Our Long Weekend

Thanks for all your comments on my last post. They were very encouraging and I really appreciated all of them. It's what I needed to hear. :)

The Portland Temple

I went through it during the open house when I was like 13 with Grandpa and Grandma Wright. I always loved it after that.

Kyle needed to go down to Portland to check out some properties for work. I convinced him to let us tag along so we could visit some friends. Megan and Lincoln Wright recently moved their from Omak (before that they lived in N.Seattle when we lived there) and Matt and Danielle Apken moved to Wilsonville from Everett. We drove down on Thursday afternoon and hit a bunch of traffic, but made it to our friends, Megan and Lincoln's house around 7:20pm. Then we visited with them while the kids made a mess and chased around their 2 cats. It was good to catch up with them and see them. We went to our hotel room and got the kids down to bed. It was a late night for them. Kate was so excited to sleep in a hotel again and eat the continental breakfast the next morning. You can tell our kids hardly sleep at hotels (except since recently!). Preston thought there would be a bunk bed like there was at Great Wolf Lodge. haha. Lindsey slept the worse because she would wake up and scratch or rub the side of the porta-crib. Why do they use the loudest, worst material for porta-cribs?! Kate made friends with the front office lady so she gave Kate a ring, Preston a die cast Mater car and Lindsey a stuffed monkey.

Then Friday morning, we met up with Danielle. She used to be the young women president that I worked with before she moved. She's also a dental hygienist so we have lots in common. Kyle took her car and went to see his projects. Danielle and I took the kids to Pump it up and they had fun. Then we grabbed lunch and drove around where she lives to see the area. While Lindsey napped the kids watched Despicable Me. Kyle got done around 2pm so he was fast. We went to a park and it was a gorgeous day so we soaked up the sun. We drove around some more then met up with Matt at Red Robin for dinner. Then we headed home. The kids slept the whole way home which was nice and we didn't hit traffic which is even nicer. :) It was a fun getaway.

The big ginormous slide at the park

Me and Danielle

It's been a somber weekend as we received news that our good friends lost their 7 yr old daughter Jenna in a horrible tragic accident early Sunday morning. (read about it here.) A younger sibling accidentally shot her on Saturday afternoon and she didn't make it. It breaks my heart to think what this family has to go through. I can't even imagine how they are feeling right now. I was in shock and disbelief when I first heard about it then even more numb when I found out she passed away. I've cried about it and it's been hard to sleep because I keep thinking about them. Thank goodness for eternal families because they will see Jenna again, but it's just so hard to even fathom losing a child. They have a good supportive family which is what they need right now.