Happenings

On the weekend of the 16th we had 90+ degree weather. Graham and I joined Rita, Matt, Jake and Shawn (two of Matt’s brothers) on a camping trip near Estacada, to celebrate Matt’s 26^th Birthday. The campsite was about mile hike from the parking lot, so we had a bit of a workout getting there. We had perfect weather – it was way too hot to be in Portland but along the river it was great. Of course the very next weekend, Memorial Day weekend, we had cloudy, cool, “typical” Oregon weather. Graham’s parents came and visited for Sunday and stayed with us overnight on their way home from an Alaskan cruise. We had a lot of fun showing them around Portland. We went to Saturday Market, where Leslie gifted us a carnivorous plant - but only after checking that it would not eat any of our cats…We went up to Mt. Tabor so they could see our neighborhood a little more. And of course we ended the day with dinner and drinks at our house along with my Mom. Monday morning at the crack of dawn – I think Graham got up before 5:00am – we had a delicious eggs benedict breakfast made by Graham, and we drove his parents to the airport to say goodbye.

Mother’s Day

This Mother’s Day weekend was very relaxing. Graham and I spent most of the weekend bumming around our house, playing our new Happy Potter video game, and recovering from yet another cold. On Sunday, we had my Mom over for a lovely brunch and Graham out did himself again, by making the best Belgian waffles! Rita, Mom and I, spent the afternoon getting pedicures and then we headed back to our house (this time with Rita, Matt and Abbey) for a fondue dinner and dessert – so good!

Sunny Seattle

I can’t believe it has already been a year – it went so fast! Graham and I celebrated our first anniversary by taking the train up to Seattle for a four-day weekend. We stayed at the Inn by the Market, just a block from Pike Place. Our whole weekend was very relaxing. It was really nice to get out of town and spend time together. Our weekend vacation consisted of lots an lots of eating: hot dogs, tiny doughnuts, smoked salmon, room service, pizza, Wild Ginger and much more… so yummy! Still, you’ll be happy to know it wasn’t all eating. We saw a Mariner’s game Saturday night against the A’s and the Mariner’s won! We went up the space needle to see the 360-degree view of Seattle and lucked out because it was actually clear and sunny. We took the Underground Tour in Old Town and of course we did some shopping. It was a great time but now I think we need to take more vacations:)