The Little Stuart's: Our trip to Oregon!

The first week of January we took a trip to see Kelsey's grandparents (The Original Stuart's)! They live in Bend OR- so we flew (with some help of airline miles) & it was Allie's 1st plane ride! I was really nervous about the trip considering I'm a cranky pregnant mess traveling with a "terrible two- year old".. Ok so I worried for Kelsey!! But I was SO pleasantly surprised how well the trip went! We left on a Friday and returned on Tuesday! Friday we parked at the Airport and took a shuttle to the terminal. Allie was pretty excited about riding on the "school bus" (shuttle) the gate. We had 1 lay over in Orange Co- then caught our 2nd flight to Portland OR- Here we rented a car- and drove about 3 hrs to Bend. Allie Slept most of the car ride and even was "accident free" thru the entire day of travels! I was SO proud of her!

We decided to take Allie's Car seat on the plane... the bungee cords were so helpful to carry thru the airport.

Allie's very first plane ride!! She did so good and was very excited to be going up in the air!!

This car made us laugh!! It was on our way to BEND- it reminded us of the car in Planes, Trains & Automobiles! Its about 36 outside & the top of the car was ripped off, the windows had plastic on them and the kids riding in the car were bundled up to stay warm... they saw me with my camera and smiled for the photo!

Beautiful!!! Also on our way up to Bend- this was at the top of the mountain pass we drove thru... we were lucky that the roads were so clear!

In this picture you can see the moon in the background. It is about 4:30 am OR time, and 6:30 TX time... Allie didn't know the difference... So every morning we woke up and left the house so that we wouldn't wake the grand parents... prob some of the most fun on our trip. The first morning we went to Walmart & Shari's for breakfast. The next day we went to Starbucks- Another morning Kelsey was sick so we stayed in and watched TV very quietly- and later on found an indoor bounce house to play in.

The above pictures are from us playing in the Starbucks! The good thing about a retirement community is most of the Seniors sleep in so the town is a "ghost town" until about 8am! So from 6am till about 8am were were the only ones out and about! Kelsey's grandparents slept until about 10ish so we tried to stay out in the mornings until they were up!

Saturday morning, after our trip to Walmart we went exploring thru the town... we found a road into a national park and turned in... Some of my favorite pictures from the trip!

Daddy & Allie Running in the snow...

Mommy & Allie running in the snow... sounds like a great idea to run in the snow with your toddler- unless you are 7.5 months pregnant!! Right after this picture was taken I slipped and fell in the snow! Kinda scary but we (Lindy & I ) were just fine... just a little cold!!

On Monday Robert & Bernice (the grand parents) treated us to breakfast before we drove back to Portland- so sweet to get some pictures with her great grandparents!

After our breakfast we drove to Portland stayed the night at a hotel and caught our flight in the am.. here are pictures of our drive back and fun times swimming at the indoor pool!