Labor Day Weekend

We spent Labor Day weekend @ Vicki & Jordan's in the valley. Mom, Alyssa, Olivia* & I headed over Friday afternoon and got there just in time to pick up Toryn from school. It was so great to see the big First Grader and he was thrilled to see his cousin Alyssa Belle waiting for him outside the Elementary school. Shame on me for not having the camera out, it would have made for the perfect kodak moment, TJ picking up Alyssa and yelling to all his classmates, "Look, this is my cousin!!" I have to remember to always have the camera ready!!

Travis and Dad headed over after they got off work Friday night and so Mom, the kids and I just ordered a pizza and hung out around the house, while Vicki and Jordan went to get her Tattoo touched up. Then Saturday morning we woke up to RAIN!!! Typical weather for the valley, but it really put a damper on our plans to go to the State Fair. :(

So, we adjusted our plans and decided to head to the mall instead! We had an awesome day at Washington Square Mall. Alyssa got a new Tinkerbell hoodie from the Disney store and some Tinkerbell PJ's. Trav got a new video game, a really creepy one that he plays after Alyssa and I go to bed- too graphic!! ;) And I got some much needed maternity jeans and a very pretty maternity sweater to get me through the fall/winter. When I was standing in the checkout line at Motherhood, I realized this is probably going to be the outfit I end up wearing to the HOSPITAL!!!

Then while the guys did their thing, Mom, Vicki, Alyssa & I headed to Macy's and Vicki & I decided to be "Stacy & Clinton" and put Mom through a little "What Not To Wear" make-over. We just started grabbing clothes off the racks and putting together outfits, then we shoved Mom in the dressing room and made her model each outfit. It was soooo much fun!! All she was really searching for were a couple tops and we ended up finding a couple that she looked great in. We decided that we'll definitely have to do that again sometime and take turns! :)

After we all got pretty shopped out, we left the mall and headed over to Chuck.e.Cheese. Travis and I really wanted to take the family out to dinner and thought that would be the perfect place to go! We all had a blast especially TJ & Alyssa! Here are a bunch of pictures of the "kids" being kids ;)



Then on Sunday, everyone (minus Jordan who had to stay home to take care of a sick puppy) headed to the Evergreen Aviation Museum and spent the day checking out all the neat aircrafts they have on display, including The Spruce Goose! It was a lot of fun for everyone and we took a bunch of pictures there too. But for some reason they aren't wanting to show up in my post. I'll have to revise this later, but seeing as it's been almost a month since our trip, I figured I better get this post up already!! ;)

Sunday night we went back to Vicki's house, filled up on munchies and sundaes while we relaxed and watched movies. We woke up on Monday had a big breakfast and then we had to get on the road and head back to Central Oregon. It ended up being a beautiful day and we had a lovely drive home on the back country roads, even stopping at a farm stand for some fresh valley fruits and veggies. (Figures the weather wouldn't cooperate until the day we have to leave, but we had a great time anyway!)

So, that was our 3 day weekend. As always, it wasn't nearly long enough and went by way too fast! We look forward to seeing everyone again next month for the Halloween Baby Shower Celebration!! Hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day weekend too!! Love and miss you all.