Non-Stop Before School

In our 2 weeks that we have been in Portland we have been going 24/7. Running errands, putting the house together, getting ready for school and the million other things that go along with moving!!... So again not enough time to blog, but I am trying to catch up on the blog.
Chase's mom and sister spent the first week here with us. It was so fun to have them around because it still seemed like we were on vacation. While they were here we went to the Dahlia Festival, and saw the prettiest flowers! We also went on my favorite hike so far. It had the coolest waterfall, and Chase and I want to go back to fish there. Here are a few pictures from the Dahlia Festival.

Just one of many Beautiful Flowers

One of our favorites.


Our next adventure was a little trip up Seattle to see my grandparents, and to see the Utah State girls soccer team play a couple games. We had such a fun time seeing both the grandparents and the girls from the team. Unfortunately, I didn't get any photos of the girls, but here are some from Gammie and Pompo's house and Pike Place Market.
It was Chase's first time to Seattle so we had to go to Pike Place!

We watched the guys toss the fish back and forth.

Shot of the market

Can't get enough

We of course took the ferry to Gammie and Pompo's

Nice to visit again

Gammie and Pompo's House and Yard
Taking a walk in the Forest
Chase and Pompo in front of the house

We had a really fun time visiting Gammie and Pompo. It was nice to take a break from all the running around we have done in Portland. Hopefully it won't be too long before we head back to Whidbey Island. Thanks to Gammie and Pompo for letting us stay with them for the weekend!

The Move

We're here!! We are now officially Oregonians. We moved out about 2 weeks ago and it has been non-stop since we got here. We took 2 days the make the 16 hour drive from St. George. Chase's mom drove with us and was nice to relieve me and drive for a while. We had the U-Haul towing Chase's car and Kathy and I drove my car the Excursion! It was a pretty drive most of the way and we stopped in a couple really cute towns along the way.
The First sign of Oregon!
Apparently Oregon is really flat too.
SOO many trees! It was a tree farm for making paper.
The Colombia Gorge is known for the Windsurfing.
We had a safe trip coming out here and luckily it went smoothly! We are excited to explore a little and for school to get going!

Lots To Blog About

There is a lot that has happened since the last blog and not enough time to tell it all but i will try my best!
To start off, we made a Disneyland trip with Mitch and Meghan. We had so much fun with them and would go back anytime! We spent 2 days at the Big D and it was probably the hottest weekend on record. We were dying with the heat but that's nothing Splash Mountain can't fix. Here are a few photos of our trip.
We had a little car trouble on the way, but luckily it was just the air filter and the AC worked just fine.

First ride of the trip was Peter Pan!

My new favorite ride... Toy Story!

How perfect for Chase and Alex

I had to try the turkey leg, and it was the greasiest thing I have ever had! (But I liked it.)
All in all we had a really fun trip with Mitch and Meghan.It was a great way to end our summer Vacation in St. George

Denver

Last weekend Chase and I went to Denver to visit my parents! Lucky for us it was Kenny's birthday on Friday, so we celebrated with him and ate a great dinner with his favorite cake. Jess and Nick came over to celebrate as well, and it was fun to hang out with them.



We had such a good time with Hailey and my parents and to be home for a little bit. We spent most of our time a the pool playing "College Tri" and "Ocho Cinco," games that my dad loves! Kenny was the MVP of Ocho Cinco, because he was laying out to catch the tennis balls then diving into the pool with grace. We went to my mom's showroom, Phoebe Marsh, and I would love to have my house decorated with everything in there! She has done such a good job pulling it all together! We played a few games of Roulette, no one won but it was an awesome table from the late 1800's.




We were sad to leave Denver and wished we could have spent more time there with my parents. But hopefully they can come out and visit us in Portland soon! We are moving over labor day weekend. Our summer may be ending soon, but we still have the Big D planned for this weekend and can't wait!! (That is Disneyland of course!)

The Hunt Is On!!

The Bow Hunt started on Saturday, so as you can imagine the boys were more than ready to hit the hills. We spent Friday night in Enterprise with Chase's friends and their wives. We had a great Dutch Oven meal, and of course had to have another obstacle course for the bedroom. Sadly Team Gentry lost by one second, so we had to sleep on the pull out couch.(We need help!)Turns out that no one slept well anyway. The boys were too excited to sleep, and when they got up they were not very courteous to the wives who were still sleeping. Unfortunately they didn't bring home the "bacon," but they still had a great time together.



I was sad that I couldn't be out there with them on opening morning, but I got all dressed up last night and went out with Chase. It was my first time on the bow hunt and man it gets really uncomfortable! I had a really fun time with Chase though, and hopefully he will get a deer before the hunt is over!

First Class Trip

Thanks to Auzzy and Dayna my first trip to Lake Powell was first class! We first stopped and fished for a little while and when we were rigging up a boil of striper fish came right passed us! We tried to hurry as fast as we could, but by the time we had the bait on they had all swam away. Just our luck. When we got to the house boat it was dark, but since this trip was first class we had people take us down the dock and straight to the houseboat on a golf cart! We were all pretty hungry so went to the restaurant and had dinner and rocked out to a surprisingly good cover band.
After a very "comfortable" night under the stars, we headed out to see the lake and to do some wakeboarding. I would also like to compliment our captain (Ron) for his excellent driving skills! While out on the lake Willy, Chase, and I jumped off a rock which we guessed it to be around 35 feet, a personal high for me!

We took a lunch break and headed back to the houseboat, and I still can not get over how huge the houseboats are at Antelope point. There are some that are easily close to a million bucks! Anyway, after lunch we decided to make an obstacle course. All I have to say is Team Gentry needed some improvement! But congrats to Team Van Dizzle. Even though it was a very short trip we had so much fun! I can't believe we are counting down the weeks until we move, but we still plan to have a lot of fun til the summer is over!

The Summer So Far

The summer so far in St. George has been great. We are working hard and playing hard too. We are trying to pack a lot into this summer before we have to hit the road to Oregon in September.
Earlier this summer we took a hike and found some cool slot canyons! We were really lucky during May and June, because the weather was so nice.

Thanks to my brothers working at Sports Den in Salt Lake, Chase and I were able to get some awesome mountain bikes. We go out for a ride almost every night. We love them! On the 4th of July we stayed in St. George and watched the fireworks at the Sunbowl. I love Fireworks and we were excited for them all day. On Sunday we headed down to Las Vegas for our nephew Griffin's baby blessing. We are so happy we could be there and had a great time with the family.
We still have more to do this summer including: Disneyland, Lake Powell, more bike rides, fishing, camping just to name few.