On Safari

Last weekend we went down to Winston to check out the Drive Thru Safari. We were not disappointed! We had a blast. 

After the Safari we headed over to Roseburg and took a quick pit stop to the Douglas County Museum. It was a cute museum with some cool artifacts, snakes and a few hands on exhibits.

We checked into our hotel and decided to hit up downtown Roseburg to see the sites. When we were about to reach our destination we noticed the streets were closed. We found a nearby lot stating Parade Parking. Turns out we were about to catch their Graffiti Weekend parade!

But first, we headed to a pub to taste some beers.

And then the show began. Car after car. The Parade lasted at least a couple of hours, constantly adding new cars. 

Mid parade we headed into a Mexican restaurant and had some Delicious food and Margarita 

After the parade we walked a few blocks to find The Lane House which was built in 1854

The next day as we made our way back to home we made a few pit stops. First being the old Rochester Bridge, one of the few covered bridges in the area. 

We then made our way down to Historic Oakland to check out one of my favorite things, old little down towns!

You can't go to an old timey town without going to an old timey soda fountain! 

Old photo of the same building found in the Oakland History Museum

We then headed back home, swinging by to pick Annabel up from "Grandma's" who was so excited to be home she was running around everywhere jumping up onto her bed we had placed on this chair and rolling around almost tumbling to the ground. :)

Exploring our Roots

This weekend we took advantage of the rain to go indoors and explore our Oregon roots by hitting up a couple of museums in Oregon City. 

We first hit up the Museum of Oregon Territory and saw some pretty cool Native American artifacts and some old pioneer items. 

We saw this amazing pharmacy display that contained many old medicines, medical equipment and prescriptions. 

There was a window with a great view of the oldest PGE electric sites. 

Oregon also holds the original Plat of San Francisco which was filed in Oregon City which was the closest place for them to file to be a city at the time. 

We made a pit stop at the Highland Stillhouse and I had a yummy steak and mushroom pie. 

We then headed to the end of the Oregon Trail. There were a lot of neat things to see as well as some hands on things. I got to walk around in an Oregon Boot, make a doll and make a journal. 

The funnest part was probably dressing up in old pioneer clothes. We had a blast doing that. 

We had a great time learning more about our ancestors who came over the Oregon Trail to make their homes in Oregon. 

Annabel's First Slumber Party

Annabel had her first slumber party with her best friend Kiki this weekend. 

They always start their play dates with a race, taking turns chasing each other. 

There was a little bit of relaxing in the sun 

 

Before heading to the park and going for a long walk. 

Afterwards, everyone was pooped. 

After some relaxing...

Annabel took Kiki to her Grandma's house. 

They had so much fun and after a busy day they got a nice burger for dinner. 

We all stayed up late watching a Scooby Doo movie. 

We stayed up so late the girls fell asleep watching the movie. 

I had to wake the poor girls up to tuck them into bed. 

But Kiki wanted to sleep with Annabel. 

The next morning they were all refreshed for some more wrestling. 

They have had such a fun exciting weekend Annabel is so pooped!

But she is going to miss Kiki and she is sad to see her go home. 

The Tomblesons Are Ready For The First Day Of Spring!