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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
29th Wedding Anniversary Vacation
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Family Bike Ride
We saw a variety of scenery from the city view of Portland to geese and their goslings.
When we were crossing the Steel Bridge, we had to wait for the raised bridge (a barge was passing through) to be lowered.
A view of Portland from the eastside of the Willamette River. It was overcast during our bike ride and started to sprinkle the last few minutes of our ride.
Riding along the westside of the Willamette River.

After our bike ride we strolled around the Saturday Market under the Burnside Bridge (a first for us). It really started to rain hard, so we stood and ate our International lunch under a nearby canopy near the food booths.
Melinda modeling the newest in biking gear.
Aubrey thought Dad was going to ride into the fountain but he changed his mind at the last second!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Sweet Baby Mylee
While we were at a restaurant with Blaine and Marissa and Mylee, I whipped out my cell phone and snapped this photo. Sorry that it's kind of blurry, but it was a very cute scene. Mylee is so expressive and vocal these days!
At the Thai Restaurant
On Saturday, May 3, we invited Blaine and his family to join us for a meal at a favorite Thai restaurant. It was the last chance we would have to go out for a meal together before Melinda would head back to Provo for the summer. Baby Mylee was so cute. She sat at the end of the table, sometimes by herself, and sometimes in her little high chair, and just enjoyed looking around, playing with toys and being the center of attention. She was amazingly good natured.
The food was actuall not as good as we had remembered. In past visits, the chef had kept things quite mild, but this time they put in too many red peppers and dishes that we had enjoyed before were a bit too spicy. We didn't finish everything, and didn't bring home any leftovers. Oh well, it was still great to be all together.
After our meal, Mary Ann and I took the girls to see "Be Kind, Rewind" at the local discount theater. Even though it starred Jack Black, it was a real dud. Mary Ann ended up sleeping through most of the back half.