Portland

We just got back from a 4-day weekend to Portland and the Oregon Coast to visit our friends, Dieu and Sena Dinh and their little girl, Aria Lane, who was born 2 days after Koen. It was our first big road trip with Koen and I was nervous about the long car ride - but he did wonderful!!

As is typical with the coast, it rained most of the trip, but luckily it cleared up just as we got to the beach. The coast is Kenn's favorite place to be and he was in heaven walking on the beach and looking at the ocean - I think he must have been a pirate in his other life. We also had a wonderful seafood feast at Sharks in Newport. It's a little hole in the wall but the owners are unique and enthusiastic and the food was fabulous (or so say the three seafood fanatics - I hate seafood and ate vegetarian pasta).

Our last night, Sena and I couldn't resist celebrating Halloween a little early and dressed the babies up in Aria's Halloween costumes. The guys thought it was mean to subject them to such torture, but they looked so cute we couldn't resist! :)

Although it was a lot of driving for a quick 4-day trip, it was well worth it and Koen traveled like a champ. It must have worn him out because he slept 5 1/2 hours last night - that's a first for him!! We should travel more often...