Sunday, July 22, 2012

Back in the PNW

Airport pick-up


Whenever we go to the airport to pick up people, we park on the top level of the short term parking lot. I love the views from up there.
 The Columbia river traffic, the airplanes coming and going and Mt Hood off to the East.  We got to be there again yesterday as Kiel and Cherise and Henry and Anabelle arrived from their trip to Michigan.  Cherise got to see a lot of familiar sites as they flew high above the gorge on their way into Portland.  It's good to have them "home".
 Playing with the toy kitchen

All of the kids, big and little, love this goofy kitchen. Little ones like Anabelle like all of the sounds it makes when you push certain buttons or pull handles. Bigger kids do more realistic play. Henry was stirring soup this morning. 
 "What do you want, Gramma? I'm cooking here."
She's getting to be such a big little girl.
 Beautiful Oregon scenes
 Our friend, Carolyn Smyth-Jen and some friends, rode their bikes through the Hood River area yesterday. She posted this picture from a portion of their journey. What a beautiful day for a ride.
 Our friend, Joanne Herr, took this picture this morning while taking a run along the waterfront. It was perfect running weather, cool and misty.  Hope to see the sun later today but I'm not complaining.
Portland looks pretty in any weather!
 The hills are alive
 with the sound of Hilmans!
I may have been admiring the Oregon views of a couple of my friends but I'm wishing we could be with this gang in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. These are all of Harlan's siblings but one. Left to right: Raymond, Bryan, Dennis, Naomi, Anita, Darrel, Loretta, Iris and Howard.
Looking forward to many more photos of this group and their offspring that attended this quadrennial event!

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