Love seeing Family

It was wonderful to get to see family while I was up in Portland. Maryanne and I got to go shopping together (which we both love to do), I got to spend quality time with Porter (even babysitting him and taking him on trips in the car alone...of which I really felt like a Mom as I was late for most occassions Porter and I needed to be at, and I arrived with spit up on my shirt). Tobin and I took dinner over to Andy & Ruth's place, got to see our new niece Kate, and had fun playing a little bit with Gracie, Benjamin, and Zoey. Gracie HAD to show us how she can ride her bike without training wheels now! Then Saturday, I met up with Andy, his first 3 kids, and Mom and Dad at the Oregon Zoo. That was a lot of fun going with them. I told Andy I don't need my own kids, all I have to do is hang around with his kids and everyone assumes they are mine...you'll see why in the photos below!

Here's Zoey, she LOVED the animals!

The leopard we almost missed seeing but it came out from hiding behind a rock for a drink!

Hmmm..do you think we are related? Poor Benjamin I kept cutting his head off in the photos...

Grandpa and Zoey! We took this train ride through the park. It was beautiful

Mom & Dad, so nice to see them!

Curious Zoey

Three cute redheads...soon to be four running around!

Mom sewed beanbags for Mexican Horseshoes (you throw bean bags towards these holes)

On each set of beanbags, Mom specialized them, by embroidering each kids name on their own set. The kids loved it!

Andy and Tobin officiating the game =)

Zoey swinging with Grandpa!

Kate Joy Miller....I think I might call her KJ =)

Porter, the happy happy man! He had cute converse tennies on, but his expressions were better than the shoes he was wearing!