Last week we took a quick vacation to Oregon. It was the new house tour. We drive from Lehi to Boise the first day and stayed with Scott's sister in the Boise area and saw their new house. They have lived there a year but we haven't seen it yet, so that was fun. We had a great time visiting with them but I forgot to take any pictures. :(. The next day we drove from Boise to Hermiston, OR and stopped to visit my brother, Will and his family. They also are in a new house - but have been there about six months. We had fun visiting with them. Here are all the cousins together. Top row: Anna, Whitney, Rachel, Megan, Matthew and baby Hannah. Bottom row: Grant, John, Emma and Adam. It was fun to see them.
We continued on into the Portland area and stayed with Scott's parents. Here we are getting ice cream and milkshakes one day. I love the berry milkshakes they have in Oregon in the summer.
We celebrated Ma2's birthday. Anna insisted on baking something for the occasion and Ma2 helped her make a pan of brownies.
The next day we drove to Tillamook to see the new cheese factory building. It was SO CROWDED!! This was at lunch time and I highly recommend going later (or earlier) in the day to avoid the crowds. Maybe its just busy now 'cause of the opening of the new/updated building but it was pretty bad. Here we are outside. The building looked very impressive.
They had some new cute displays
We got to try attaching a milking machine to a fake cow (not pictured) and that was fun
We could barely see the factory floor 'cause each window into the factory was plastered with people. We waited about 20 minutes for cheese samples. They were good! But the waiting. :(
We did locate the Tillamook van!
Then we waited A LONG time to get ice cream. There are two lines (one inside and one outside) and they were both super long. The kids were melting down by the time we got ice cream. The ice cream was also melting down. It was so busy at the ice cream counter that half the flavors were sold out, including my beloved Tillamook Mudslide. The flavors that remained were soft and melty. When we drove back by the factory at 4:30pm (after the beach) the factory parking lot was a lot emptier. It may just be the excitement of the new building opening and might not be so busy next summer, but in the future I think I will plan to visit the Tillamook Cheese Factory later in the day.
After the crazy cheese factory we drove to Rockaway Beach nearby.
It was overcast but not too chilly. The kids flew kites courtesy of Ma2 and Pa2.
Kites at the Oregon coast are always a good idea.
The kids played in the water a little
When it started to mist and looked like rain might be coming in we decided to head back home.
Everyone was beat on the way home
More Oregon adventures to come!
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