The Smith Family visits

My brother Stephen, his wife Amy and their two boys Gregor (8) and Logan (6) came to visit us as part of their spring break trip. They started out in Vancouver, BC where they had a great time in Stanley Park and got to see the Olympic flame (the Paralympics are still on) and then made their way down to Seattle before taking the train down to see us in Portland. We had a great time, mixing hiking and eating. On Thursday we hiked up to the top of Mt. Tabor and then went to Sin Ju for some great sushi. As you can see from the first picture, Logan is a big fan of rice and he likes to wear it on his shirt almost as much as he likes to eat it.

On Friday, we went to see Multnomah Falls and hiked about half way up to the top before we had to head back. It was a great hike, but we promised the kids we would go see the movie The Diary of a Wimpy Kid. This is not a movie I would ordinarilly see, but Gregor had read all the books and was very excited about it. The illustrations for this book are great so it is hard to bring the characters to life, but it was well cast with goofy parents, a mean older brother and a very dorky best friend. As I was watching this movie, I realized that no person should review a kid's movie without having a kid present. You are much more acutely aware what is appropriate for the age group. I would say this movie was fun and very appropriate for the 6-12 age group.

After the movie we went over to the Oregon Humane Society to see Barbara and all the cute animals they had for adoption. We met a very loving chihuahua named Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, who was promptly adopted that afternoon. We capped the evening off with a couple of pizzas at Nostrana. Unfortunately everyone left Saturday morning and we had a quite weekend.