Eight Wonderful Years!

My sweet hubby and I have been married for 8 wonderful years today! We were able to go to Portland, Oregon together and spend a few days alone before our new baby comes. We have never been to Oregon and we were so excited to see some wonderful things. When we flew in it was BEAUTIFUL! On our honeymoon, we were actually staying on the coast up by Washington and we saw some whales, but not very close. Our friend told us that we could see some whales off the coast by Portland as well....we were so excited! The drive was long, but gorgeous. Right when we got to the outskirts of the coast town that we were going to we realized that our beautiful day had turned to FOG!!! We REALLY wanted to see some whales, so we looked into a charted boat/tour guide sort of thing. The guy was really nice when he said that they would not have any boats going out, and that honestly, we were the only ones who have even asked....go figure! So, long story short, we ate a great bowl of clam chowder and some amazing calamari, took a picture to remember our efforts and headed back to Portland!
Just outside of Portland, there are some beautiful falls called Multnomah Falls. It is the second largest year-round waterfall in the US. It is around 620 feet tall! It was still beautiful in Portland, in the mid 80's, so it was nice to be by this amazing waterfall. The force of the water falling made a wonderful breeze, and a lovely mist as well! I love this picture of the bridge. The two people are a mom and her daughter....I just thought it was sweet.

We walked the .2 miles up to the bridge and decided to do the whole mile up to see the view from the top. The picture is taken at about 1/2 way. I had to laugh at people's reaction to me as they walked by. They all looked at my face, then my belly, and then quickly diverted their eyes so that I didn't see their next reaction! One guy told me I was an inspiration....yep, that made my day!

Here we are at the top. It was beautiful up there, but you couldn't see much of the falls, you just got a great view of the river. I was starting to swell...my fingers, toes, and ankles didn't enjoy the hike as much as I did!

Still at the top, you can see the river behind us. Really, it is worth seeing! Portland is a beautiful place to visit. The hike was so wonderful for me for lots of reasons. I like to hike, I love the color green (and you see lots of it), my legs miss exercising, and last but not least, everything is so much fun with my sweet husband!

Here is one last photo of the falls. It is hard to do it justice just because it is soooo huge. Anyway, after we saw the falls, we made our way to Boise. My brother and sister-in-law live there and we were able to spend a fantastic day with them. We had amazing snow cones, at dinner at a great restaurant, and watched a darling movie together. Today, we are swimming and shopping and just enjoying our time together. Tomorrow we head home to get our kids....they are the most wonderful thing that has come from the last 8 years. I love you sweetheart!