Family Visit!

Grammy Karen, Dennis, Jeff, JaNae, and Miranda all came out for a visit over Miranda's spring break! It was so nice to have family in town and to have someone to do things with. JD has been crazy swamped with a very hard semester of school so unfortunately he wasn't able to do much with us, though he did make it one night for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory (and of course went right back to studying as soon as we got home).

We crammed a ton into a very short time:
We went to the coast, checking out Seaside, Ecola State Park, and Cannon Beach. We ate at Mo's before heading home.
We did an afternoon in Portland checking out Pioneer Square, Powell's Book Store, Waterfront Park, Voodoo Donuts, and enjoyed some people watching before we went to the International Rose Test Gardens, and got an amazing view of Mount Hood from Pittock Mansion.
We hiked in the Gorge: we were able to see Vista House, Latourell Falls, Shepherd's Dell, Wakeena, Multnomah, and Horsetail Falls. Jeff was awesome and carried a very happy Porter almost everywhere.
We checked out the Woodburn Tulip Festival, shopped at the Columbia Sportswear Employee Store (and came out with lots of goodies).
Miranda stayed with us so that she could have her own place to sleep. It was fun hanging out with her while the family was in town. We had a relaxing night with Porter while everyone else went to the Portland temple.

As usual, Porter was a champ, putting up with doing all of this with a smile. I think he likes having so many people who pay attention to him. Love my family and grateful they were able to make it out for a few days.