Shawn and I had our first night away from both kids. Our first totally kid free night in over 4 years. Shawn went down to Portland on the train thursday morning for a bachelor party of a good friend. Saturday at noon Alicia and Loren came over to stay with the kids, I hopped in the car and trucked down 1-5, making it to Portland in just 3 hours. I picked Shawn up at a friends house. We had a lovely summer walk down the street to get a bite to eat, we browsed a vintage clothing sale, and drove over to our nice hotel, the Inn at Northrup Station. We used to live 4 blocks from there and I'd always been curious about the rooms. We checked in and had a nice hour and a half to ourselves before we had to leave for the wedding. We took the street car down to the Chinese Garden where the wedding was. We enjoyed chatting with several friends and walking through the garden. The ceremony was very sweet, our friends Nick and Vickie were so happy, and it was really sweet to be able to just sit and hold Shawn's hand and listen to the ceremony. We enjoyed tasty food and more good company. Around 11pm we headed back to the hotel, walking about half way, just enjoying walking through Portland on a summer evening. We awoke this morning with plenty of time for breakfast before driving back to Seattle. We had a good chat in the car and got back here by noon. It was a really lovely 24 hours away!
Alice and Max had a great time, too. A&L took them to my nephews birthday party at Jump Planet (think tons of bouncy houses, giant ones), to play at Greenlake, made them a tasty dinner and read them many bedtime stories. They went to sleep easily, and slept through the night! This morning they played at a park enjoying the weather. Right now Alice is snoozing, and Max and Shawn are up at the library. I'm enjoying some time to reflect on the lovely night away with Shawn. We can't wait to do it again!
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