Vacation Recap: Part 1

Vacation started out on Friday with a visit to Arbor Heights pool with the Doerrs. We had nummy BBQ burger, salad, etc. Swimming was great....KK is getting pretty brave at jumping right in and Maddie is getting better and better on her swimming. Sunday we then headed down to Portland to visit the "Portland crew." Lunch with Caroling and Lisa, followed by a visit to Janet's house to see Charlotte, Christopher, Katie, Roland, Paul and Brett....Oh by the way, we picked up Stacey and Haas at the airport in Portland....The Perry clan is heading up for the 4th of July...More on that visit in part 2. We had a great visit, and it was great to see Brett and the rest of the crew.

We stayed the night in downtown Portland at the Benson Hotel. Cool hotel with confy beds. On Monday we did a little shopping, grabbed lunch then headed out to the Oregon coast. We stayed at the "Wood House"...the house we stay at every Easter. We were meeting Nana and Papa J as well as Jeff, Amy, Ben and Lauren there to celebrate some milestones for Mike's Parents. June was there 40th wedding anniversary, August is Nana J's 60th birthday, and September is Papa J's 60th birthday. Since Jeff and family were going to be in town we figured this would be a great way to celebrate. The weather worked out great. It was warm (for the beach - 70ish), and hardly any wind. The kids had a BLAST playing together...at the beach, baseball in the yard, riding bikes, you name it. Took lots of pics, and I will post the slideshows later. Here was our final group picture.

Happy Anniversary and Birthday(s) Mom and Dad!