our big day

We decided to go out to Bob's Red Mill to buy a grain grinder as well as the grain to grind. It's about a 45 minute drive so we thought we might do some hiking or other fun stuff and call it a day. Wow was it a day.

We started out in downtown Hillsboro at the toy store so Ava could buy some Valentines Day gifts. Then back in the car for the drive to Bob's. Once we got there we were starving of course so we ordered our very nutritious food and dug in. Amazing food!

Here we are waiting for our order:


Grae ordered a turkey sandwich and kept telling us how good it was. "Mom it has mayonnaise!"


Molly only enjoyed the root beer (which the lady gave us free!)


Then since we were not far away, we make the trek to Exodus Books, where I was just going to pick up one book. I walked out with that book as well as a Jamie Soles "Wells" CD and a new cursive handwriting book. The girls spent a bunch of their own money on books as well.

We had decided to go to a local state park but first stopped at the Oregon City Municipal Elevator.

While Maddie and I enjoyed the view, Grae was already thinking of his next adventure. We rode the elevator down.




We took the stairs back up to the waterfall and then over to the McLoughlin House.




Grae would not make a good pirate or soldier. Wrong end buddy!


Here is where I'm figuring out how many kids I can throw in the fountain.


Then we set off for the park where we found this on one of the trails.






So now we are back home, the house is clean, clothes picked out for church tomorrow, baths taken and we're relaxing. Almost bedtime. It was a great day but now I'm exhausted - at least it's a good day kind of exhaustion.