Waterfalls

The other day the girls and I drove to Multnomah Falls for our annual hike to the top. We've actually already done this hike recently, but I really wanted to go about a mile past the top of Multnomah to see Weisendanger Falls (which I've only seen on instagram). 

the beautiful Weisendanger Falls

More Oregon Pictures

Here are some pics I got from Ian...

Most of the group gathered in front of the magnificent Multnomah Falls


Standing at Crown Point, looking out over the gorge


Ian and I...Ian is my new regional manager for Compassion

Oregon

What a wonderful weekend I had in Portland, Oregon! I went for a leadership training retreat for Compassion and also had the chance to look at some houses and get a better feel for the area.

I met some wonderful new Compassion friends and got some great coaching training! I'm excited to put it into use with my team of Compassion advocates. It also has great applications to parenting so hopefully my girls will benefit, too.

We had the opportunity to experience the beauty of the Columbia River Gorge on Saturday evening. We went to Multnomah Falls and did some hiking around.



I got to meet my blogging friend, Juli, on this trip...she's the first blogging friend that I have met face to face!

I also got to reconnect with a dear friend from my Minnesota days...Jane.






This is called Vista House and it has a beautiful view of the gorge.


While enjoying the view, we heard this group singing some praise songs. We went over to listen and join in. I got a small movie clip too.


We stayed up on Crown Point long enough to watch the beautiful sunset...we weren't disappointed!




I'm excited that in a few months I will be calling this area home.

Oregon Zoo

Finally...my last Oregon post. On Monday, while Kevin was back interviewing, the girls and I ventured to the Oregon Zoo. We had lots of fun and saw lots of neat animals.

This guy was so cool...Malaysian Sun Bear


Lorikeet birds...you could feed them juice out of a cup and one of them snatched the cup out of my hands. I tried to get it back, but it nipped at me! Fiesty little fellow! Sydney thought it was hilarious and still says it was her favorite part of the zoo.


We took a train ride through the zoo



In the African exhibit we saw Giraffes...



Zebras...



Hippos...when we first got to the hippos, one was standing outside of the water. It was cool to see how big he was. Of course, by the time I got my camera out and ready, he was in the water.


This animal (can't remember it's name) stands straight up like this to eat the leaves off the trees.


Here are the girls "basking" in the sun (basking is Sydney's word!)



And here are my two birds, sitting in their nest.


The zoo had a farm area and it was the last thing we visited. Sydney loved petting the goats and Kayleigh, being our not so brave child, was terrified.







We created our own "zoo" to play with when we got home