Mother's Day Retreat at Breitenbush

This Mother's Day we had an extra special treat of getting out of the city and attending a retreat at Breitenbush. The retreat included lodging, all meals, hot springs, a sauna, yoga, hiking trails and child care each morning for three days. I think this may have to be a yearly tradition!

Ezra got a good snooze in on the way there.

And I busied myself taking pictures while driving.

You can't see it too clearly but there is a gorgeous snow covered mountain between the trees.

We arrived and got settled in to our lodging, the Orchid room complete with gorgeous stained glass windows.

During one of my free mornings I took a five mile hike in the gorgeous Mt. Hood National Forest. There were several makeshift bridges such as the one pictured above.

The bridges crossed over the Breitenbush river, an exceptionally clear and beautiful river.

Another makeshift bridge- thanks fallen tree!

Everything looked quite magical.

Including this tiny orchid! It was about the size of a pencil.

Dew drops on fungus tree growth, you can tell I was really blissed out on everything : )

While I was out and about Ezra was making new friends! Here he is with Simon, a boy who loved Ezra.

Here Ezra leads the boys in search of the giant mosquito.

He's got the best balance- he was the only one who didn't end up with a muddy shoe from falling off this log.

He slept the whooooooole way home!

My 300th Post!

I was going to call this post "Con Amigos" before I saw that it was my 300th post because here is a collection of photos with our wonderful friends. The above shot is Benjamin, a friend of Ezra's from school. We went to OMSI and he was a super serious astronaut.

I told them both to pose as though they were looking at a new planet that they'd just discovered. Ezra is a little more convincing somehow.

On a cozier note, here Ezra and Maya are all snuggled up on the couch at Maya's house. Little besties.

They are playing that Ezra is Maya's baby, and she comforts him in bed. Pretty sweet.

Then we got some ice cream. I got Pinot Noir with dried cherries (that's the ice cream flavor!) and they both got vanilla with chocolate sprinkles.

We took a walk and found this lovely wall art.

Back at Cayce's I hung out with Jupiter. His teeth configuration really reminds me of Quasimodo.

As we take pictures of ourselves Cayce (in the background) does yard work.

Crumb face.

We took an adventure to Mount Tabor park and wondered about this statue of Harvey Scott.

Sorting their collections.

Derrier of Mr. Scott.

And finally the playground. It's been summer lately in Portland, and we're enjoying every moment. It's exhausting! We need a rainy day to catch up on chillaxin.