Vancouver/Portland Trip!!!

So about 2 months ago my brother-in-law Scott decided that he wanted to do a huge Birthday surprise for my sister Anna's 30th B-day. He wanted to fly Carson & me out and totally surprise her! About a week before I was to leave we decided to make it a family vacation and have Brad come too. It was so much fun! The look on Anna's face when we she came to the door was PRICELESS! I so wish I would have had my camera on. She jumped & cried & laughed for about 5 minutes. Then she started putting all of Scott's "weird" behavior together. He worked so hard to make this happen. He had to make sure she would feel prepared for house guests for a week without giving anything away. He told her that people were coming to look at the apartment Monday morning (the day after Mother's day) and we showed up instead. I want to thank Scott for planning such an awesome week for his wife as well as for us!

We went to a Waterfall, I can't remember the name but it was beautiful!

Carson & Ben - Just Chillin'

This was at the fish hatchery. These are Sturgeons - one of them was as big as a shark and it freaked me out!

Anna & I took the boys to a pool - they had a big slide that I thought Carson would be scared of, but of course that is all he wanted to do the whole time.

Scott got a babysitter for the little monsters so we could enjoy an adult meal for Anna's big day.

Our day at the Zoo...

As you can tell, Carson was NOT happy this entire day, which made me sad because the Zoo was really neat. Carson was cutting a tooth and had a fever and was CRANKY!

I do have to say that I think this day tried our patience more than any we have had since becoming parents. Anna said Carson wasn't that bad but to us he was impossible! He didn't want to be in the stroller, be carried or walk so he ended up throwing himself on the ground in a tantrum most of the time. We felt bad because we knew he was just in pain. We may look happy, but trust me, I can't believe we even managed to pull off smiles in these pictures!

Just Strollin' through Vancouver...

Fortunately Carson was in much better spirits on this day. We just walked around enjoying the uncommonly sunny weather.

Anna actually got even more surprises all through the week. He sent me and her to get massages, (that was right after the zoo so I really enjoyed it!) , had a surprise BBQ with some really great friends that they have made and to top it all off my Dad, Denise and Ryan came on Thursday! She knew my dad was coming but Ryan & Denise were a total surprise. We drove to coast Thursday night and stayed at a hotel. We went to the beach and drove along the coast on Friday.

And this is how we all felt when we got home.

Thanks Case family for such a great trip!!!