Week 2 Oregon

I am way behind the times now. In an effort to catch up I am going to try to condense an entire week of vacation into one post. Following our week in Long Beach, Washington, we head south to spend a week at my parents' house. The drive was a fun-filled three hours of crying and puking, but we made it.

Our first full day in Oregon was Father's Day, Jeremy's first Father's Day, but since the puking continued the celebration was put off until Monday. We had a great family dinner with ribs, homemade mac and cheese, fruits and veggies and apple pie and brownies.

Father's Day celebration aside, the rest of the first three days was dedicated to law school visits. Jeremy saw three schools in three days and on the last day we all went down and spent the day in Eugene while he was at University of Oregon. That trip was an adventure, but I would rather not get into that now.

Here is a picture of Merrick and I next to a fountain in beautiful downtown Eugene.


While we were in Oregon the weather was AMAZING and we spent a lot of time outside. One day all the cousins went to a park around the corner from my parents.

Here are some pictures of Merrick with his new friend from the park.




On Friday, as part of Jeremy's Father's Day present, we went to a Portland Beavers baseball game. All the kids, including Merrick, loved watching the game and eating ice cream.



They all also got to meet Lucky, the mascot. Most got a ball signed, but Maude didn't have a ball so she got her hand signed. Merrick wanted to keep his distance, but did tolerate a picture.



I think Merrick really enjoyed being outside, spending time with cousins, and feeling like a big boy. He even learned how to climb stairs and how to ride his cousins ATV.


So that was the week in a nutshell...and what a great week it was.