In P-Town (Pun Intended)

Things keep moving along here in Portland. While I'll show you the cuter parts of the month, most of my life these days revolves around potty training (hence the pun. Oh man, I remember as a kid when Mom told me that she's "cheesy" and taught me what cheesy means. Not only did I fully catch on to her definition, but I think I've caught the cheesiness bug. I burst out laughing at all the cheesy/slap-stick humor on TV, just like Mom. A good dose of laugh goes a long way, people!).

Janson is working and on-call aaaallll summer long, so we're keeping busy in Portland.

The girls worked hard and earned a trip to see Toy Story 3. Here they are dressed up to go to the theater: Jessie the cowgirl on the left, Barbie on the right.

From Summer 2010

We've played at a lot of parks...

From Summer 2010

...and hiked up the butte by our house to watch the sunset.

From Summer 2010

From Summer 2010

Mt. Hood:

From Summer 2010

For patriotic festivities, the girls rode their bikes in a kiddie parade,

From July 4th 2010

From July 4th 2010

played with fire,

From July 4th 2010

...and ate yummy food. (Anyone else remember Mom making this cake?)

From July 4th 2010

The girls and I are spending more time at home while Mari figures out the whole potty thing, but as a family we'll probably be hitting up some of the city's free movies-in-the-park and concerts-in-the-park. Key words being free and park, and the parks sure are fun.

p.s. Our big family event this month: Janson officially finished his 1st year of residency and started his 2nd. During his "free" time he's responsible to train the 1st year residents. The program held a nice dinner, and it was probably our nicest date of the year (even with driving two cars and meeting at the hospital :)). He received a short little thank-you note from the hospital, and it made me burst out laughing. Reading it made me think he had graduated from 2nd grade, not given a year's worth of 100 hr weeks, getting called in during church or the middle of the night, and definitely not enough daddy-daughter time. Oh well, hopefully we're sacrificing now for better days ahead!