so i have been waiting since forever (ok, not that long but long enough) for IKEA to come to Portland! and it FINALLY IS HERE!!! YAY! the grand opening was on the 25th & i didn't go near it! why? well, everyone else and their mom was waiting right along with me! ha! it was crazy crowded. no thanks. so i patiently waited....til friday the 27th! HAHAHA!!! =) we loaded up and drove a whole 15 mins to get there! thats MUCH better than the regular 3 hours it would take us to get to Renton, WA. (where the next closest one is) and like the dork that i am, i brought my camera and documented it to share with you all!! heehee....rj kept saying, "oh, kristy that is sooo dorky." whatever.
yay ikea! getting off the exit you can see the big blue & yellow sign!
there were a ton of police out & about. at least one car w/ two inside on every corner & a couple of them on bikes! sheesh! i guess they were to help when traffic got out of hand....at ikea..that seems crazy to me!me all giddy in the parking lot. of course rj commented again on my dorkiness while taking this shot.
so inside was pretty cool. its two stories. & the kids area is awesome! the cops needed to be in there directing foot traffic! obviously people were ikea newbies & didn't know that there is ONE way around the store! so annoying. hello don't you see the arrows! so many were going the wrong way! argh!! the most crowded part was the restaurant area. hello Swedish meatballs! everyone was in line! so while we waited for rj to get our food carter & i had the best seat in the house....next to the giant windows.....we got to see big airplanes coming in for landing!!!! carter thought that was awesome! (of course every time one flew over i didn't have the camera out! argh)
carter watching the planes fly over
our shopping cart. not bad.....mainly stuff for carter, of course! we got him an easel, paper, a carpet that has roads on it to drive cars around & some pic frames for me!
yes i got one! a plane flew over head on our way back to the car!
rj taking a pic of his "dorky" wife who was taking a pic of herself while waiting for her hubby to come out of Best Buy. (we went there afterwards b/c rj needed an xbox game! haha)
the pic his dorky wife took =)
carter drawing on his new easel!
& playing w/ his cars on his new car rug!
later on in the day we met some friends, the hubbards, for a walk. which turned out to be 6 miles round trip around lacamas lake! whew! it was looooonnnng!
luckily at the end of the trail was a playground for the kiddos to run around before the 3 mile trip back!
we had a blast on friday. even though i woke up saturday morning sore from the walk!! haha! i am so out of shape.
cheers.
2 comments:
ok, I am so getting that car rug! isn't it fun shopping for kid stuff, that's all I ever look for anymore...haha!
What is IKEA? I've never heard of it!! Sounds like alot of fun though. I might have to go take a look when I am in the area again.
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