Alex's 4th Grade Musical

Alex really rocked it out..air guitar and all...

Quick Trip

Off we went..Peter had a business trip outside Milwaukee and I decided to go with him..Since I decided a week after he booked his ticket I ended up on a different flight..Actually a better one but it got into the airport in Milwaukee four hours before Peter..I really bonded with the chairs at that airport..After picking up our rental car we headed out..A quick tour of downtown Milwaukee and then dinner at the Hollander...

Their specialty is Belgian beer and frites.I don't know how the beer
is (my sister Kristi would have been jealous) but the frites were nothing close to what you find in Belguim..Bummer..the mussels were great though..

On Monday while Peter tried to prove himself worthy of the job, I toured the area...There are some beautiful towns and the churches remind me of the ones in Europe..This one is in Waukesha...

Love the town of Delafield....

After a mind numbing day for Peter and a car driven one for me we headed back to the airport..A dinner of sausage, German potato salad, sauerkraut, and knackwrust..I ate the sausage before the photo...

Vancouver Trip

Off we went to the Vancouver Temple Open House..We had been watching the construction on the temple for a year now so of course we had to see the final product..I have never done an open house before..It was fabulous..We watched a video first on typical explanations of temples but also on the growth and history of the church in BC..The inside of the temple is gorgeous..They have paintings depicting local scenery throughout the temple..Well worth the trip just going to the Open House but of course we had to add more..

We headed to Fort Langley after the temple..This forts shows how the area trappers worked years ago..The kids had fun playing...

This photo was taken right before Anna-Maria dumps water all over her pants..It wasn't a warm day despite her short sleeves..

Love the antlers..The sticker was given to us to wear while we were inside..The kids opted to wear them on their foreheads..

Fashionista...

We next drove to Surrey to Bear Creek Park..recommended by a friend..The kids tried to play on the playground but there seemed to have been a thousand kids there..So we headed to the Gardens next to the playground.

There is a miniture train that runs in the park..They just watched and waved as it went by..

View from our hotel..not bad...The mountains were stupendous..

Indian for dinner of course..We were in the land of Indians..a bit spicy and not filling so we had to head to Dairy Queen afterwards to cool off our mouths..

Sunday morning we finally headed home...The border crossing was long........

Spring Break

Off to Mom and Dad's for Spring Break..We left the bread winner at home and drove 8 hours down to Medford,Oregon..The weather cooperated on the way down..can't say the same for the ride home..
We dressed the kids up in their Easter Best the week before Easter since we would be driving home the next Sunday and there was General Conference..How come Alex can never look put together no matter how much I try?

We went for a drive Sunday afternoon into the mountains in search of a manzanita tree for Mom's decorations...It was an intense drive with Anna-Maria praying the whole time and my mom trying not to pee her pants..It was a one lane dirt road up a very steep mountain..I loved the views from the top..

and the bottom..

The next day we headed up to Crater Lake..Didn't make it that far because of the snow at the top..We did stop at a Gorge with a beautiful river running through it...It is better in person..

some just wanted to stay in the car...

The rest of the week consisted of shopping, dining, and shopping, visit with my sister Kristi and my nephew Ian who also drove down from Seattle for a couple of days..What else is there?

Saturday was Easter Egg Hunting..I thought they would have done plastic eggs but no...real dyed eggs..hundreds of them...It took about 2 minutes to clean the field up...Then off to the market we went..There is a great farmers market in Grants Pass every weekend..The smells of the fresh food was amazing and tempting.

We loved the Tap House for lunch..nice casual dining right on the river's edge..

The Easter Bunny visited us at Nana and Papa's..Fun basket filled with goodies and then an egg hunt in the house...Weather was too unpredicatable for outside..

Overall..an awesome week with some fantatistic parents..Thanks..