{OR}egon Trip April 2009 (Part 2)

These pics are part 2 of our trip to Oregon in April. Part 1 was downloaded onto my laptop and that is ALLLL the way downstairs (which right now means as far away as Mars :) It really means that I am too tired to walk the stairs again today. I am carrying a little too much extra weight these days :) Growing a BIG boy.

Anyway, we had a great time in Oregon and got to do so many things that I have been really wanting to do. This is Madilyn at the Aquarium. We had a lot of fun looking at all the fish, the sea otters (which are my personal favorite) and touching everything we could get our hands on in the touchpool. We have great pictures that I will post when I am on the laptop again.

Madilyn was so proud of the stamp she got at the Aquarium and was showing everyone we passed.

Pictures of Newport OR. Such a cute coastal town.
Madilyn enjoying an ice cold Coca-Cola at a yummy mexican restaurant.

We all loved the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. We could have spent about 3 days here without seeing/experiencing everything and we only had 1 day.
Madilyn loved playing in the sand...
and playing with the air tube. I love the look of wonder on her face. We captured many moments like this during our day here.
she had to put her face over the air to see what that was like..hilarious!
This is an (almost) 2 year old's heaven. If we lived in Oregon, we would have to have a membership to this place! Madilyn was in love with it!
This is Madilyn enjoying her very 1st movie. It was an IMAX film on Adrenaline. She got really into it, but luckily it was only an hour long, as that is about as long as she could sit still.

She loved running across this bridge! It made me nervous because it moved so much, but that is why she loved it. She is so daring and adventurous!! I better get used to it ;)
A little cold, rainy, and windy....but we absolutely loved Portland. Such a beautiful city with so much to do, even in the rain.
Madilyn is making her "fishy" face. She learned this at the Aquarium and loves to talk about the fish in the water. She is still talking about it.
On our way out of Portland on the beginning of our journey back home, we stopped at Multnomah Falls.
What an awesome place! So beautiful and a great place to walk around before we had to be in the car for 10 + hours to get home that day. Madilyn loved all the water and mist coming off the falls.
We had a wonderful time in Oregon and can't wait to go back!