8/21/14

We sent Mom and Dad back home this morning, after a lovely week together in our beautiful new city, and terribly tiny apartment. We all made it unscathed!
Speaking of tiny, Dad put himself to work for a bit, helping a coworker of Ed's build her tiny house. He couldn't go back the next day because it was totally stressing him out that they were sort of winging things.
School starts on the 2cnd for Lydia. Ed is slowly getting back into the swing. And I am looking harder for work.

Dad and the tiny house:

 Walk to the Beaver Dam:

 Dead Beaver:

 Ed sitting on Dad's head:

 Brandy tasting at the Farmers market:

 Listening to live Dixie:

 The Rose Garden:

 Lydia took all the close ups:

 At the Audubon Society:

 Vulture discussion:

 Off to Columbia Gorge.
Vista House Observatory
http://vistahouse.com/history/the-vista-house-story/

 Multnomah Falls:

 And Ayla's model shoot:

 Out of order, at the Farmer's market:

 Back at the Rose Garden:

 View from Rose Garden of Downtown with Mt. Hood hiding in the mist:

8/8/14

This is going to be a lazy post, catching you up by photos.
We have had Ed's sister Lisa here for a week. We took her up to Seattle for her first time, and Chris and Matt were kind enough to let us stay in their place.
We've done some camping and had some playdates. Ed and I had a few days together mixed in.
Movies in the park has started. Made some new friends. I failed my drivers test twice. Ed's Mom came for a week. And now the big finale will be Jill and Don visiting next week!

4th of July/Lisa's visit:

 Playdate with Edie

 Ed and I had a day alone and hiked at Mt. Tabor

 Camping by Mt. Hood:
Amazing clouds!

 There she is!

 Playing in the Willamette with Brooklyn:

 Japanese Rose Garden with Halmunni: