picking OUR own PumpKins

I met up with Jami and the girls Saturday night after we closed down the show and cleaned up. 
 friends/coworkers stayed at the hotel for dinner and watched all the gay getups and had a great night.

We went to Italian dinner at NW 23rd, Sals.  The girls shared an order of mussels and then the typical spaghetti and pizza for dinner.  They crack me up how much they love mussels. I had butternut squash ravioli!  It was awesome.  And of course since there was a Ben and Jerry Store right next door, of course we had to have dessert.  Jami got a room at the same hotel as me and the girls did get a chance to swim.

We started the day with breakfast at a little ma and pa restaurant in Jami and Kolby's old neighborhood.  Beaterville.  It was like a little old house with a few tables in every room.  A restaurant like you would have found in the old days in Park City.  We drove around their old haunting grounds where there are so many cute little houses and yards.

Then we got this big idea, which turned out to not be so unique.  We went out to Sauvie Island to a Farm.  We had gone there with Maddie for Preschool when Amelia was just a baby and Jami took a picture of her just like this... propped up in the pumpkins.  It turned out we weren't the only ones with this idea.  Half of Portland came for the fun.

We took the hayride behind a tractor out to the field and found the PERFECT pumpkins. Yes, there were plenty of picked ones that were not in muddy fields, but not as fun as finding the ONE just your size.

Maddie picked one so big she couldn't carry it. Jami said "Next year the rule is you can't get it if you can't carry it."  We'll see.  She's pretty much a push over as you will soon see....

"Oh, mom, Look! They have elephant ears and caramel apples!"

And man were they good!  Jami and I bought a couple to share with the girls but by the time they came back from climbing all over the hay stacks... well, let's just say we had to get in line again.  Somehow they disappeared.

And one of the best things about Portland is the bridges.  I really like Portland.  It was really hard to say good bye to Jami and the girls.  I kind of felt bad they had so far to drive from Seattle, but so glad they did.  It made my trip worth while!