The Events of Friday, July 9, 2010

We got on the road early this morning, hoping to get to our friends, the Janssens’ house by 4:00. Actually, mom and dad got on the road at 6:30am and drove while the rest of us slept. We stopped for a scenic breakfast about nine at the Dry Falls State Park, learned about it, and then got on the road again. At about 2:00, we decided to have lunch on the road. Mom made some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches while Dad continued to drive. Since Corvallis, we have been trying to go through the 14.25 pounds of blueberries that we picked. Mom found out that, instead of using jelly, a peanut butter and fresh blueberries sandwich is much better. To make this you need two pieces of bread, peanut butter, and about a cup of blueberries. Spread the peanut butter on both pieces of bread so that the blueberries will not fall out. Sprinkle the blueberries on top of the peanut butter however thickly or thinly you want. Squish the pieces of bread together and you have a blueberry and peanut butter sandwich. It is delicious, although Mom describes it as tasting a bit of heaven.

                After lunch we continued driving. As we grew nearer to the Janssen’s house, we became lost. We think that Gypsy, our GPS, was drunk, because she told us to drive straight in a parking lot and we decided not to follow her directions when we almost ran into a building! Then a deer raced across our path. Finally we called the Janssens for directions. When we arrived, we were greeted by Isaac (4), Zeri (3), and Taya (2), running all around the house yelling “HI! HI! HI! HI!” over and over again. Zeri and Taya had been adopted from Ethiopia and are extremely cute, not to mention Isaac, who decided, after touring Harvey, our RV, that he wants his own RV. His dad explained that it would take a lot of quarters to get him an RV, but that didn’t stop Isaac from requesting one.  After a delicious Indian dinner, with spicy chicken, naan (a type of bread), and Indian rice, we played outside until it was time for the little ones to go to bed. The Janssens, like our friends  the VanBergeyks, in Washington, love the game “Settlers of Catan”, and we got a chance to play it for the first time. We played it until late at night, and the team made up of Mrs. Janssen and I eventually won this fun game. And so we went to sleep after a long, fun day.