Airhart Reunion: Portland

Wednesday, We drove down into Portland and took turns doing some ordinances in the temple.

This meant we also each got a turn spending some time with the little cuties

They loved playing in these little columns. Cambry did quite a few jumping jacks.

Wells got a kick out of watching the girls play in the columns

We went into the visitor center and right in front they had this Christus Statue replica. Both girls immediate recognized Jesus. Cambry eventually walked up and reached up to Jesus's hand.

It reminded me of the phrase repeated in Isaiah 9: "For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still." Isn't this how we should respond? Reaching as far as we can to grasp his hand.

Then Vienna walked up hugged the statue and laid her head against it.

Cambry wanted to get in a hug too.

The whole Airhart Temple crew

Afterwards, we checked out Portland for a bit.

We ate at this great little Bistro that Jamey and Michelle found

On the way back up to Hood River, we drove up the Washington side to get a dam tour. It was pretty sweet and I took a lot of pictures, but since I don't want to bore you all to death, I'll only post two.

We were able to go down on the Turbine deck and actually look into the generator and see parts of the rotors, shafts and other turbine-generator equipment working. It was incredible.

 Here's a little peek into generator. You can see the rotor shaft and vanes that open and close to let in the water.