Today was my Birthday. Glenn and I celebrated last night with a lovely night out. He took me to McGraths, a place he never likes to go because he does not like sea food. We had a wonderful meal, and great conversation. Then we headed over to the movies and watched Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters. It was a fun movies, but the books are much better.
So for today, we had the opportunity to get together with Glenn's cousin's family. They live in Eugene, and we do not get to see them often enough. They were actually on their way home from an extended-family vacation in Yellowstone Park. They stayed the night in Portland, and wanted to spend the day doing something other then being in the car all day again with 5 kids. So, we all went to OMSI to play.
I have to admit that we did not take all that many photo's today. We were too busy talking! Glenn's cousin's name is Ardel, his wife is Stacy and their kids Jessie, Paige, Andrew, Megan and Emily. Emma fills right in between Megan and Emily in age. We really enjoy visiting with the Wicks, and getting together. After we arrived, Stacy took her older three to the Mummy exhibit, while we went with Ardel and the younger two to the Discovery Space for younger children. We got there, and the three all went off to play in their own spaces. We did eventually all end up on the lab playing with flubber and doing the craft, but that was for about 10 minutes.
Soon the girls were hungry, and we headed outside to eat the lunches we had brought with us. Stacy and the kids met us out there. After lunch, Glenn and Ardel headed across the street to visit the train museum, but all the kids wanted to go back to OMSI, so Stacy and I took them to a show in the planetarium. This was Emma's first time, and she was rather excited. However, it was a show on the Sun, and I am not sure she was understanding it. She did like looking at the photos however, and noticing the different look of the room.
Eventually it was time to leave OMSI, and the kids were all hungry. The Wick's kids all wanted to try a restaurant that they don't have in Eugene, so we headed to Chevy's on Lake Oswego to dinner. The food was wonderful, and the company even better.
As Chevy's is right next to the temple, we decided to head over after eating and do the Visitor's Center. We knew that the temple was closed for cleaning, but it had been announced that the visitor's center would still have tours on Sunday's. I mistakenly thought this meant that it was open, but I was wrong. The Visitor's Center was only open on Sunday's! And the grounds were closed, so we could not see the temple except through the gate!
Oh well, it was still a great day, and I enjoyed my Birthday!
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