Weekend Road Trip with my Mom!

Nearly 2 months ago I requested this last weekend off (to make it a long weekend) because my mom usually comes down this time of year for Halloween. This time we decided that we should go and visit my brother in Portland. I was overly excited because I had not seen him since January! So Wednesday night after a stressful day at work I got Bellatrix and we headed for Boise! I got in at about 9:30pm and went straight to bed to get ready to wake up the next morning for our next leg of driving. It wasn't too bad of a drive getting there because my Mom wanted to make sure "we made a trip" out of it. 

First, we stopped at some Casino because my mom always heard it was good luck from her co-workers. She did $5 in the slot machines while I stood outside with my brother Cade and Bellatrix. Unfortunately, she didn't win the jackpot. 

After we FINALLY made it to Portland we went straight to my brother's house. We didn't stay long - a few reasons why: 1) they have a bigger dog (Vankman) who was scaring Bellatrix 2) they don't have a vacuum 3) they don't have hand soap in their bathrooms 4) it just wasn't too homey. It somewhat reminded me of my current husbands house when we first met (but they did have hand soap). It was a typical "boy" house - except they do have 1 girl that lives with them - I DO NOT know how she does it. But all that matters is that we were together. 

During our weekend we did a number of activities.... and ATE a lot. 

Here we go.....

First...OMSI

Then walked around downtown Portland, including going to the famous "Saturday Market" 

Then. The best part to celebrate FALL and HALLOWEEN! We went to "Plumper Pumpkin Patch" (say that 3 times fast)

Here are some other random pictures from the weekend... 

Bellatrix wanted to help me see where I was driving.

Of course we went shopping and Mom made us take pictures because it was a cute background. 

I am so glad that I got to see my brothers and family this weekend - I was sad that Michael missed out. He had a training class that he couldn't miss and had to be around while we got somethings fixed on the house. We missed you Michael!