Our family travels continue! Our most recent adventure was to Bend,OR/Tumalo Falls State Park. We started our trip down on Friday afternoon making a stop near Detroit Lake for a lunch break. When we finally arrived at our yurt we unpacked and then headed out to grab dinner and to pick up provisions for our … [Read more…]
We recently took our first camping trip of the season to L.L. Stub Stewart State Park and our first camping trip as a family of five. After a year off from camping and regular nature exploring it feels so good to be back at it again. With it being early May we decided to snatch … [Read more…]
Camassia Natural Area is a favorite spot of our families. It is a short 1 mile loop that is filled with such a diverse landscape from the tiny wetland to the meadow to the rocky plateau. It is the perfect loop for exploring with little (and big) ones. Depending on the time of year you … [Read more…]
This post was written in collaboration with American Girl. As always all opinions are my own. I recently was able to surprise Edith with a mama-daughter date to the American Girl Pop-Up Shop at the Washington Square Mall here in Portland. Having grown-up being a lover of American Girl myself it was exciting to take her … [Read more…]
One of amazing benefits of living in Portland is that we get not only the city life but also easy access to nature. We don’t have to travel far to be in the mountains, the desert or the beach. Each week (ideally) we find ourselves exploring a new nature area around Portland. Most recently we … [Read more…]
My friend Jenni and I finally made time for the two of us to get out (sans kids) to enjoy a night of wine and art. We were invited by Bottle & Bottega, here in Portland, to come in and check out what they had to offer. We picked a date and marked our calendars to … [Read more…]
Smith Rock State Park Smith Rock State Park isn’t exactly in Bend but it is close by and so worth the visit. We arrived and I just couldn’t get over the views. It was absolutely breath taking. This visit we didn’t end up partaking in any hiking because our travel companions weren’t as able to … [Read more…]
I’m dreaming of warmer days as I write this way overdue blog post. It feels as if Portland went from Summer directly to winter and I am feeling it today. We also have been hit with the winter colds around here hence such a huge space in posts. I actually didn’t realize that we are … [Read more…]
6am. Neil gets up and head to the couch to do a little reading… 6:38am. I finally roll out of bed leaving a sleeping Alder. I pass a sleeping Edith on the way to the living area where I find a sleeping Neil who stirs and wakes up. 6:50am. Neil starts on coffee and I … [Read more…]
Growing up my family did a lot of camping. We went tenting, we had a pop-up camper for many years as well and even my first trip to Disney World was a camping trip to the Fort Wilderness (hmmmm maybe this is how I’ll convince Neil to do a Disney World trip). Anyways I am … [Read more…]
