Labor Day in Portland

My parents had some thoughts of going to Portland over labor day so I thought I would help encourage them by tagging along ;) It worked!

We headed up Friday afternoon. It sure is a long drive over there, but worth it. We arrived late to a little boy patiently waiting, looking out his parents window. Topher ran down to greet us and promptly asked Grosspappi if he could play with his iphone. Makes you wonder who the kid misses more, you or the electronic device.

We talked for a bit, oogled over my brother's ginormous TV (seriously, it's out of control, I want one!), then hit the hay.

Saturday morning we got up and went to the farmer's market (love farmer's markets!), bought peaches, nectarines, blueberries, donuts, tasted bread and sausages, got chocolates and vegies. It was fun. After we got home we changed, dropped Topher at a friends house and headed off for a temple session. We stopped briefly at Mike's work so we could have the grand tour (only got the grand tour because Brandon was with us, Brandon was also the only one who understood what Mike was talking about). We had a wonderful session at the temple, took some pictures, stopped at Burgerville for shakes, tried to find some Thomy mustard to no avail, then to get Topher so we could go to dinner. Dinner at Outback was yummy, I love a good steak and potatoes. Stopped for a few things at Fred Meyer where I literally had to use the bathroom twice (could have done a third) in about twenty minutes. Note to self: don't drink so much water when you have a little one pound weight sitting on your bladder. Back to Mike's where we all crashed quickly.


{what a bunch of goofballs}


{That's Brandon's GQ look in the first pic}


{Spider workin' on his web, OH NO! SARAH, RUN!!!, gone like a blue streak!}

Sunday was a nice chill day. We slept in a little, went to church, ate yummy lasagna, naps, trifle for dessert, seconds and thirds on trifle, movie, Topher found out that Uncle Brandon's itouch is not kid friendly (no games), continued to drain Grosspappi's iphone battery, bed.


{the morning wake up call sounded something like this... "Grosspappi? Can I play with your iphone}

Monday was just a pack up and head home day (after Topher spent more time on Grosspappi and Auntie Heather's ipods). We stopped in The Dalles (last burgerville stop) for lunch, and continued on home.


{beautiful row of Hydrangeas along one side of the house}


{with spiders making their intricate webs, so long as the spiders and the webs stayed far far away from me}

It was a quick weekend, but so much fun and we all had a wonderful time together. Our family weekend was short Heidi and we missed her!

Thanks Mike, Sarah and Topher for a good time and for your hospitality!