See how excited Jay is to have his picture taken?
Jay got some very exciting Father’s Day gifts…a toiletry bag…
…and a new beach towel…
We ate dinner at Morgan’s and took a million family pictures…here are all of the boys….
…Jeff and Jess with our boys….
…see how excited Jess is about more pictures…
…Jay and I…
…and two happy couples…apparently I’m the only one who hasn’t been out in the sun yet…
When I flew to San Diego last summer for a conference, we ended up with a $200 voucher after our landing gear didn’t go up and we waited in the Boise airport for hours and hours. I’ve always wanted to go to Portland so I booked a flight and a hotel and had my sister Katie drive up from Medford to meet me for the weekend.
Our first order of business was to go to Ikea, which was right next to the hotel and then we were off to dinner. Kate used the GPS to locate a seafood restaurant and off we went in search of it. However, when we found it, we quickly changed our minds…a bar was not quite what we had in mind…
So instead, we went to a really fun German restaurant not too far away. The food was good and the atmosphere was fun.
On Saturday we drove downtown and went to a Farmer’s market at the University Campus. After looking at all of the booths we got a crepe to share and sat and listened to this bluegrass band…
We wandered around Portland some and saw some interesting things…a beautiful church…
…a crazy van…
and Sacajawea mural…
We went to Powell’s and then had dinner at this little Mediterranean restaurant. They served this huge pita as an appetizer. We ate the whole thing and took our gyro’s back to the hotel with us.
On Sunday, before I had to fly home, we went to Multnomah Falls and hiked around. It was beautiful and a great ending to a fun trip.
Nikolai celebrated his 10th birthday this year with German chocolate cake and coconut frosting for the second year in a row!
Nikolai’s gifts included a Ninjago Spinner booster pack…
Flushed Away…
…and Magic cards…
Grandma and Grandpa Morgan sent over Hero Factory…
and more clothes…
On the morning of Aleksi’s baptism, the boys ran the Capital Classic a race the runs from the Train Depot to the Capital building. The boys had a great time, ran the mile race in about 11:30, and got finisher medals. They think the race is okay and love the snacks and fun afterwards…
Aleksi wanted some pictures of him outside the church building like we had done for Nikolai…I think they’re wearing the same outfit, even…
Aleksi all suited up….
…with Grandma Lillian…
…Grandpa Joe…
… Mom…
…and Great Grandma Bolander…
After the baptism we headed back to our house to have dinner and celebrate Aleksi and Nikolai’s birthdays…
…with Grandpa Joe and Grandma Lillian…
I did two different cakes…Nikolai wanted German chocolate cake with coconut frosting and Aleksi wanted just chocolate frosting…
Later Grandpa Norm and Grandma Jackie came over to give the boys their gifts…new clothes and Legos…what more could two boys want?
