Trip to Oregon- part 2

 Thank you so much to Taylor who put together a schedule of things to do while we were there.  Her mom and siblings were in town as well, so it was so nice of her to let us all tag along on their adventures.  First up was a hike that takes you around to lots of different waterfalls.  The hike is a loop that is about 7 miles total (we ended up taking a shorter loop because some of the kids were done.  ha ha)  It was such nice weather and the kids all did great.  Then we had a picnic lunch and headed back to Ben and Lindsy's house. 

I started off carrying Finley on my back.  I lasted maybe a mile or 2.  Then Rob took over for a while, and then Uncle Ben carried her for the rest of the time while she was sleeping.  My calves were very sore the next day from carrying her.

 The whole group at the first waterfall.  

 I'm only including this picture because I like Finley's expression.  My face is so goofy.  

 We got to walk behind a couple of the waterfalls.  Pretty cool.

 Rob spotted this snake on a rock.  I would have totally missed it if he didn't point it out.

 The kids were collecting berries as we were walking the trail and when they threw them over the bridge into the water, the fish were eating them!

 These two were at the very front of the group the whole time.  I hardly saw them at all.  I was in the back of the pack with Finley and Riley.  :)

 Zac walked right up to this waterfall.  This was after Emery did the same thing and totally fell into the water and got some cuts on her legs.  She was pretty tough and finished the hike like a champ.  

 Thank goodness we have strong kids!  They held up this tree log so we could all walk under it.  

 At the end of the hike.  Ben was able to take the pack off without waking Finley up.  She woke up just as we were all finishing eating.  Perfect timing.

 Riley really enjoyed the puffy cheetos.

 I just thought this was funny.  When it was time to go somewhere, there were so many kids at the front door putting their shoes on.  It was so fun having so many kids around.  They loved just playing and playing.  

 Wednesday morning it was raining a bit but the rain stopped so we went out an picked blueberries.  The kids all did a great job.  We were pretty much the only people there.

 Finley ate lots of blueberries.

 Mouth full of blueberries.  They are so so good!

 I'm not sure how many pounds we picked, but I think it was around more than 30.  It helps when you have lots of kids helping!

 Riley was DONE.  Ha ha

 I wish they had U-Pick farms close by here in Utah.  

 Finley spent some time feeding the goats some dandylions.  

Halle drew Riley.  I think it is spot on!

Then that afternoon Lindsy and I went over to Portland and ate at PDX Sliders and then went to see Wicked.  It was so amazing.  As we were walking out of the show, I was already thinking about when I will see it again.  SO GOOD.  

I have been dreaming about this food for 2 years since the last time we ate here.  The was delicious and so were the fries, but they were so spicy this time.  I don't remember them being that spicy last time.  But it was so yummy.  

 Then we went to the show!  We braved standing in front of a whole crowd of people to get a picture.  Thanks for standing with me Lindsy so I didn't have to stand by myself in front of all those people!

A cool little water feature across the street from where the show was.  

We need to do this again!  It is so great hanging out with amazing women! And a couple of cool guys too!