Starting the Fall out Right.

Our friends invited us out for a little fun in the mountains.  Which, Bre also took most of these photos.  Someday I'm going to have to learn how my camera works on something besides Auto.

It was a perfect fall night.

We shot guns, ate some really crappy marshmallows and avoided cowpies.

Always good to go and get some fresh air.

Snow Basin and poop.

I just couldn't stand it anymore.  It was such wonderful weather and the leaves were changing and we were all just sitting inside!  Wasting away the lovely autumn air.  So I rounded up the whole family and headed up the mountains. 

It was one of those weird random cold days (that were followed with 75 degree days.)  As always, I'm trying to take some photos of my kids and then Hali decided she needed one like Aiko too.

Obviously, it's not near as cute.  Plus, then, she stepped in dog poop, in chacos.   I laughed, she totally deserved it, mocking my baby.

Derek also hates when I take photos.  I know, I know, but I just want to capture all the wonderful moments, which is ALL the time.  Some times, I realize that I just need to store the precious moments in my mind. 

 

Which is hard, because I feel like brain has been MIA for quite some time. 

Portland Coast // Day 7 // Portlandia

(Sigh, because I spent hours exporting all my photos in THE wrong size, I can't do large photos...so it's going to be lame and be small photos for a while.  Plus, I'm slightly disheartened by it, so I should have blogged when I could remember everything, please excuse the lameness and lack of organization.)

Pittock Mansion.  It was closed when we accidentally drove up to it.  But you can walk around for free.  Plus you better do it.

The view was breathtaking. 

We did the most touristy thing possible there.  Voodoo Doughnuts was a must right?

After eating our slightly horrific doughnuts (while they were good, I did feel kind of uneasy about the whole voodoo thing.)

The last few minutes in Portland were spent on the dock.  People watching and letting Aiko get all her jitters out before the flight. 

Luckily, the flight went ok.  Honestly, it can't have been that bad, because I don't remember anything about it...4 months later.