Fun at the Oregon Garden Resort

We had a 24-hour vacation to the Oregon Garden Resort. The weather was beautiful yesterday, so we walked around the gardens and the kids spent time in the outdoor hot tub. We got pizza for the kids, and the adults had a delicious dinner in the lodge restaurant. It was so fun talking with them about lots of different things - mostly parenting and its challenges/successes :) We were hoping to hike Silver Falls today, but the weather was cold and windy, so Janette had thought of a different plan - to go to the Macaw Landing Foundation. We learned more than we ever thought we could know about Macaws, rainforests, etc... Then the guy took us into this huge outdoor area with lots of macaws. They are VERY loud, very pretty, and a bit scary. We were able to get up close to them, but I was nervous they were going to bite me! They mostly climbed around the cage but sometimes flew right by us, one time brushing up against my hair! Kelsey couldn't wait to get out of there :)