On June 17th Jeremy's parents and Garret came for a visit. They had their visit planned for months, but we had kept it a secret from Merrick. On the day of, we met them at Panda Express for lunch. They were sitting outside waiting for us and Merrick walked across the parking lot and didn't even see them until Jeff called out for him. Merrick immediately called out to them and ran full speed into grandpa's waiting arms. It took the CC about half a second to warm up and then we spent the rest of the day hanging out, riding bikes, and just being together.
The next day we headed off to the children's museum. As usual, the kids had a blast. The real eventful part was when we left and found a parking ticket on their car even though they had payed for parking. It turns out the registration on their rental car had expired. Despite the hang up, we went on with our day and went berry picking. When we got home though Carolyn called the rental car company to complain. She told them they needed to give her an upgrade, but they said they could not guarantee that. When they delivered the new car that night, however, it was a 7 passenger Dodge Journey which meant we could ride together all weekend long. It was such a blessing. Plus that evening we turned some of our berries into berry cobbler. Life was about as good as it gets.
Friday Jeremy was off and we went to the Mt. Hood Adventure Park. We rode the alpine slide and Merrick was even able to ride by himself (he did a great job), we trampolined, we tubed, we did the batting cages, and we did the aqua rollers. The aqua rollers were like giant, inflatable hamster wheels on water. You would run, fall, flip over, and repeat. We all got thrown around and it was probably one of the top five most fun things I have done in my life (we until the last run when Garret came down and landed on Merrick's head and he ended up with a bit of a black eye).
Saturday we went to the coast. We found 11 sand dollars, took in the car show in Seaside, shopped, rode the carousel, and ate fish and chips. We ended the day by driving to Tillamook for cheese samples and ice cream.
Sunday we went to church in the morning and then braved the 4T's. For those who don't know, that is a trek all through Portland that starts with s 4.5 mile trail that leads to a tram that leads to a trolley that leads to a train. In the end you make a big circle around Portland and end back where you started.
As you can tell we had a LOT of fun and we were really busy. I don't know how we could have packed more into the visit, but it truly was the perfect staycation.
P.S. With so much to still blog about I am afraid this will get lost in the shuffle, but I just wanted to mention that we bought a new car today....Hooray!!!! It is a Honda Pilot and I love it already.
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