Fun in the river

Since we weren't busy enough for the weekend, we decided to take the boat out and headed to W'ville and hung out with the Carusos. Had a great time on their dock and enjoyed the time on the boat. Kadence let us know that she likes a certain type of speed: fast! As soon as the boat stop moving, she wakes up and starts crying. The faster we went, the harder she slept! We're in so much trouble! It was a beautiful day and very hot! We were having so much fun, we didn't get home until 10:30 at night! What a busy weekend!







Ms. Pouty face...







Jumping off the dock:

Multnomah Falls

With the great, hot weather we've been having, we decided to go for a hike at Multnomah Falls. Aden was really excited to see the falls again, so we decided he'll like to see the "top" of the falls. This is the first real hike we've taken him to, and although 1 mile doesn't seem that much of a hike for us, for a 3 year old, it is. Especially when it's going uphill! The poor guy was so amazing, he didn't really complain about being tired until 3/4 of the way up! We gave him the option of turning around and head down without seeing the top of the falls, but he didn't want that. Darin had Kadence with him and I was not about to carry Aden. So he dug deep and made it to the top. He was amazing, I couldn't believe he hiked uphill for 1 mile! On the way down was easier, although he complained of being tired and wanted us to slow down. Thank goodness for Curious George, we talked about episodes of George to keep him occupied and it worked! He is such an amazing guy, we're so lucky! Kadence slept through it!

He made it to the top!

Fun Friday

We've been enjoying having Darin home on Fridays, hopefully he continually has Fridays off for the entire summer. Having 3 full days with him and the kids have been fun and eventful. Last Friday, we went on a bike ride from the waterfront all the way to Oaks Park. I tow Kadence in the chariot (I can't believe she's big enough for that already!) and we recently bought Aden a tagalong bike. He loves riding behind daddy and he pedals the entire time! A lot better for long rides (and faster!) than having him ride on his own bike with training wheels. After our bike ride, we went to the water park in NW and hung out for a couple of hours. Here's a few shots of the kids "talking" to each other while we were waiting for Darin outside a coffee shop. Precious!!

Memorial weekend

After 4 days of recuperating at home from being at the beach, we went back to the beach for memorial weekend. It was a fun time with friends, we got there Thursday night and stayed through late Monday evening. It was a very busy weekend, especially after our friends got in town. We had awesome weather, especially when we went out to our favorite spot (at the mouth) on Sunday. The kids all had fun and we tired Aden out. He skipped naps and stayed up way too late. He was just so happy to be at the beach again. Lucky kid. Lots of late nights and great company...can't wait to go back there again.