Mumsy in Oregon

The third and final installment from Mom's visit two weeks ago...

It was wonderful to have mom here to experience where we live and the rhythms of our day-to-day. And, of course, we had the chance to do some fun things that we don't do all the time.

After church Sunday, we checked out the Rock Creek Trail, which winds along the Rock Creek and through neighborhoods in Hillsboro, just down the road from Cornelius.



We stopped by Mat and Leah's that night and, as always, enjoyed Freya's cuteness.

Mondays are normally our "free day," the one day each week that we don't work out and we eat whatever we want. I mean, really--whatever we feel like eating. It has become a tradition for Eric to make his amazing sour cream blueberry pancakes, but I was hungry when I woke up Monday morning and wanted a snack (his pancakes take a while), so I ate some cake from church the day before. Mmmm...that's what free day is for.

Then, our neighbor, Concha came over for coffee--and she brought donuts!!

A bit later...the pancakes! Soooo good!


We picked up the free cultural passes that can be checked out from the library and headed to Washington Park in Portland. Our first stop was the Rose Gardens. Too much gorgeousness to capture.



Next door is the Japanese Garden. So peaceful.




We headed downtown for a stop at Stumptown, a great Portland coffee roasting place, and then Voodoo donuts where we shared the best apple fritter I have ever had. It was the size of my head.

We walked along the riverfront until it started to rain.

Then we went north to the Alberta neighborhood for dinner at the Vita Cafe, which has amazing vegetarian food! One happy boy.


Come back soon, Mumsy.