Portland, Oregon // Summer 2015

Our two week Oregon vacation continued as we spent a few days in Portland after the Cabin, Bend, and Crater Lake. I was raised in a suburb of Portland--Lake Oswego, and I wanted to spend a couple of days just exploring my hometown. Every time that I come to my hometown, I feel incredibly nostalgic. So many memories of growing up come flooding back. I am always reminded how beautiful Portland is (and green!). Oh man, there is not a better place than Portland in August. We walked around Pearl District, visited Powell Books (my heaven) and the water front. Love it! 

Also, I am feeling incredibly nostalgic for summer already. We are only into our second week of school and I'm sitting in my classroom, wanting to go on more travels. Sigh. 

Enjoy these gorgeous pictures! 

And, of course, photos from Instagram. 

Other Summer 2015 posts: // St. George // Cowboy Up! // Mermaids // 4th of July // Manti // T Money's Bday // Shootin' the Tube // A Day in the Utah Mountains// Crater Lake // Bend, Oregon // Crescent Lake, Oregon (cabin) 

Portland!

Yesterday, I showed you T Money and I's road trip home from Portland video. 
As I was thinking about what to write from our last trip to Portland, I was overloaded with numerous photos, videos, and scenes from the vacation. And the last thing that I wanted to do was post every single one of this.
So, I made a video compiling the highlights of our week in Oregon. What a more fun, enjoyable way to document this trip!

Just so you're not confused, the scenes are as follows:

-Riding the Tram that goes up to OHSU in downtown Portland.
-My nephew, Dane (2 1/2) singing. Loud.
-Dane…let me remind you, who is 2 1/2, READING A BOOK with my sister. Yes, he's a freaking genius. Little nerd ;)
-My dad (Papa) playing with Dane.
-Me and T Money cuddling and loving my brand new niece, Wembley (2 weeks old).
-Brizban (5) giving kisses to her new baby sister.
-Brizban's Nike preschool graduation. The nicest graduation I have ever been to in my entire life (a blog post on that coming later). I was dying of laughter: all of the parents taking pictures, brizzy bouncing and singing incessantly, and the whole presentation was outrageous. Good times. Brizzy loved getting all of the attention and flowers.
-Helping in the Epic Relays race. 
-My mom and I taking a detour during Epic Relays to pick berries. Nothing better than berry picking in Oregon. Sigh.
-Reminiscing the following: The Portland Temple where I was married, bonding with my best friend, driving the green freeways in Oregon, reading old journals, etc.
-A video of my dad watching a hilarious movie and dying of laughter. What a contagious laugh.

Enjoy!
Music: Home-Ingrid Michaelson

Portland----->Salt Lake!

Like I stated in my Roadtrip Playlist post, Road trips are my THANG.

Seriously, guys. And if you follow me on twitter, you would know that I was lost in a daydream the entire time listening to "life story songs." Oh, you know, songs that pertain to your life perfectly. 

In the midst of this, I made a video of my road trip home from Portland to Salt Lake. 

Enjoy :) 

Note: Iphone Video. Not super high quality. Love me anyway. 

Music: Lake Michigan-Rogue Wave