February: Oregon!

After a couple weeks in Ferndale, Uncle Matt picked Kale and I up and we drove down to Beaverton. On the drive down we passed through memory lane and visited our old stomping grounds in Redmond/Sammamish WA. We visited Marymoor Park, Redmond El, Timberline and a bunch of other places around town. It was so fun to remember so many things from our childhood and to see how much things have changed in that area too. Unfortunately, on the drive from there to Oregon I started getting really sick. I'm still not sure what I had because I was being stubborn and didn't want to go to the dr, but I had all the symptoms of viral menengitis... stiff neck, fatigue, fever, flu like symptoms...etc. Not fun! So I was out of commission for a long time. Aside from that we had a wonderful time. One weekend we went up to Mt. Hood and took Kale sledding for the first time! The second weekend we went over to the Oregon Coast, Seaside, Newport and Canon Beach. We went to the Newport Bay Aquarium... (can you see a pattern? Kale really likes going to aquariums) and spent some time in Seaside and Canon beach. Highlights of that excursion: fresh yummy dungeness crab, a not so great crab melt sandwich (much better the 1st time I had it), watching the sea lions up close with Kale & the long tube aquarium thing (I don't know the name :), the beautiful drive, lighthouses we stopped at and the yummy sourdough bread and clam chowder overlooking Haystack rock. I have to say the oregon coast is some of the prettiest country you'll ever see. The rest of our trip involved hanging out with Grandpa Chas and Matt at home, which was lots of fun too. Kale kept calling Grandpa "Grandma" because he had just finally learned it up in Ferndale. Matt was great at entertaining Kale while I was feeling sick. (as you can see by the last few pics!) I also got to meet Katherine, my dad's girlfriend, who was very nice. We were even able to go with her to the Ballet when some of her friends had to cancel. I sure miss living close to family.