Oregon!

 Our trip continued with a visit to Oregon - one of our favorite states! We had to leave sunny Orlando and put on our waaaaarrrrm clothes.

We stayed in a rustic cabin high on a hillside overlooking the Mountains. It was FREEEZING! We fired up the wood stove and got cozy.

 Not quite as posh as Kidani and Beach club but still tons of fun!

 Jeff keeping the fire stoked

 We woke up to a beautiful Central Oregon Morning and the kids were happy to play upstairs in the warm sleeping loft.

 What a view!!

The sun was just rising through the trees.

 Our tiny cool cabin:

 We had a blast hanging out looking at the views and drinking coffee and just relaxing. On our way out to go meet Nimanim and Aunnie we met some neighbors:

 The cabin:

 View to the South of a big ranch.

 We had a blast in Bend visiting our fav brew pubs and restaurants and shops. One of the things we loved to do when we lived here was drop in play time at the Gymnastics studios. The kids LOVED this and it was a great way for them to burn off some energy on a freezing cold morning.

 Flipping out!

 Look at me Mom!

 Right before Jeff had to go back to Korea we visited the Bend Distillery. They distill a nice range of craft spirits.

 Tim and Cris are like our Oregon Grandparents. When Sasha was tiny she was trying to say "Uncle Tim and Auntie Cris" but she couldn't manage it. What came out was "Nimanim and Aunnie". And they've been called that by us pretty much ever since. It works out as S &T have specific names for all 6 of their grandparents so we're never confused about who we're talking about!
Tim and Cris about to head into the main part of the Distillery:

They have awesome pets. This is Willie. He is a lucious beast. I call him "Big Fat Kitty" He seriously weighs like 50 lbs...

 And then there's Tucker. With our delicate selves all used to Orlando we thought Bend in November was like an Ice Planet. (We've gotten so soft). Tim and Cris thought we were hilarious. But Tucker agreed with us:

 And the kids had to bundle up just to watch TV!

 On one of our last days we hit one of those creat-your-own yogert places. LOOOOVE this. You get whatever flavors you want, add a bunch of yummy toppings and then pay by weight. So good! Check out Sasha eating yogert in her coat.

Then we enjoyed a final breakfast in America: (Sasha's still in her coat - it was COLD!)

Teddy got one last shot at experiencing American Excess!

 Then we hopped on over to Portland and got on a big plane headed for Japan. These 2 goofballs got invited up into the cockpit AGAIN!

 Lucky-Ducks!

Next stop: Tokyo Disneyland!