Playing piano with grandpa garriott

this is the best.

Phoenix visit

Oren and I flew to phoenix for a quick visit to grandma and grandpa garriott. oren was a rock star on the plane - i really had nothing to worry about.

This series of photos is so cute. Oren was clear across the room when grandpa began to play. He quickly took notice, crawled right over and pulled himself up for a better view. He was fascinated. :-) I sure hope he has grandpa's talent.

this photo cracks me up because there are SO MANY photos of us as kids totally attacking grandpa. he was always on the floor rolling around with us.

oren is such an enthusiastic eater. i think grandma got a kick out of feeding him.

We had a nice lunch one afternoon at the clubhouse. I didn't get any photos, but afterward oren and I tried to go for a swim with grandpa - he just was NOT going in that pool. poor guy. we'll have to work on that.

Woodlawn Coffee and Pastry

We have a fantastic new bakery in our neighborhood! We met Sarah and Oscar there on Friday before our flight to Phoenix. so nice to hang out a little bit and play together in their toy corner.

Portland Christmas tree lighting

Yes, we went down for the lighting ceremony. It's something we try to do each year. I love Christmas carols and don't get many chances to hear them, and it's something we love about living in the city and getting into the holiday spirit along with 25,000 other portlanders. I'm choosing to ignore the whole 'terrorist bomb' thing...it was never a true threat and i think it's unfortunate that they had to publicize the thing they way they did. let's scare folks just for the sake of drama. boo!!

regardless we had a good time.