Prineville Move

Last weekend was the big move for Max's parents from Tigard to Prineville. Max was in charge of driving the large moving truck so I tagged a long in our car so Max would have a way to get back home and my boys could spend time with cousins. Max's parents bought the house across the street from Brent and Lisa and will get to enjoy some small town livin' for awhile.  The drive was going pretty slow until I realized that I didn't need to be with the caravan and decided to go ahead so the boys didn't need to be in the car longer than needed. We ended up getting there around the same time anyway thanks to Charlie's pee breaks.

I ended up staying with the kids most of the time over at Brent and Lisa's house while all the hard work was being done across the street. It was constantly busy but My boys sure loves the time with the cousins. Charlie got to play Mitchel's drums. Definitely a highlight for him.

We spent the night so we could help get Max's parents settled in as much as possible. We had a rough night with Miles not very thrilled to sleep in his pack n play. Luckily Charlie slept through all of Miles screams, even Max slept through a lot of them. On Sunday morning we attended Max's parent's new ward. Everyone was so kind and welcoming. I went to primary with Charlie since I am his part time Sunbeam teacher anyway. We had a lot of fun despite Charlie yelling out "I don't love my new Friends."  I had told him he was going to meet new friends in his sunbeam class.

After church we went back to Brent and Lisa's house for a delicious lunch. Miles slept in the car and Charlie played with cousins and their excellent assortment of riding toys.

Cousin Mitch really is the best.

Nice one Bray!

And that's Grandma and Grandpa's new house.

My little cheeseball was a big fan of August's bike.

Lunchtime

More biking.

This boy had a great nap!

Charlie kept asking to go on the trampoline and I didn't want him to if I was needing to hold Miles since I couldn't stay close to him. I finally gave in and thanks to his big cousins, he stayed pretty safe.

We had some dinner then packed up and hit the road. We all took turns driving because we were pretty tired. Thankfully Brent was with us and is a regular night time driver and saved the day for us. The boys only screamed a little (lot) on the way home. Charlie was so sad to leave his cousins and their amazing toys. I guess we will just need to go back and visit again soon, especially since Grandma and Grandpa live there now.  Let's just hope that baby sleeps better next time!

Tip-toe through the Tulips

Or I guess you would trudge through the tulips if you're a three year old boy. Anyway, this ended up being somewhat of a spontaneous trip too. My neighbor and I were planning to take our boys to the park but she's new to the area and had heard about the Wooden Shoe Tulip festival and really wanted to go so she brought up that idea. At first I thought there would be no way I could go without Max but then I realized my boys have grown up a lot since last year (Miles was only 3 weeks old) and I take them on outings all the time by myself. I agreed that it would be a great idea despite the somewhat long drive. I am so glad we went. It was the perfect weather and the fields were so vibrant. 

We started in the kid play area with the ducks and slides. It also has a bunch of bounce houses and other things that I didn't let Charlie do because who goes to a tulip farm to jump in a huge spider man bounce house? Oh yeah, and I didn't want to pay the extra fee.

This slide was kind of ridiculous and Charlie couldn't get enough of it. He climbed up really high then when he sat on the slide he just got stuck. And he sat there for awhile all while the line got longer and longer.

 He had to scoot down slowly then he decided to go again and again

Charlie pulling his friend Reed.

After a bunch of playing we pulled our kids from the toys and made them go to the tulips with us. We had to use the "but there are tractors over there" excuse. Works every time!

 It was the last Friday of Spring Break so it was still pretty busy. 

Tractors and mud were probably the highlight for the little boys.

This was a pretty neat steam contraption that my boys were enthralled with.

It was a little more challenging to get all the pictures I wanted without Max there but we got one face in hole photo :)

Eventually I let Miles free from the stroller to play in the mud and flowers.

He liked the fiery tulips.

  

We had a little lunch break then got back to playing by going to check out the pink tractor.

Oh and this pink tractor brought so much joy to so many children.

 

 

Brotherly love

I'm glad he was happy to see all the flowers.

 

Of course we had to check out the windmill.

And here is a little comparison from last year and this year which is only really an 11 month difference.

 Just before leaving, Charlie checked out the sand boxes.

We were so glad we went even though it ended up being pretty busy and we all got a little sun burnt. Charlie already wants to go back!