Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Oregon in April - Part 2



Okay guys, it's a little cold to be hanging out at the beach. Let's go shopping!



The Ten Grands Concert - Dale and Kari arranged for a baby sitter for this very special occasion and, oh boy, we sure enjoyed the show!

The concert was at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in down town Portland. The featured pianists were: Tom Grant, Michael Allen Harrison, Buddy Greco, Janice Scroggins, Barbra Roberts, Rosa Li, George Mitchell, Michail Kaeshammer, Katerina Kramarchuk, and John Nilson. We enjoyed a solo performance from each artist as well as a quintet, quartet, and of course all ten grands at once. There was even some vocal parts sung by a small highschool gospel choir and the grand finale featured two professional singers, Timothy Greenidge and Katie Harman.

Thank you to our fearless and very talented baby sitters: Tom, Stacy, and Seth, and below, Denis and Jen.


Dale and Kari in front of their house in Sherwood. Rowena was taking her afternoon nap.



We arrived at John and Karrie's Sun. evening.

Thank you John, Karrie, and Sarah for the wonderful gift and cake for Tyler. We enjoyed our short stay with you and can't wait to get back and spend a little longer there.



Pit stop in Coeur d'Alene for a little energy boost. Vanilla Latte for Keith, Chai-Soy Latte for Melinda and don't worry...

...the little chumpers was not left out. We had had a realatively uneventful trip (aside from hitting a deer - very minimal damage to the front bumper), arriving home just after 10pm, unloaded the car, and were so glad to stretch out in bed for a good night's sleep.

2 comments:

Alison said...

Oh so many neat pics! The ocean ones are so pretty. The Grands must have been just awesome! And time spent with friends and family-priceless!!! We were imagining Sarah and Tyler playing together on Monday morning-too cute. Thanks for sharing your trip with us. Sorry about the deer and so glad it wasn't worse!

Hugsfromus AGAIN!!!

Alison said...

A certain auntie would like to see some pictures!

I'm sure your not busy or anything! *wink*

Love ya!