The Howard Family comes to Portland!

Our weekend couldn't have been nicer.


Tyler's family drove from Utah and Idaho to be here for Braxton's baby blessing. Fortunately everyone, with the exception of Derek, was able to come. Unfortunately we only had a day and a half to cram in lots of fun. It's too bad they couldn't have stayed a little longer... there is just too much of Portland to explore. Maybe sometime soon they will be able to visit again.

Regardless we had tons of fun!

We first took them downtown to the Tom McCall park on the Willamette River.

Little did we know that the weather would be so cooperative. It was sunny and 65*.... nobody could have asked for nicer weather than that. We also didn't know that the Portland Farmer's Market had started.... so things were a little crazy there to say the least.

There was lots of things to see, smell, and do. (Although these weren't pictures from my camera... they are pretty accurate in representing some Portland Culture.) The Howard family was a little shocked to say the least! :)

Tyler got to try out our new Baby Bjorn carrier. It was pretty sweet!


This is how Braxton spent almost the whole afternoon....

We all sort of wandered around for a while.....

Later we decided to go to the Nike Store downtown. It was a bit of a walk, especially for Quincy- all in all we probably walked about 20 blocks. Boy was he the little trooper! It was so nice to see all the sights there are to see downtown. Mike especially enjoyed the many "cultural" statues. :)

Quincy and Jakoby working on sharing the basketball....

The cousins in their matching Jordan zip up jackets....

Probably one of the last times that Jakoby will be smaller than Quincy.......

With all the walking and lack of nap.... Quincy was tired to say the least. Fortunately, he was a pretty good sport. Here I am trying to get him to give the camera a little love.

That's all you've got Q?

Quincy thought this statue was pretty cool.

Posing with Grandma Teesy...

And speaking of statues... we saw this human statue outside of Pioneer Place Mall. He was pretty good....

After we window shopped in Nike, we decided to head back home. Everyone took a little nap and we got back together for dinner at the...
It was sort of a wait to eat, especially with a group as large as ours, but well worth it! Quincy and Jakoby had fun together...

By the end of the day we were all pooped! We decided to head home around 10:00PM and call it quits.

We cant wait to see everyone again!