There and back again

Our trip to Oregon was most successful.  The goal was to spend time with family and make memories and we did both in abundance.  The daffodils and green grass were lovely.  While it did rain a few days we also had some beautiful weather and spent every moment we could outside.  One of the highlights for me happened one evening that the kids decided to chase the sheep through the pastures.  They were laughing like crazy while running through mud and sheep poop when I heard Olivia holler, "You can't hide from me!  I know where you live!!"  I laughed so hard at that one I almost peed my pants.  Good times. 

Here are a few other highlights:

Going to the carousel, twice

A trip to the coast and the Newport Aquarium

Cousin Kinley's first birthday

A spring egg hunt where Olivia and Tristan dashed around the yard collecting as many eggs as possible and Donovan methodically opened each egg when he found it to ohh and ahh over each special prize

And falling asleep exhausted most nights

Oh, and the afternoon with Tiffany (minus kids) where we went shopping and got pedicures wasn't half bad either.  Travelling as the only adult with two young children was quite do-able.  For the most part, the kids were helpful and good listeners.  It helped that our flights were direct and at good times of the day.  They even sat patiently without complaint while I got a pat-down and security at the Portland airport thoroughly searched our bags.  I know I'm biased, but they really are good kids.

p.s. I'm very technically challenged so I'm asking ya'll for help.  Why is the quality of my photos so poor?  They look great on my computer and on Snapfish, but when I insert them into the blog they get all grainy.  Is there any way to improve my photo quality?