TRIP TO OREGON

Hanks sister moved from Washington to Oregon about a year and a half ago and we had not been up there to see her new home. We decided we should go up before we got our garden planted so we went around the first of May. Brandi and Eric came down the week before we were leaving and we were telling them that we were going. Brandi said how she would love to go to Oregon, that it was one of the places she would really like to see, so we invited her and our Great Grandson to go. To our surprise and delight she said yes. We were so excited. It was a week that I will treasure forever. It was a long trip and we did a lot of driving but our little man could not have been better. He has got to be the best little boy in the world. This is how he liked to set in his car seat.

Hes just chillin and enjoying the ride. I dont know what he had been eating in the second picture, but it must have been good. We left on a Sunday morning and got up there about 2:00 pm on Monday. It was good to get there. The new home is beautiful. That night we went to McGraths for dinner. The next day we went to a Winery for some wine tasting. I am not a wine drinker so I didnt taste any wine, but we ordered a cheese plate and some sandwiches with wild mushrooms that were delicious.

Later that afternoon Aiden was taking a walk around the back yard with his Great Aunt Rose when she said he pointed to her flowers and said Mama. So she helped him pick some to take to his Mama. Isnt that just the sweetest thing.

He decided he should smell the flowers.

That evening for dinner, Rose fixed steak, lobster, and fried oysters. It was a meal fit for a King. The next day we decided to take a ride down to Lincoln City which is right on the coast. We stopped about half way there at a Casino for their breakfast buffet. It was delicious. When we got to Lincoln City we went to another Casino that is right on the Ocean. We went into the resturant there and ordered drinks and then Brandi and I went downstairs and tried our hand at 21. Brandi had quite a few firsts on this trip. She ended up winning some money and was pretty happy. That evening we went back to the house and just chilled and did some visiting since we were leaving the next morning. Here are a few more pictures and then in a few days I will post about the trip down the coast.