I wish I had “First day of kindergarten” photos to share with you, but for a few reasons that is just not happening right now. It’s been a whirlwind of highs and lows over the past few months. On the medical side of things, I can now comfortably say that Avery has recovered very well […]
January 23, 2021 Sometimes it’s hard to believe, but Avery is now 5 years old! There were times in his first year of life, I didn’t even know if we’d make it to this point, or if we did, what that would look like. Avery has taken us on an incredible journey that has opened […]
December 22-27, 2020 2020 has been quite the strange year. Weirdly enough, I’ve adapted to the new normal where we don’t think more than a week or two ahead and definitely don’t make any concrete travel plans. This Christmas unlike most of our past ones, there wouldn’t be any travel plans. We decided that it […]
December 29-30, 2020 For the second week of winter vacation we booked a last-minute reservation at The Oregon Gardens in Silverton, just a little over an hour away. Every year they do a huge display of Christmas lights and a German-style market. This year, with Covid, things are different of course. If you stayed at […]
November 24-29 Thanksgiving break! Woohoo! Vicki drove to our house on Tuesday afternoon and we loaded up her car with all of our stuff and headed to Florence. We had a house rented for the 5 nights we would be there. After arriving around 7pm, we settled in for the night. On our first full […]
November 10-14, 2020 Brian and I have been itching to get away. With Veteran’s Day as his first holiday of the school year, we wanted to do something. I came across a great Travelzoo deal for Salishan resort, so I jumped on the opportunity and booked us for 4 nights. Wednesday was the best weather […]
August 24, 2020 Moving during a pandemic is not the most ideal situation. There were many times in the past 5 months that we questioned ourselves if we were doing the right thing by moving across the state at such an uncertain time. Brian was on the job hunt and it dragged out much longer […]
July 1-6, 2020 This was our first overnight trip we’ve taken since the coronavirus pandemic shut down Oregon. In both Oregon and Washington, the economy has opened up most places but masks are required and social distancing is standard. Brian and I have talked about visiting the North Cascades as a place we’d love to […]
June 3, 2020 COVID has kept us in Irrigon way more than usual, especially for summertime. As soon as Oregon began opening its state parks, we were planning a trip to the Painted Hills. It’s a place that’s been on our travel list for a while and it’s an easy day trip. Now was a […]
March 21-26, 2020 This trip was one of the strangest we’ve taken. Just 1 week before we left for this planned Spring Break road trip, Oregon closed all schools due to the coronavirus. Brian and I debated about whether we should still go. We weighed the pros and cons and assessed the risk and determined […]