2013

Well, we made it home yesterday afternoon. Good roads coming and going, which was a huge relief. We loved getting to see Pet in her new environment....she has a beautiful house and cute boys, but it still seemed strange to have her in Portland. Nice way to break up the trip and enjoyed seeing the Martin clan. The ocean was incredible. Jord and I spent three nights in a room that was on the beach. There was sunshine and no wind all three days.....pretty great! Jord went antique and used book store shopping and I went in a few places but its just not my thing so he would drop me off at the Outlet Malls and I would shop while he shopped. It worked out great, no schedules....just do what you want when you want. We ate lots of excellent seafood....yummy stuff. Creston and Kat seemed to have a lot of fun with the cousins and Aunts/Uncles....but both of them slept most of the way home....I do believe they were bushed! Thank you to everyone for the beds, food and good visiting, we all really enjoyed ourselves. Creston, Jord and Chad did the tour of Univ. of Oregon campus and Creston seemed really excited. I came home to my oven not working....it is flashing a error read and it will not let me do anything. So, I can't use the stove or the oven not unless I want to hear the warning beep go off continually. Called Kim and she said it had done it before and that I would have to call the repair man to fix it. Bummer!!! not sure it is worth it as the stove is at least 10 years old. I don't have the money to replace it, so we will see. I will be using the electric skillet for now.