Black Butte Weekend2008

Every year we spend a weekend in Black Butte with the family! We do lots of fun things like walk to the pond, go swimming, get massages, watch sports on tv and eat! I used to spend the weekend napping but this year I spent it breast feeding and playing with Elliot. I think Elliot enjoyed his first trip to Black Butte, next year at this time he will be toddling around with the other kiddos!

Uncle Brando and Elliot

Emily, Mallory, MaryJane and Ronan (my cousins' kids)

Grandma and Elliot took a short walk outside to find Louie.

Louie was so curious about Elliot. He wanted to help me feed him and play with him on his playmat. Louie even wanted to help when Elliot was crying.

Aunt Cindy getting some snuggle time.

Ronan played with Elliot for a little while. Ronan and Elliot were having a deep conversation about the crazy family. I think Ronan promised to protect Elliot from the crazies.

The family

Blizzard 2008!

It never snows in Portland. Well, you might see a flurry once a winter. But it never sticks. but today it sorta really snowed! I mean, downtown we got about 1 inch, and a lot of it froze on the ground as a real dense hard-pack. But we hear that farther out people got real measurable accumulation -- inches! So of course we had to take Elliot out to explore, not to mention to break in his totally awesome snow suit (thanks Jenn!). Unfortunately, once we got outside we discovered that the snow was pretty frozen, and the damn East wind was still blowing pretty strong. So we did a short little loop of a few blocks (looking for drifts!) and headed back in to decorate the tree.