Tuesday June 29, 2010 - Portland, Oregon

This morning Gena and Alec headed out in the Sienna towards Hoodsport, Washington to visit her grandparents for a couple of days. We regret that we aren't able to make a longer or full-family visit northwards, but our schedule has been amazingly full here in Portland. She'll be heading back here on Thursday morning. We decided that she should take Alec, since his great-grandparents left quite an impression on him after our visit last fall. I stay behind with Mika & Caedmon.

The rest of the day is a blur of making lunches & dinners and keeping the kids occupied in various ways while trying to get a little bit of work done. I also had the excitement of deciphering the trash/recycling process soas to get all of the proper containers curbside for emptying in the morning. Fortunately, the directions are plastered on top of the disposal containers so it wasn't too difficult.