The rest of the museum was pretty neat too. There was a lot of hands on stuff, mostly for kids, but we had fun with it too. There was a big space exhibit and a really neat fetal development exhibit. An excellent way to spend a cold afternoon.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
How Did I Forget....
I don't know how I left this out of the last post!! The day before the race a couple weekends ago Jake and I went to Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. It has been on our list of things to see here in Portland and I was excited to finally go. The best part was one of the main exhibits was SAMSON!! I am not sure why I enjoy dinosaur exhibits so much, but I totally do. Samson is one of the world's largest and most complete T-Rex skeletons. It was awesome!!
The rest of the museum was pretty neat too. There was a lot of hands on stuff, mostly for kids, but we had fun with it too. There was a big space exhibit and a really neat fetal development exhibit. An excellent way to spend a cold afternoon.
The rest of the museum was pretty neat too. There was a lot of hands on stuff, mostly for kids, but we had fun with it too. There was a big space exhibit and a really neat fetal development exhibit. An excellent way to spend a cold afternoon.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Weekend Fun
The last two weekends have been pretty good around here.
Last weekend was the 5K race, so on Saturday Jake and I went to pick up my shirt and bib number so we would not have to get to the race even earlier on Sunday. The traffic was ridiculous to get up to the pick up site. I ended up getting out of the car, walking to the building, getting my stuff and walking back to the truck before Jake even made much progress. There has got to be a better way to do this!
Sunday was the race and it was quite cold that morning! Note to self... sign up for summer time races only! But after bundling up and getting on the MAX with about a million other runners we made it downtown and met up with Wes and Sandy. There were a few different races going on that day with a total of 21,000 runners! Needless to say it was crowded. The race went well though and once I was running the cold was not noticeable. My goal was to beat my time from the race in Cincinnati in 2008, and I am happy to report that I DID IT!!!! 27:31 - new personal best for a race.
This week was Spring Break for USU and a few friends were up here for a visit. Saturday we met Kevin, Kari, Kylie and Brian downtown at the Saturday Market. Sandy and Wes met up with us there too. It was gorgeous weather so we walked around downtown for a while and then headed over to Rogue Brewery for some lunch. Sandy and Wes left after lunch to head down to the Parker's while the rest of us decided to go to Washington Park to continue enjoying the weather. Getting to the park turned out to be quite the task! But we finally made it and had fun throwing a couple footballs and a tennis ball around for a while. This confirmed that I am totally ready for Spring and the weather to get better and stay that way.
In other news, Jake leaves for a work trip on Tuesday. Heading out to Puerto Rico, but only for a week this time, so it won't be too bad. I have plenty to keep me busy - piles of laundry that have been neglected, cleaning to be done, and time sucking reality TV to catch up on!
Last weekend was the 5K race, so on Saturday Jake and I went to pick up my shirt and bib number so we would not have to get to the race even earlier on Sunday. The traffic was ridiculous to get up to the pick up site. I ended up getting out of the car, walking to the building, getting my stuff and walking back to the truck before Jake even made much progress. There has got to be a better way to do this!
Sunday was the race and it was quite cold that morning! Note to self... sign up for summer time races only! But after bundling up and getting on the MAX with about a million other runners we made it downtown and met up with Wes and Sandy. There were a few different races going on that day with a total of 21,000 runners! Needless to say it was crowded. The race went well though and once I was running the cold was not noticeable. My goal was to beat my time from the race in Cincinnati in 2008, and I am happy to report that I DID IT!!!! 27:31 - new personal best for a race.
This week was Spring Break for USU and a few friends were up here for a visit. Saturday we met Kevin, Kari, Kylie and Brian downtown at the Saturday Market. Sandy and Wes met up with us there too. It was gorgeous weather so we walked around downtown for a while and then headed over to Rogue Brewery for some lunch. Sandy and Wes left after lunch to head down to the Parker's while the rest of us decided to go to Washington Park to continue enjoying the weather. Getting to the park turned out to be quite the task! But we finally made it and had fun throwing a couple footballs and a tennis ball around for a while. This confirmed that I am totally ready for Spring and the weather to get better and stay that way.
In other news, Jake leaves for a work trip on Tuesday. Heading out to Puerto Rico, but only for a week this time, so it won't be too bad. I have plenty to keep me busy - piles of laundry that have been neglected, cleaning to be done, and time sucking reality TV to catch up on!
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