Rose Festival Parade

We had such a fun weekend and it helped tremendously that the weather was so nice! Saturday morning we headed out to the Rose Festival Parade. We got tickets for the bleacher section from one the Dr's that Brian works with, but after finding free parking and front row seating in the shade we decided that we didn't need to walk further, we had it pretty good where we were. The tickets did give us the idea to head down there though. We stayed for a few hours to watch the parade and then headed to Joe's Crab Shack on the Columbia River. Since it was so nice we decided to sit out on the deck and enjoy more sun since we haven't had it in so long. The kids were great and Ashley was boppin' to the music and entertaining us. After lunch we headed back for naps and that night Grammy came over to watch the kids while Brian and I went to a birthday party for one of his co-workers. She has a condo right on the Columbia (actually right across from where we had lunch) and the view is stunning. She looks right at Mt. St Helens. After the party we weren't ready to head home, so we took a long walk along the river and soaked up a perfect evening just the two of us. Sunday we went on a trail that goes around the Nike campus. We heard about it from some friends, but hadn't checked it out. It was a really nice walk and another good excuse to get out and enjoy the summer day.

Chilly morning, but got up to 85 later in the day.

This was our favorite float.



I think she waved the entire time we were watching the parade.