Morning on the Willamette

While Todd was away in D.C. and New York for 8 days the kids and I took a sunny morning and spent a few hours walking downtown. Initially we were coming just for breakfast but I grabbed my camera at the last minute to take a few practice shots. It's too bad I didn't go to extra lengths to dress the kids up like the picture perfect poster children we see in professional shots, because some of these would have turned out really good. But, for us.....this is the life we live!
This is where Todd proposed to me 15 years ago. We fed the ducks.......

walked along the waterfront.......

down this alley way behind Saturday Market......

dipped our toes in Salmon Street Fountain

watched the Hawthorn bridge raise for the Spirit of Portland.....

played hide n seek.......

and found these flowers washed ashore on the banks of the Willamette River.

Rowing out on the Dragon Boats only mean one thing.......Rose Festival is near!