Spring is here! I took these pictures on a walk with Wayne and the critters just a block or so from our home. Everything is in bloom and the sky is crisp and blue!
Kristin and I had brunch today with Helene and her daughter Hannah in Sellwood. She and her husband Doug have been such good friends, and such helpful familial surrogates in our Portland community.
As it turns out, Helene is now going through her own parenting moment too. Her oldest daughter who we were with today with Helene is a Senior in high school. She is getting ready to head off to college out of state in just a few months.
"From this, to this!" Helene exclaimed today as she went from rubbing Kristin's belly to grabbibg her (now) teenage daughter Hannah by the arm and giving her a little squeeze, with just a little sadness and excitement.
