Mom and Charlie's visit!

"Well hello, nice to meet you" : ) Mom and Charlie arrived to Portland by train from Seattle on Wednesday afternoon.

Wednesday night we cooked dinner, caught up, hung out.

During the day on Thursday, Mom and Charlie bummed around our neighborhood while Ashley and I were at work. We went out for Ashley's birthday dinner Thursday night.

Friday we drove up to Doug and Evelyn's to meet up with Larry, Suzie, Joe and Kathy.

Larry and Fiona

Doug and Evelyn prepared a wonderful meal for everyone.

Saturday a.m. the cruisers caught a shuttle from SeaTac to Vancouver to board their ship Saturday afternoon.

After dropping off the voyagers, Doug, Evelyn, Ashley and I headed to their boat on Bainbridge Island. It was a beautiful sunny drive and day on the island.

My friend Jeff caught the ferry from Seattle and we picked him up. He spent the day with us lounging and drinking wine on the boat, and caught the ferry back that night. Ashley and I crashed on the boat and shoved off EARLY Sunday a.m. to get back to Portland to pick up our new windows.

So glad we got to spend time with Mom and Charlie! I'm sure they are having a blast right now on their Alaskan adventure. And a huge thanks-as-usual to Doug and Evelyn for boat hosting  : )