First Day of School
And just like that, they are back at school. Everyone is completely thrilled with their teachers this year and it’s been the most smooth transition we’ve ever had. ‘
Back to School Bash IV
We flew in to Denver around 7:30 pm on Sunday night. Our Back to School Bash was at 10:30 am the next morning. I ran to Lamars to pick up our donuts and King Soopers to get the ice blocks. I always get the funniest questions. “What in the world are you going to do…
Back to Life, Back to Reality
On Sunday we went to 9am church with the McBrides. Bob taught Sunday School and Kimberlie taught Relief Society, so that was really fun! Blake and Truman loved being back in the same Primary class. We ate a quick lunch and it was time for us to head to the airport. Saying goodbye to dear…
Date Night Portland Edition
Halle babysat all the darling rugrats so the adults could hit the town. It’s really a win/win. She loves to watch the kids, especially because Lynnlee and Sam were there, and we love to go out! First we zoomed down to Bob’s school (He’s in his last year of Endodontic school) and picked up bikes….
Leaving our hearts in San Francisco!
What an amazing, beautiful, fun, gritty, incredible month we’ve had in this City by the Bay. Just like Tony Bennett, we are leaving our hearts in San Francisco.
The other things we did
After the race we had planned to go directly to lunch. Well….we were a soapy, sudsy mess and there was no way that was going to work. So we went home, had showers, did some mega laundry that included all our shoes, and then hit the town. We went to check out the food truck…
Portland Bubble Run. The McBanks Get Bubbly
Our kids are the perfect age for this race. It’s basically like a 5k bubble bath. We got up early and made our way over to the Portland International Raceway. The start was seamless which was really impressive because there were about 6,000 runners. Here we are all nice and clean before we started. We…
Beverly Beach State Park
While in Bandon, we decided to hit up the West Coast Game Safari Park. The premise seemed really fun. See exotic animals up close and have a “hands on” experience. We could pet a baby brown bear, baby bobcat, baby leopard, and baby fox. We could hold a possum, and ferrets. Sounds like a kid’s…
Stout Grove in Jedediah Smith Redwood State Park
The next morning Tara and I did 6 miles through Eureka. At first I led us along the coast which actually turned out to be stinking fish factories and tent towns of sketchy people. So we went back and ran through town and it was much better. I led us a little astray so we…
Redwood Forest
We zoomed up the coast as fast as we could, eager to meet up with the McBrides. Our first stop was at the Chandelier Tree. Driving through a tree is on my bucket list so Rusty let me do the honors. It was a pretty tight squeeze, but we made it 🙂 We were a…