Over Labor
Day weekend Trevor, Nixon and I made the 13 hour road trip up to Medford Oregon
to hang out with Dave, Erin, Royal and Nolan! It was a blast and well worth the
journey.
Early Thursday
morning with the car packed, me sick as can be and Nixon already whining we
were ready to go. Though I slept most of the trip (I accidentally took Nyquil
instead of Dayquil oops) we finally made it to Central Pointe where Dave and
Erin live. It was so fun to see their cute place, neighborhood (which is really
fun) and be a part of their routine for four days!
Nixon trying to be patient... he did a lot better job on the way home then on the way there!
Our trip
consisted of lots of running, biking, hiking and site seeing, oh and Royal screaming
because of Nixon.
Friday we
went to lunch with Dave in downtown Medford, hiked in Jacksonville and Erin and
I enjoyed some frozen yogurt and talking. Saturday we headed up to Ashland,
which I absolutely loved and reminded me lots of Boulder, Colorado. We spent
our day at Lithia Park, which was beautiful and lots going on. We ate some
great pizza and shopped in a really cool boutique.
Saturday late afternoon Mary
came down from Portland for the rest of the weekend and we all hung out. Sunday
we headed up to Avenues of the Boulders a really cool waterfall. It was also
Trevor’s birthday; we celebrated with pulled pork, hot carrot pasta, and fun
fetti cake. It was a lot of fun to be with family on his special day. Monday we
headed out of Oregon to Crescent City California to enjoy the coast and
Redwoods. The Redwoods were amazing and not even the biggest ones. I couldn’t
stop saying how magical they were and beautiful. I loved hiking through them
and seeing such a different landscape from Utah. The coast was a little chilly
and foggy, but it was fun to head to the beach and see how Nixon liked the
ocean… he hates salt water! Tuesday we said good bye and today we are back to
reality.
I found the Medford Oregon Temple on my run Friday morning! It is very pretty and very small!
Royal found a fuzzy caterpillar at lunch!
Ashland mineral water fountains--- so gross!! Nolan loved it though!
Nolan enjoying the wading hole at Lithia Park in Ashland.
Nixon after a morning run... Calm!
Avenues of the Boulders- Mill Creek Falls Park
Avenues of the Boulders- Mill Creek Falls Park
Avenues of the Boulders- Mill Creek Falls Park
Avenues of the Boulders- Mill Creek Falls Park
Avenues of the Boulders- Mill Creek Falls Park- Birthday Boy!
Avenues of the Boulders- Mill Creek Falls Park- Nolan having a blast!
Avenues of the Boulders- Mill Creek Falls Park- Erin and me, I love her.
Avenues of the Boulders- Mill Creek Falls Park- Royal the scary statue
Avenues of the Boulders- Mill Creek Falls Park- Our little family!
Redwoods & Crescent City, California
Redwoods & Crescent City, California
Redwoods & Crescent City, California- Me inside of a huge redwood tree
Redwoods & Crescent City, California- Trevor at the roots of a redwood tree!
Redwoods & Crescent City, California- Trevor and Nixon compared to a redwood
Redwoods & Crescent City, California- split redwood
Redwoods & Crescent City, California- foggy, mystical, eerie beach!
Some of my favorite parts of our trip: Ashland and Lithia Park, the Redwoods, all of Nixon's new nicknames: Nixican (Nolan), Lickson (Dave & Royal), Nixi (Mary) and Nixico (Mary). Spending all day everyday with Trevor and Nixon, celebrating Trevor's 25th birthday! Thanks Erin and Dave for letting us come!
We have lots going on this month: Trevor starts school September
10th (I am so proud of him), We are helping Frank, Trevor’s brother, with Lotoja, my best
friend Liz is getting married, Liz's bachelorette party, Liz's endownment, birthdays, training, Seattle and then we are off to San
Francisco for work and vacation. This month is full of activities and fall fun! Oh I love this time
of year and it always makes me want to be back in school enjoying fall semester
and college football.
Wait for lots of updates this month!
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