Happy Birthday!

As you all know, Friday was Mom's birthday. It was a quiet day for the most part. Mom took a friend to the airport and had to leave at 4:30 in the morning to get her there on time. Hannah and Dad woke her up after she got back home to sing Happy Birthday to her.

Dad was at work and Mom and Hannah were together all day. Dad was able to get off of work a little early and we all went grocery shopping and then to McGrath's Fish House for dinner. Of all things, Mom had clam chowder and a salad for dinner.

On Saturday we wanted to do something special for Memorial Day. We went to the Korean War Memorial in Wilsonville, which is on the south side of Portland. We learned a lot about the Korean War. There was also a little park next to the Memorial with a wading pool. We all had to get in. It was supposed to be rainy all day so we didn't go to the coast. It ended up being mostly sunny throughout the day so after we returned to the apartment, Hannah was able to go swimming. The pool opened on Saturday, and even though the temperature never got above 65 degrees, there were several kids in the water, Hannah included. It is a heated pool, 85 degrees, so the water feels good. It's when you get out that you have trouble.

Hannah and Grandma have been having a great time shopping all of the thrift stores. Portland is the thrift store capital of the world. Every evening, we make the trip over to the new house building site. It is going up so fast.

The second floor went up so quick. They did it in a day!

The roof went up very quickly and then the windows. they have all but two windows in the house.

It rained most of the end of the week so the house is full of water. Tuesday is supposed to be sunny and warmer so we hope they get the shingles on to keep the rain out.