Our weekend in Portland

On April 8th and 9th Nathan had an ODA conference up in Portland so the whole family went up! We spent the weekend in a hotel right across from the convention center and while Nathan was in class all day, the kids and I had a blast exploring just a little of what Portland has to offer! We would never want to live in Portland because we are not the "big city type", but we LOVE visiting. Portland is awesome!

We found a new part called "Peninsula Park". It has a great playground...

A rose garden, even though the roses were not in bloom, the kids loved running through the "maze"...

And some great climbing trees we found hidden behind a hedge!

I love this picture of big-brother pointing out an airplane to everyone.

My beautiful daughter and me in our hats!

Friday evening when daddy was with us, we went out to eat and then took the MAX train through the city. The two little boys were so excited to be on a train. Nathan and I laughed at all the cute comments our children were making, they were getting grins from the other passengers too. We have such "country bumpkins"! We got off the train at Pioneer Courthouse Square to see if they had anything going on, but they didn't. We explored around a little anyway, checked out the fountain and posed with this statue. It was Nick's idea.

On Saturday I took the kids to Washington Park for the morning.

Then we went to Saturday market! It is the best! The kids had a great time, they were all very well behaved and stayed right with me. We saw several very talented street musicians, ate some kettle corn, and did some shopping. I think it was everyone's favorite part of our weekend. I got several comments of how brave I was to take four children to Saturday Market by myself and many more comments once we were there about how well behaved and cute my kids are!

I also let the kids get balloon animals. Nick turned it down, I guess he is just getting too old for that sort of thing.

It was such a fun weekend! We love Portland!