Portland day trip

While in Washington for Thanksgiving we decided to take a trip over to Portland to visit with Great-Great Grandma Lillian. We had a great time! When we showed up she had a full ham dinner with potatoes, 2 kinds of veggies, fruit salad, a veggie tray, and rolls waiting for us. Her daughter Linda was also there. We had reminisced quite a while about Grandpa and Lillian kept trying to get up to take home pictures and knick knacks.

After dinner we went to stay at our hotel. The kids were dying to get there so we could go swimming. We got all dressed in our bathing suits and went to the pool. We had fun splashing (we had the whole pool to ourselves). Soren took a little while to warm to the pool, this was his first time swimming. Afterwards we got hot chocolate from the lobby. We went swimming again in the morning. During breakfast we noticed a family wearing a BYU shirt so Jake went over to talk to them. It turned out to be Natalie Ashton's older sister. We were even in the room rght next to them. It's always so amazing how small our world really is.

After leaving the hotel we went back to Lillian's where she had ham sandwhiches waiting for us for lunch. The kids had a great time playing with legos and fiddle sticks and loved showing Grandma all the things they made. We stayed until about 8 pm and then we went back to Washington for Thansgiving at my brother's house.

All in all a great trip. Lillian is doing really well but is looking to sell her house soon so she can move closer to her daughter. She misses Grandpa a lot. We got some great pictures of Grandpa when he was young man and some great pictures with Lillian. We sure love Lillian and wish we lived closer.