Holiday ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAD

We're back from Oregon! We had a wonderful visit with family. It's been tough getting back to reality. I am coping with cyber monday deals. Healthy, I know. By the way, I signed up for six classes next semester. Financially it's smarter for me to take six classes a semester than to take my usual four. The California teaching credential program has about thirty one units total so I'm hoping to knock most of it out in 2 semesters.



Our family road trip started out with a drive to UC Riverside to pick up my baby sister Emily. Isn't her dorm room cute? Not gonna lie, I am thrilled that I never lived in a dorm. I think I would have hated it.



The dorm room door is cute though and Emily's roommate seems sweet and quiet. Emily says she's a great roomie.



After visiting Emily's dorm, we drove back home. (Riverside is about 2 hours from where we live with traffic. And of course we hit holiday traffic!)



My cousin Helena, Sarah, Andy and myself drove in one car and my parents, Emily and Daniel drove in another. It was nice not to be cramped in one car. Here is Sarah posing with some delicious Country Choice Organic Iced Oatmeal cookies. Perfect road trip snack!



These are super addicting.



They are sweet and crunchy without tasting too sugary. I give them 2 thumbs up.



Road trip tunes via Andy's ipod.



We stopped in Weed, Ca for lunch. Yes, we were extremely amused by Weed.









The Weed store was also entertaining. (we had driven about 6 hours at this point. delirium sets in after 5 hours of driving.)





Once we got to Bend, Oregon we stopped at my Aunt Carolyn's house to celebrate my 2nd cousin Ben's 1st birthday! Ben is such a cutie. Totally makes me want a baby.



Ben and his aunt (my cousin) Sam.

We stayed in a town called Sunriver. It was a 15 minute drive from Bend.



Snow!



Andy, Emily and me standing out front of the house.



Emily, Sarah, me and Andy. (I have another sister named Kerry who had to work. She stayed home in California. We missed you Kerry!)



I'm pretty exhausted myself. It took us FOREVER to get home last night due to holiday traffic. I'm going to attempt unpacking now. Can't wait to catch up on blogs and see what you are all up to! And don't worry, we had tons of Oregonian adventures to share with you.