Enchanted Forest

After our trip to the Coast we stayed in Salem for a couple of extra days to take Brooklyn to Enchanted Forest. Brooklyn always talks about how much she misses Disney World, so this surprise was so fun for her! 

At Hansel and Gretel's cottage

 This park had so many little exhibits fashioned after a lot of Brooklyn's favorite stories, so she had a lot of fun running back and forth to all of them.

 Looking in at Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

 Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

 Even Bostyn loved it!

 The man with the crooked house threw Brooklyn off a little bit. She thought it was so funny that she had to walk sideways through the house. 

 One of Greg's favorites since he was a kid: The old woman that lived in a shoe, carpet slide. It was definitely one of Brooklyn's favorites too!

Meanwhile Bostyn was content chewing on her toes...

 Waiting in line for the bobsled ride!

 Greg took Brooklyn onto the Log ride- a very small version of Splash Mountain. Bostyn had so much fun watching all of the logs come splashing down the track.

 Brooklyn was a little startled after the drop!

 We got Brooklyn an unlimited kiddie ride pass. She was in heaven, and could go on every ride as many times as she wanted!

 She loved the mini ferris wheel too!

This little one always keeps us smiling!

Brooklyn kept herself so busy riding the train,

 and the Frog Hopper!

 I lost count at how many times she rode this! Each time the ride stopped she'd ask the lady to ride it again, and every time she had to get off and run back around to get in line. At first she was hanging on for dear life, and by the end of the day she had her hands in the air screaming. She had a blast!

 We loved seeing her having so much fun!

 While we were on vacation this little one got those 2 bottom teeth and started crawling! 

 Before we could leave the park, Brooklyn insisted on riding the carpet slide a few more times! The line was dead so she kept running back to go "just one more time".

 Even Bostyn got to go for a ride before we left!

 At the castle!

 We have a tradition of always taking a picture of ourselves whenever we go somewhere..this was the best we got.

 Greg's Grandpa Stan passed away this summer. He always held the tradition on taking all of the great grandkids to the local carousel and buying them a pass to ride the horses. Last summer we were able to visit and he took Brooklyn there and got her a 10 ride pass. We only used a few of them that trip, so I tucked the card away in case we ever made it back to the Carousel. So before leaving Salem  and heading back home, we stopped by the carousel to take a few rides to remember Great Grandpa.  Brooklyn was so excited. The crazy part was that the horse Brooklyn picked to ride first, was Great Grandpa's favorite, the one with the CTR badge!

 Riding Great Grandpa's favorite horse!

 Another tradition Brooklyn and I have together is to get a smashed penny whenever we go somewhere cool. Brooklyn loves it!

 We were driving home on Sunday, so we decided to stop by the Portland Temple and see their new visitor center. Brooklyn always loves to see the statue of Christ. 

 I love this picture-She just looks so innocent and little staring at the fountains. 

 The gorgeous temple!

It was the perfect way to end such a great week!