Oregon fun!

From California to Oregon we headed... with a slight delay!

We got all packed up and ready to leave at 3am on Monday morning... we hit the road with sleeping babies... but Jesi's car had an issue and they broke down on Interstate 5 in the middle of nowhere!  Jason and I drove around to find them water to put in their radiator... as it turns out Jesi was in an accident a few months ago and had damaged her radiator but didn't know.  It was only when she started driving fast up hill that it was put under pressure and so over heated!

The kids did really well while we were waiting around trying to find a mechanic!

So... we eventually found a mechanic who could repair the radiator, we got a hire car and continued our journey!  We met up with Jason's parents in Northern California and continued our final leg of journey to Oregon.

While we were in Oregon, we explored the charity shops/ thrift stores and had some fun!

We go some great deals too!

We found a beautiful lake and spent some time there just relaxing and having fun... we all ended up jumping in the water fully clothed too!  It was awesome!

Jason also bought Kayle a cute fishing rod and taught her how to fish...

I couldn't believe it... she even caught a fish... her first fish!  I was so proud of her.  She was so excited!

While we were there, we threw the kids a birthday party.  We missed Jonah's and Mavericks birthday's with all the chaos that we had going on, and Kayle's birthday is in a few weeks, so we got organised and threw them a big party! 

They were so surprised when they came back threw the door... it was awesome to see their faces!

The certainly enjoyed digging into the cake!

It was fun to do this for the kids!

Another night we went out for Chinese... it was the biggest and best Chinese I have ever had!

We also went to the huge outdoor activities store... the kids loved running around looking at stuff... but the men had an even better time!

Getting to spend this time with Jason's family was wonderful... it was great for Kayle to get to spend some time with her cousins too!

We were so grateful to Jesi's friend who let us stay in her house for nothing... it was great to make memories with them!