PDX 2010!!

As most of you know Joe & I took a little road trip to Portland this past weekend to watch my mom run the Portland Marathon.  We took advantage of my 3-day/week class schedule & left Thursday morning for PDX. My good friend, Jason, is in his 3rd year of law school at Gonzaga, so we stopped in Spokane to have lunch with him and break up the drive. It was so nice to see him!

We have quite a few SLC friends who live in Portland now, so it was great to see them. We stayed with Sumer & Juliette this weekend and visited with Scott & Brittany as well. It was so nice to see everyone!

Joe & I went for a nice run in Forrest Park on Friday morning and did some wandering around downtown Portland.

Chloe - the old woman. One of the 2 great danes

Kingston... aka Sam's other BFF

Joe & I out in downtown

(All of us hanging out in the Pearl District downtown PDX)

Sum & Juliette had to leave on Saturday morning for a wedding in Arizona, so Joe & I went out to explore on our own for a bit.  We checked out the Saturday market and wandered through different shops.  We also tried to go to the infamous "VooDoo Doughnuts" doughnut shop, but unfortunately the line was around the block & we didn't feel like standing in the rain.

We met up with my mom and her running partner, Debbie, for dinner on Saturday.  Then we bid them farewell so they could get a good night's rest before the big race on Sunday.

Joe & I got up early on Sunday to get our spots along the course to cheer on mom & Debbie.  We made some super awesome "Team Bevo" (pronounced Bee-vo) t-shirts to show our support; unfortunately, it was raining like crazy so our awesome t-shirts were covered up by rain jackets.  We met up with my good SLC friends Matt & Adam (who now live in Portland) to cheer on the runners. We made our presence known complete with cowbells & air-horns.

Mom & her cheering section

Mom & Debbie looking fabulous post race

Joe & I had to head out shortly after the race to make the trek back to Missoula.  We took a pit stop along the way home at beautiful Multomah Falls.

Sam stayed with Jake & Danielle this weekend and got his fill of playtime with Sundance (Thanks guys!).  As soon as we got home Sam went immediately to his bed and fell asleep.  Needless to say, it was a great weekend had by all!

With Love from Missoula,

Jess