Last Sunday, John came to visit for a few days. As usual, it was a blast to have the ever humorous, fun-loving, super-tough, John in our home. The first night, we played a lot of games (a new one UNO FLASH was a big hit, and I highly recommend it). In true Fullmer fashion, John and I stayed up till 3am catching up on a whole lot of nothing. :D
On Monday, we decided to go to Powell's Bookstore. John was like a kid in a candy store and spent a bundle on books. I couldn't resist purchasing a few books either. It's a good thing we don't go very often because it's hard to contain myself when it comes to buying books. After the bookstore, Jake and Jess and Mike joined us at Olive Garden for some "real pasta" as John called it. Then while Mike finished up some work, the rest of us rode the OHSU tram. The boys thought it was fantastic and even got tram stickers.
The whole group at the top of the tram.
The boys and Uncle John with the Portland lights in the background.
On Tuesday, I took John to the Candy House in Portland. The best way to describe this house is what your wildest imagination can come up with to match the witches house in the Hansel & Gretel story. The place is incredible...and sells candy and baked goods, so you really can't beat it.
On Wednesday we decided to go to Newport (Oregon coast). It is 3 hours away, so we planned on making a whole day of it. We saw some fun things along the way and stopped to take pictures of them. The funniest one was right outside of Newport where a bunch of old double wides had their own little village. Just on the outskirts of the village was this:
I suppose with so many rainy days,
this is actually pretty clever. :D
The day was perfect for sightseeing...maybe a little chilly, but we were pretty much the only ones out visiting, so it was perfect for us. The boys loved walking along the boardwalk, and watching/listening to the sea lions chatter.
We decided to get he pass to go through the Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum, the Wax Museum, and an underwater adventure. The boys were amazed with all of them...and so were John and I...there is some really weird stuff in that Ripley's building. :D
I don't think Johnny was as excited
to see me as I was to see him...
John and ET
It was really too cold to take the boys on the beach, but the spectacular view was really enough.
Isn't John a good-looking guy?
One thing I loved about visiting Astoria and now Newport, are the beautiful bridges that they have. Coming from a very inland Idaho, all of these bridges are such a different sight than I am used to. I think they are just awesome.
The boys were troopers through all the driving and loved having Uncle John here. Korben didn't even want to go to school because he was having so much fun with John...and if you have seen my other posts, you know he LOVES school. Both boys cried when John left to get on the plane -
it was really sad to see him go.
Thanks for visiting us Johnny! We had a blast!
5 comments:
we had some good times no!? If only we had seen that enchanted forest...sigh...I think that would make my life complete!
they cried? Awesome...I mean sad, but I still got the touch...it's good to be the favorite!
SHhh...just go;)
I never knew about the candy house. How fun! I'm so glad you guys had a good time:)
Glad to see ya having a good time with Johnny. No sitting at home for you guys. You kept busy. All looks like a lot of FUN!
I'm glad that you were able to have such an enjoyable visit with John and do so many fun things! I am glad you got a lot of pictures too. Thanks for sharing!
Hmmm. . . looks like it is time for another trip to Washington.
And time for another visit with John. That kid can really liven things up! You guys covered so much in the time was there!
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