Thursday, November 06, 2025

Hopscotch Portland

We've been trying to get to Hopscotch for months now and it finally happened. It was way more fun than I could have predicted. The girls loved all of the interactive light experiences but the ball pit surpassed everything!

A video of the whole experience:


Ellyce, Kurt and Lupe eating pickles on sticks.

Joce loved these colored rooms - there was red, blue and green.

Painting with light.

Lupe, Kathryn and Ellyce in the trampoline room, where the walls are painted with light that you can move with your body.

Dancing on the trampoline.

Jocelyn as art - painted with light.

Kathryn.

Kathryn again.

Me and Kurt.

J&K walking through another exhibit.

Jocelyn mid color change.

Me in the ball pit.

Jocelyn.

Ellyce and Lupe.

Group picture in the ball pit.

Kathryn.

Kathryn loved being fully engulfed in the ball pit.

Saturday, November 01, 2025

Fall Festivities

We had some nice weather at the beginning of fall so we were able to visit a few of our favorite places like Pirates of Pinehurst, Frog Pond Farm and Lee Farms. We had tickets on the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad for their Headless Horseman Train, but the day was cold, windy and rainy. Since the train was mostly outdoor, we decided that it was way too cold to participate in the event and we took off on our own to explore Yacolt. We followed the train for a while, then found a few pretty waterfall viewpoints. 

Pirates of Pinehurst.

Joce at Frog Pond.

J&K at Frog Pond.

Hayride at Lee Farms.

Me and Joce on the hayride.

My chickens with hay chickens.

Joce feeding the horse at Lee Farms.

Chelatchie Prairie Railroad in Yacolt.

Joce and Kurt on the train.

Kathryn and me on the train.

Family photo before we bailed because of the cold weather.

Waterfall.

Fall family picture.

Another waterfall.