April Date of the Month

"Dustin,

Let's explore our chemistry.

Love,

Brianne"

For our April date of the month, we took a trip to OMSI.

 The MythBusters exhibit had some fun myths that we had a chance to debunk! Dustin did a great job flicking a table cloth off a table with having nothing fall off.  It took a few tries, but he got it down!

After OMSI we hit up the Grilled Cheese Grill food truck doubledecker bus.

Grilled cheese grill goodness

Our date ending watching a few episodes, including the Chemistry episode, of the Magic School Bus.

When the family gets together

We've loved having visitors so far this year!  The first week of April Dustin's sister Nicole and her friend Emily came to visit.  It was Nicole's birthday on April 1st so we made her an April fools birthday dinner of "hamburgers and fries" and then served a real dinner of manicotti. I was at work during most of her stay but Dustin had a great time with Nicole hiking waterfalls and such.

The same week my family came to visit for their spring break. We did what Jacks do best... eat lots of good food!  Some Rheinlander, Sushi-go-rounds, Mancakes, Voodoo Doughnuts, House of Beijing, and Cinetopia, Saturday Market, Rhododendron Gardens, and old school arcading made a great vacation!

It was great to see family and spend time with them in our crazy Portlandia!  Thanks for coming to see us!

The offer is still extended to anyone that wants to come visit us.  We love visitors!

Lincoln City

For our anniversary trip and Dustin's break between quarters, we took a little weekend trip to Lincoln City over Easter weekend.

The best way to start a road trip is with an ice cold Sonic (not available in Portland, which is what makes it so exciting!)

We stayed in the exact same room that we stayed in last year, which I loved because it's the jacuzzi room. :)

We spent some great time relaxing at the beach, shopping the outlet, and eating good food.  On Saturday we went on a whale watching boat tour down in Depoe Bay.  It was so cool!  We hadn't seen Life of Pi yet, but I felt like the moment when the whale jumps over the small raft.  Of course it wasn't that dramatic, but it was really cool to be boating right next to a pod of 6-8 whales.  I got soaked on the way out from the Bay. SOAKED.  Good thing it was nice weather and I could laugh about it.

It's a whale! And we're so close to it!

Being at the beach felt like a little piece of heaven.  After such a crazy time at work it was a much needed getaway!