Portland with Some Friends

Our friends, the Henricksons came for a visit and we spent some time with them in Portland.

We went to the Oregon Zoo on Monday afternoon. The weather forecast had called for rain, but not a drop fell from the sky so we thought we should take advantage of that and do something outside.

The lions were rather hungry and Alaina almost became their meal.

The kids all love to be together, but Rylan and Owen have a special friendship.

We got a glimpse of what kind of a driver Emily will turn out to be . . .

and saw how our kids would choose to ride if there were no seat belt laws.

Somehow we missed the crocodiles, which was the one animal the kids specifically asked to see.

We made the trip even more of an adventure by getting to and from the zoo by riding the MAX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAX_Light_Rail). Here we are waiting to get on after the zoo.

We made it safely back to the car and fed all our wild animals and tucked them in bed at the hotel. It was a fun day in Portland with some friends.