The Gilmore Family Blog

A couple of weeks ago we took a quick trip up to Seattle. Basically we needed to get out because we were going a little stir crazy in the ap...

Liam got the book Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory for Christmas. As he was reading it he learned that they open the gates to the fact...

So one place that we have heard a lot about but have not made our way there yet was the Mt. Angel Abbey. We decided it was time to change th...

This year for Christmas, my mom got the boys Pie Face Showdown. They have been dying to play it for weeks. However, it seems that every one ...

Snow days in Portland are strange, because after 5 hrs of snow you still only have an inch. Regardless we still took the boys, including Sa...

This weekend we carved our pumpkins.

So what do you do with 55+ lbs of apples? You build a cider press. Everyone had a chance to help daddy build it also. Half is gonna be kid f...

There is a small German town just south of us called Mt. Angel. Ever year they host a huge Oktoberfest celebration, so naturally we had to g...