Weekend Camping Trip Turned Into An Hour Hike

We had plans to go camping overnight at Silver Falls. We decided against it when we heard thunder storms were on there way through the Willamette Valley. Instead, we called my sister and told her to come on over for dinner and games. I love that summer days are long. We took Ethan outside to play with the chalk. That lasted about 2 minutes. Just long enough for him to get chalk all over himself...

Jen took the above picture of Sarah and I think it is one of my favorites of my dear sister.

All Ethan really likes chalk for is for adults to write letters. He then reads what you write. I wrote "Jennifer" and as I finished writing the "R" he said "Deborah". I laughed. He usually gets the words correct. He hadn't talked to his auntie Debs that day. He must have missed her. I also labeled "Jen aka Mom" & "Sarah" for Ethan's benefit too.

Saturday, we headed north to Portland for a hike at the Mount Tabor park. The park is right smack in the city. There are some really nice meadows and trails. We hiked for an hour in no particular direction before Josh had a hankering for a Jamba Juice and we headed out.


We were at the park at the peak of the day so most of our pictures didn't turn out. The sun was too bright. While we hiked we came across 3 or 4 different weddings. All taking place on the forest grounds. Sarah liked the idea of a small gathering circled together while a couple was joined in matrimony. I admitted that although it was intimate, I wasn't sure about being in the open that way was the best idea. I nodded towards a jogger who passed by singing at the top of her lungs while listening to her IPod.