Catching Up: Part 2, Grandparents

As promised, here's our second catching-up post from the summer. About two weeks after we returned from California, my (Alli) parents came up to Oregon. Seems like the can't get enough Clark time. Weird. :-) Then a week later Bruce and Janice came out to meet Clark and spend some quality time with him also.

We had a great time with my parents, but they came up here during a record heat wave. Not too unbearable for people who live in the Central Valley, but we're on the third story and don't have air conditioning! We basically spent the whole time just trying to stay cool! We did manage to have a fantastic southern brunch at Screen Door complete with praline bacon and a huge pile of fried chicken and waffles. After that mom and I dropped off the boys at the Oregon Brew Fest and headed out to the Fabric Depot - quite possibly the most fabric I have ever seen in one place! We also visited with Uncle John and Aunt Alexis and enjoyed their a/c and a little Bachelorette. The rest of the week was just spent hanging out and spending time together. Their last day here we spent most of it in Starbucks before a trip to Costco to pick up an air conditioner. We loved having them here and hope the heat didn't scare them away!

Screen Door

Whoa.

The boys at the Oregon Brew Fest.

Being silly with Hillary's (my cousin) hair. He looks like Side Show Bob - ha!

The next week Bruce and Janice flew in from Kansas to meet Clark. It was so great to have them here and the weather was much better! We did tons of stuff with them around town and Clark was a total trooper. We visited the Rhododendron Garden, the Portland Zoo (where we got to meet Mark Sheppard), watched Coraline at one of the Portland city parks, and hung out downtown. Whew! We packed it in! It was such a great time. The garden was beautiful and so was the lighting so we got lots of great pics that day. The zoo was also fabulous; meeting Mark Sheppard was awesome and feeding the lorikeets was definitely a highlight! Mostly we were just glad to have them here and so thankful that they could spend lots of time with Clark.

The Rhododendron Garden

The Rhododendron Garden

Grandpa Bruce and Grandma Janice

Our little family!

Clark's got his monster feet on and is ready for the zoo!

This guy is HUGE!

Bruce got some amazing shots that day!

We all got to feed the lorikeets.

Watching Coraline in 3-D at the park.

Clark is so blessed to have the best grandparents!