Our visitor

We found this cute little guy in our squash plant this morning.

Vacation!

This past week we headed out to Washington/Oregon to visit Jake's sister Ann and family. We had a really great time and can't wait to go back.

Multnomah Falls

Nehalem Bay

This was our yurt at the beach and it was the best thing ever. All eight of us (four kids and four adults) crammed in there, which I won't do again, but at least it wasn't a tent!

Ira oblivious to what is about to hit him.

The beach was a first for both Gwen and Ira. They both loved it. Ira just kept giggling the whole time we were out there and Gwen had a ton of fun with Jake running into and away from the waves.

I wasn't able to watch the sunset over the ocean because I was watching kiddos at our campground, but Ira made sure I saw the sun rise the next morning. It was probably my favorite part of the trip. Everyone was still sleeping so we headed out to the beach where Ira and I watched the sun come up, after which he fell asleep in my arms. Hardly anyone in the whole campground was awake, so we had the beach mostly to ourselves.

Jake came out to join us a little bit later

Portland Temple

While Ann watched the kids, Jake and I were able to make a visit to the very beautiful Portland temple. Angel Moroni had been taken down the previous week for cleaning and was extra sparkly and squeaky clean.