Canada Trip: Part 1 (Portland)

We are now in the midst of our next big adventure... a road trip up to Canada to see my parents in British Columbia. It has been 2 years since I have been able to go "home" and I was totally looking forward to seeing all my family. But, driving that far with three little ones seemed a little ominous. I am happy to report that we must have broken the kids in during the SoCal trip because they did AMAZING on the drive up to Oregon. And we were so lucky to have Steve's sister's family in Portland for the perfect stop-over!

We left Sacramento about three in the morning so the kids could sleep part way in the car. That put us in Portland just after lunch. Our kids enjoyed their reunion with their cousins and got right to playing in the backyard. Here's Paige taking Molly and Hailey's order and Luke cooking it up in the playhouse kitchen.


And here's Luke teaching Paige all about the doorbell.


And of course Paige enjoyed her snuggles from Aunt Christie!


For dinner we packed a picnic and headed out to a great neighborhood park with a fun water spray area. The kids all had so much fun playing. Hailey and Molly were absolutely precious because the held hands everywhere they went (unprompted by us). They were so happy to be together and were two little peas in a pod.


Garrett and Paige also enjoyed playing with Hailey. Garrett enjoyed joining her in the spray area, and Paige got lessons on how to get down the slide.


It was so great to see their entire family, although there definitely wasn't enough time considering we left early the next morning. But we're looking forward to seeing them again on the way back home.