Portland Getaway

We had a weekend getaway to Portland, OR this past weekend. It was a great way to avoid the mess in our house with the plumbing project still going on. The weekend was fantastic. We started out with a trip to the Children's Museum. They had a special Seasame Street exhibit, where Christian went crazy for Elmo; and a ton of other great things for the kids. Of all the children's museum's we've been too (ok, just Seattle and Minneapolis) this was by far the best! That afternoon, we drove down to wine country and visited a few vineyards. The kids were obvioulsy less intersted in that, but they did great playing soccer ball in the boccee ball court while Leif and I got to enjoy a glass of wine. Our hotel had a great indoor pool, so we spent both nights swimming. On Sunday, we drove along the Columbia River Gorge and saw some breathtaking water falls and did a short hike to the top of one. Now we're back home, to our mess.... luckily the plumbing part is done, now we will be waiting on the drywall and painters to visit.