Cirque Du Soleil

Matt and I went to see Cirque Du Soleil's "Corteo" in Portland today! The show was FABULOUS and held under the big top! Cameras weren't allowed inside, so I was only able to take photos of the tents from the parking lot!

You can check out information on the show by clicking on this link; http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/default.htm

After the show we went out to dinner at Jake's Grill. I've seen great reviews on the restaurant (which is owned by McCormick and Schmicks -- so how can you go wrong?) and it was even featured on TLC's "Little People Big World" which is filmed in Hillsboro, Oregon. We had top sirloin with dungeonous crab as our entree and it was delicious. The restaurant is known as Portland's best Steak House! You can check out their website at http://www.mccormickandschmicks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.display&pageid=96&id=21
The restaurant is located in the Governor Hotel, in Downtown Portland. It is a luxury hotel that gets rave reviews for their service! Tori and I are planning to attend a fundraiser there in late April for Doerenbecher Children's Hospital!
The Governor Hotel in Portland, OR

Spring Soccer has started!!!

On Friday the kids voted for a "lazy day". They love just being home with no schedule and not having to be any specific place at any specific time. It was a really good choice since the weather went from sun, to rain, to hail, to intermittent snow (YES, SNOW). Not that any stuck to the ground here in Canby. Matt emailed from work at 8am to say it was snowing in Vancouver, Washington and continued to snow for 2 hours!!! Now, I must say, I AM looking forward to snow once we move north -- if that ever happens. With the housing economy we may be here another year.

Saturday was the start of Ryan's soccer season. We bundled up and headed to the field at 10am. At the time it was overcast, 41 degrees, with a slight breeze. By the time we had our chairs set up along the field the wind kicked in, along with the rain and the storm continued until 11:20 (about 10 minutes before the game ended). People were using umbrellas to shield themselves from the wind that was biting cold and holding down any belongings so the wind wouldn't blow them away. The game was really good, the team did really well with the ending score 29 - 0!!!

Bowling on Thursday!

Today we decided to go bowling in Wilsonville, Oregon and Wilsonville Lanes! The kids all did great! Sarah was hilarious! Every time she rolled the ball down the lane she'd stay to make sure a pin would be knocked over and then jump up and down with her hands in the air yelling "I won! I won!"

What happens when a 2 year old is very QUIET

This morning all of the kids were busy doing something. The boys were on the computers, Tori was painting pictures and Sarah was playing with her baby dolls and watching Dora the Explorer. A friend called and as I was chatting with her I realized that Sarah was being VERY QUIET. Every parent knows, that when toddlers are quiet, something is up. As I walked into the hallway, Sarah just looked up and smiled! I took her by the hand and was walking around the house and she had a blank look on her face...not sure whether she was in trouble or not. When I finally found my camera the HUGE smile was back on her face.

Doesn't she look lovely????

North Clackamas Aquatic Park on Wednesday!

We spent the day at North Clackamas Aquatic Park today in Milwaukie, Oregon! It is a large indoor water park (what pool isn't indoors in Oregon???) with a wave pool, water slides, kids pool etc. You can check out the pool at http://www.co.clackamas.or.us/ncprd/aquatic/.

The kids had a great time and little Miss Sarah kept me going for 3 hours straight swimming from pool to pool. She has absolutely NO FEAR of water at all and wanted to be in the deep end of the pool when the waves were going, and loved going through the waterfalls, etc. My idea of renting a house boat on a lake for vacation is going to have to wait, I can just see her in the water every opportunity that presented itself.

Horton Hears A Who on Tuesday!

We went to see the movie today and we all really enjoyed it! It was Sarah's first time in a movie theater and she loved the big screen!

Oaks Amusement Park on Monday!

Spring Break is here! On Monday I took the kids to Oaks Amusement Park in Portland! http://www.oakspark.com/

Sarah was a dare devil and wanted to go on every fast ride they would allow her on! The kids had a great time riding the rides and roller skating at the rink! We were having so much fun I forgot to take photos!

Brandon and Ryley on the Spider
Sarah on an aircraft ride
My favorite ride -- The Screaming Eagle!