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Portland Weekend

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The Saturday after school let out we made a trip to Portland for the memorial service for Don\’s cousin Casey.

We now have quite a few branches of both of our families in Portland.

Upon arrival we met up with Don\’s Uncle Bill and Aunt Pat.  It was great catching up with them.

We rented a house in downtown Portland so that we could also stay with Corky & Meg.  It was in a great, funky little area in SE Portland.  Saturday night we had dinner with the immediate family.

Sunday we headed out to Mt. Tabor for a walk in the wilderness in the middle of the city.

Sunday evening was the service.  It was great to see everyone and spend time together remembering Casey who was so full of life.  I had been working with the family for weeks to create a photo slideshow that would run during the service.   It\’s about 10 minutes long. 

On Monday we headed over to Ross\’s house.  They just moved in about a week ago.  We got to spend about 24 hours with the Cantelo Family before heading home. 

Finishing off May with Mae

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No trip to SoCal is complete without lunch at Malibu Seafood and a drive up the PCH.

We drove up to the little Dutch town of Solvang and had lunch, did a little wine tasting, and then visited this….

You could buy food to feed the ostriches and they gave you a bowl with a handle.  The ostriches were pretty aggressive and tried to grab the bowl.

This guy tried to give Quinn a peck on the head.

And the more gentle emus.

 And then some pool time with the buddy.

This is a version of the cannonball called the MANONBALL!  Commence tsunami.

World\’s Largest Gummy Worm

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Quinn has been bugging me to buy him the World\’s Largest Gummy Worm.  I\’ve been adamantly saying NO!!!!
Then he said \”What if I give you one Yes day?\”.  A \’Yes Day\’ is a day where he would answer all my questions with a Yes and do whatever I ask.  Like go take a shower.  
One yes day wasn\’t sufficient so he offered a yes week.  And then 2 yes weeks.  I finally agreed to the World\’s Largest Gummy Worm when he offered me a Yes Month.  
He was pretty happy!

And then to confirm that we are the world\’s worst parents, this will be posted at his school all next year for the incoming 5th graders to see.    Each 5th grader picks a subject with a Right and a Responsibility.  Quinn\’s friends thought the worm was photoshopped.  I have to say it\’s pretty epic.