Bread, Bumps, and Bruises

     We've been a busy bunch! I have started baking bread for a few of my parents and Rob's co-workers. The first week we had 50 loaves ordered! We have been steady at about 20 each time I deliver, and I'm happy with that. 50 is a lot, when you can only make 6 loaves at a time! It makes me wish for double ovens someday! The bread is a hit, and I hope I always have customers. It's nice to have a little extra cash on hand now and then!

                                                                                                                                                                        

We put an offer in on a house last weekend! Another couple had put an offer in too, but it turns out we got there first. And it's sounding like we got it! We're just waiting to hear from the lender. It's a 5 bedroom, 3 bath home on the hill overlooking the valley! It needs a little cosmetic work - new carpet, paint, etc. But otherwise it's a great house! We're very excited.

I posted a video on facebook of Connor running into the tree... I was hoping that would be the worst of the injuries for the year! Nope. Yesterday instead of napping like he was supposed to, he climbed up his dresser... and pulled it down on him. His face was covered in blood and he had a HUGE goose egg on his forehead that was quickly turning blue! We ran him to urgent care thinking he would need stitches in his lip, or had a broken nose. But he was fine! Phew! Now he looks awful, but thankfully he's acting normal and there's no damage done. Now we're hoping that THIS is the worst of any future owies!

Rob found a little bike for Connor at the local thrift store. Today we got him on it. He liked it for a second, then decided he'd rather eat a peach. :) Max had been itching to ride it too, so Daddy popped him on the seat and let him enjoy it for a few minutes. I can't believe they are big enough for that already!!

And now for some cuteness overload:

Portland: Our future city of residence. (I hope)

 So I know I said we were going to San Francisco, but we didn't. Due to cost of hotels and fun stuff, not to mention the inability to agree on what we wanted to do, we decided to go back to plan A. Portland, Oregon! And I'm SO glad we did! I have a new passion in my life. The Pacific Northwest! And I don't care what city we end up in, I'm already working on Rob to move out there. It's not hard, since neither one of us have been altogether impressed with Salt Lake. But moving won't happen for a few years, if at all! Still - a girl can dream.
   I took a lot of pictures! There's no way I can post them all here. But I'll post a link to view them on snapfish at the end of this. For now, here's a teaser...

Yep. That, my friends, is my dream vacation come true. I've wanted to see this in person for so long! I can't believe it really happened!
  The trip went so smoothly. I'd been worried that the boys would have a hard time with all the driving. But they were wonderful. (with only a few unhappy moments) They entertained themselves and each other in the car. They slept great in the hotel rooms. We did a LOT of swimming to wear them out in the evenings. We drove the Historic Columbia River Hwy on the way into Portland. We stopped at two waterfalls (shown in the photo album later) and they were IMPRESSIVE! The next day we drove what the locals call the Fruit Loop. It's a loop through the hills around Hood River with fruit farms galore!! We bought fresh picked blueberries (The BEST I've ever tasted! Thanks for the suggestion Melanie!) and Bing cherries, along with some delicious cinnamon sugar dried apple slices. We picked up some lavender products at a beautiful farm. It's my favorite scent, and I've always wanted to visit a lavender farm! Did you know you can eat/drink lavender?! I bought some tea. I'm anxious to try it tonight!
   We spent a little time in downtown Portland. I wish we'd had more time to do some shopping! There are some fun stores to explore. The next day was Cannon Beach! We've decided we're going back there again. But we'll stay right on the coast instead of Portland. It's so picturesque! We spent so much time on the beach and in the town of CB, that we didn't get to go to the state park nearby to check out the tide pools. But we'll be back. :)
    I still feel like this was all a dream! This was our first family vacation and it was so successful, I can't wait for another one!
     Here's the link for the photos - Enjoy!http://www5.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=4086114028/a=4703186028_4703186028/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/