Weekend sojourn to Vancouver/Portland

This past weekend we traveled to Vancouver and Portland.  We hung out with friends (new and old) and attended the memorial service of my friend, Sara's mom.  

We left on Saturday following the kids' basketball games and spent the first night with our friend Erika, a relatively new friend that we met last year on our cruise to Hawaii.  She and her wife have come up here to see us but this was our first time staying at their place.  Unfortunately her lovely wife,  Jamie, could not be there.  Next time though!!!

The next day we got up and headed into Portland and had brunch at one of my favorite places in Portland, The Country Cat.  As you can see by the photo the weather was great.  

We attended the memorial service and then headed over to my childhood friend Diane's house to have a delicious dinner and to watch the NFC playoff game.  What fun!  Finn got to eat on a tv tray for the first time.  

Monday morning we got up bright and early and headed back into Portland to Powell's Books.  We had promised Finn we would ride the Tri-Met so we took the streetcar to the area where the food trucks are and had a great lunch.  Everyone had something different. I had a pork belly sandwich, Meghen a Reuben, AIdan had Pho, and Finn a footlong hotdog. The kids shared their first bubble tea. We sat in the sun and had our lunch and then jumped back on the streetcar.

Both kids were exhausted and fell asleep on the way home.  We can't wait to head back down to Portland and hang out again with everyone.