Returning to the Wetherson/ Kreider house feels a little like coming home in that we have a room here and we brought dinner to cook (shout out to our Kara for the quinoa chili recipe which i promise to never, ever make for anyone we both know.) They are welcoming and trying so hard to be laid back.

We got there at 5ish with dinner ingredients.  Mark and Josh took the boys to yet another water park while Itzel kept me company as I cooked.  Sarah came home to a big and nice dinner.  We ate, did laundry, out the kids to bed and chatted until 11 when it was finally dark enough (seriously, it only gets dark at 9:30) to consider going to sleep. 

Today i finally got to get a yoga class in.  I am feeling so much better now than I have been from all my time sleeping on whatever and driving alot and always carrying a baby or a diaper bags stuffed with guideboooks and Trader  Joe's chocolate and flying here in the first place.  I ran in approaching late, but still remembered to turn off my phone.  I did not account however, for the fact that josh's pone would be in my purse.  It rang during class of course!  The teacher was friendly and funny so I survived the incident. 

This afternoon we met up with my old Tiverton neighbor and best friend's sister  April and her boyfriend Rich.  We all met at Air Play, a cafe that has a good location and a cool theme, story and song time for kids so mommies can relax and have coffee while the kids are entertained.  Portland is full of good ideas.  After we took the bus (specifically as a treat for Ezra, Josh followed us in the car) and checked out April's pad and her work, which is the best frozen yogurt place IN THE WORLD and the entrance to Washington Park, which is just so pretty and nice and overlooks the city in a postcardy kind of way. 

We are back to the house of Issac and his parents tonight, right now Ez and I are having a free wifi and pizza break, but about to head back to have dinner with some friends of the Wetherson/ Kreider gang. 

Big plans brewing to go out of town on the Seattle/ Vancouver leg of our trip in a few days.