Oregon by Clayton

Clayton dictated this description of our trip to Oregon without too much help.

"First my family drove to Caldwell and picked  up the chicks.  We put the put the chicks in  a box in the back of the suburban and Austin and me were annoyed by the chicks.  And then we went to a campsite and we ate our lunch.  And we also saw a deer.  And then we went out of the campsite after we went to the bathroom.  And then we got back into the car and then we kept driving to Amy & Kendall’s house.  And then we got everything out of our car and then we set up our tent in their backyard.  We had hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner.  On the third day we went on a hike and roxy got needles from a porcupine. On the 4^th of July we rode on a horse and Mom was bucked off a horse.  I loved to play with the dogs and we played with the baby chicks.  We named them fluffy, raven, golden eagle.  A few days later Tanner started reading Harry Potter.  For breakfast we watched a movie, Ice Age and kendall taught us to put cereal in a cup and eat out of a cup while we were watching a movie.  After we got dressed we went outside and we threw balls for the dogs to catch.  And then we went to the river and I found a rock and I was using it as a whale.  We also threw balls in the river so roxy and Dewey would go get them.  The dogs names are Roxy and Dewey.  We went to the blue grass festival and we started listening to songs and  ate delicious kettle corn.  Then we went to a field and we found some leaf fossils.  Every once in a while we would sit on the couch and relax.  Austin me and Quentin ran around the house because there was a hall that we could run through and in a circle around the house. "

Futher details.  We went to visit Amy & Kendall in Fossil, OR.  They live on/next to a small farm, with two dogs, two horses, a couple roosters, and a few hens.  We brought 40-ish chicks to them from a store in Caldwell, these baby chicks chirped non-stop for the entire 6 hour drive. Poor Clayton & Austin were stuck in the third row right in front of the chicks.  The boys had a great time playing with the dogs, running around the yard, and spending a lot of time outside.  We really did find some fossils on the edge of the football field at the High School in town.  It was easier than I thought it would be.  We don't have great pictures, but the boys played with the chicks A LOT.  They were in and out of the shed multiple times each day.  They would pick them up, pet them, put them on their shoulder, let them play on the hay bales and a lot of different things.  It is a miracle that no chick died from Caldwell until after we left to go home.  Thanks Amy &  Kendall for letting us stay with you.  We had a great time and look forward to doing it again.