5.4.13 (Pt1)

Saturday morning we headed over to my friend Naomi's house so she could join us for a day full of fun!

On the way there we listened to music and enjoyed the beautiful day.

This pretty little arrangment was by the door of the Arvidson's front door, so pretty.

We loaded into the car and set off for our first fun stop of the day!

Salem's Riverfront Carousel

This place is very special to me. When I was little, the carousel was just beginning and

Mom and I could go to the mall to watch carvers turn blocks of wood into beautiful horses.

It's such a charming beautiful place now, I just love it.

This is Big Sky, my very favorite. <3

Of course we couln't go and not ride one or two times, right?

Outside of the caroucel is a beautiful park right on the riverfront.

We had lots of fun playing around and snapping photos.

And that ends part one! Saturday was sooo full I can't fit everything in just one post.

Stay tuned!!

5.3.13

Mom and I were both super tired from flying all the previous day, but that didn't stop us from shopping for some groceries and having dinner out with Grandma Eileen at our favorite seafood place, McGrath's.

I took a walk in the afternoon. It was a perfect day and everything was so beautiful. I was stopping constantly to snap pictures of everything.

This is the front of Grandma's house.

The Dogwood in the front yard was full of lovely pink blooms.

There's a little park up the road with a playground and a beautiful trail through the woods.

The trees were so green and the sun was shining down through the leaves.

It smelled of amazing fir trees and grass - I just drank it all in.

That night, my little cousin Brook came over and stayed the night. To describe Brook in two words:

                                                    Totes Adorbs.

Her mom Tiffany is amazing!

She and Mom swapped stories about some pretty epic past experiences.

We all had good laughs. It was great fun!

I read some books to Brooke before bedtime.

She helped me where she could and it was so fun.

<3



5.2.13

Wow, I had planned on blogging each day but due to lack of internet, I haven't had a chance until now. So here is the first post of my trip - flying.

Our plane was scheduled to fly out at 6pm so the entire day seemed to drag before it was finally time to leave the house. The drive was fun, Dad driving and Mom hyper. She's was talking and laughing and then talking and laughing some more. Haha!

As always, we crossed the epic Skyway bridge!!

Then we finally arrived at the airport!! I snapped a few pictures driving up, then put the camera away for security and all that stuff.

We checked in, got through security and found our gate. Here's our pretty plane! :D

So, we get to out gate and after a few minutes we all boarded. Mom and I got really good seats and were just settling in when the flight attendants announced, "This flight has been delayed two hours due to weather issues in Las Vegas." .....great. Hahaha! I had just began to happily eat my sandwich and now they wanted all of us to unboard and hang out in our wing until the two hours was past.

To kill time, mom and I got gelatos.

 I spotted a Tampa Bay Rays......airplane pusher? I honestly don't know what they're called.

Waiting at our gate.

I was bored and the ceiling looked artistically cool. :)

When we boarded again, mom and I had fun messing around with the camera.

We saw the sunset and munched on our crunchy airline snacks!

We got into Vegas late but it wasn't an issue 'cause our flight there was delayed too! 

It's a huge airport and we had to walk a mile practically till we reached our gate.

When we did, I noticed how cool the wing really was. 

Colorful lights and cool windows - I had to snap a shot.

Then I put the camera down on my lap, turned it sideways and snapped this!

That awkward moment when the guy was LOOKING!!

I crashed when we boarded our second flight.

Mom and I got three seats to ourselves so I stretched out. 

Heh, heh. It was great.We arrived in Oregon early early morning and I snapped this picture of the road before I zonked out. 

I feel like this post was really distracted sounding, haha!

My apologies, I'm super tired. :p I'll post more soon.