another view.

Here we are our little family at Haystack Rock. I can handle that these pics aren't too large; it makes me feel a little better about posting ones with me in them.




So this is going to have to do it for this post. I'll post some of the other pictures I have just from being in Portland later. This already took way too long. But hey at least I am getting this caught up and up to date. The above pics are taken of us up above Manzanita Beach. I love this little look out it is so pretty!! Until next time....

New Home for our blog

So I really think I am the last person I know to switch over to blogger. I am finally giving into the pressure from others! :) I haven't updated our old blog in a while. I think my last post was over a month ago and I couldn't even get my pictures to load right. Anyway so since that post, things have been continuing along well. I now have less than 10 weeks until my due date, which I cannot believe. I am afraid of these next 2 months going by a little too quickly. We have so much to do and after working all day I rarely feel like going home and getting any of these things done. I am hoping this three day weekend coming up will provide me with more time to get a few things organized around the house.
McKay and I headed out of town for about 10 days mid June. We drove out to California to go to the Redwoods and then drive up the Oregon Coast to Portland. It was a lot of fun and we enjoyed the leisurely scenic drive. We had the dogs with us too, they are great travelers and we love to take them with us when we are able to. We arrived in Portland on Fathers Day and got to spend the afternoon and evening with my whole family at Joe and Rachelle's for a Father's Day BBQ. It was great timing and so nice to see everyone as soon as we got into town. And it was great to actually be in town on Fathers Day, since we miss all holidays with my side of the family except Christmas and Thanksgiving every other year.
We stayed at my parents in St. Helen's and were able to make it to each of my sibling’s homes this time while we were in town. It was nice to be able to spend time with each of them and their families.
My sisters and my mom threw me my first baby shower which was great! Everyone was so generous and thoughtful with their gifts, it was a ton of help in getting us started with this whole baby thing, since up to that point we really had almost nothing. I just want to thank all my friends and family that showed up to the shower. It was so good to see everyone and get to visit with everyone. I miss living close to all of you and I miss the better friendships we had when I did live in town. I love when I come home, and I am able to see you, that it seems like no time has gone by since we last spoke. We are able to just pick up from where we last left off. Those are special friendships to me! So thank you! I don’t have our few pictures from the trip uploaded at this point. McKay and I left the camera at home and ended up buying some disposable cameras on our trip. I felt like I was back in middle school using those things. And no worries even if you buy the highest speed of film, the prints still suck when you get them developed. We had a few that turned out okay so when I get them uploaded to our computer I’ll post them.
Well I hope we (I) can keep up this blog a little better than my last one. You can thank Lora for this post since she called me out in her post as being the worst at updating everyone! :) Pictures to come soon!

Much Love,
denene