Tuesday morning everyone slept in until 8! I think we were all super tired. We took our time eating breakfast (macs deli) and packing the suitcases. We said goodbye to the family the night before and we didn’t want to put everyone through it again so we decided not to go over [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘portland’
March 30, 2009
Monday: Day Seven: Portland
Like I said in my previous post, Sunday night was kind of a problem with Della not sleeping all night. We had about four hours of sleep and everyone was pretty exhausted and on edge so we took it slow Monday morning. I took Della down stairs for breakfast at the buffet the hotel offers [...]
March 30, 2009
Sunday: Day Six: Portland
Sunday started off with Kelly going to Vancouver (Washington) for a 10K. He got second place and we are all so proud of him!! After the race he came back to get the family and we all drove over to my sister’s house.
We stopped at Target on the way for a few things. I [...]
March 28, 2009
Saturday: Day Five: Portland
Saturday started off on kind of the wrong foot with me not being able to sleep most of the night before. Some people moved into the hotel room beside us and had a screaming child. It started at about 7 p.m. Friday night and continued all through the night. My body is trained to hear [...]
March 27, 2009
Friday: Day Four: Portland
We were slow moving this morning and didn’t get going until after 9 a.m. It seems to work out okay though. We met my sister and her family downtown at Powell’s Books. It was one of the places on our list of places to see and I’m glad we made it! The store [...]
March 25, 2009
Wednesday: Day Two: Portland
Wednesday started off slowly because we were up so late the night before (midnight was when we finally got our hotel room which was 2 a.m. central time). We were all up around 8 and we got the girls dressed and Kelly took them to breakfast at La Provence Bakery & Bistro while I [...]
March 25, 2009
Tuesday: Day One: Portland
This is the start of my write-up of our trip to Portland. This is mostly to remember the trip and for our own personal memories but you are welcome to read of course!!
Loud from day one. Loud, loud, loud. Loud airport. Loud airplanes. Loud children.
Flight one didn’t leave until 5:18 [...]


