Shrayen and Dhilan come to visit Priya

Ami's brother Ashish, sister-in-law Rosy, and nephews Shrayen (age 7) and Dhilan (4) are in town for a couple of weeks to visit Priya.  This is their first trip to the Pacific Northwest, so they are trying to see it all.  They have already been to the coast, the Gorge, Hood River, and Mt. Hood.

Here are some pictures we took on our trip to the Northern Oregon coast.  We started off with a stop at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville.

Priya still isn't walking - hopefully soon, but we help her out.  The kids loved the planes and took a rest on some airline seats.  Here is the whole crew below in front of the Spruce Goose - Howard Hughe's monster seaplane:

Of course, we had to stop at the Tillamook cheese factory for cheese and ice cream.  Dhilan really liked the viewpoint along the coast:

Our last stop was Cannon Beach.  Sona headed straight for the water, while Ami and Priya walked towards the Haystack rock.  Shrayen and Dhilan explored the tidepools:

More to come from our travels...

Photos of Priya

A few months ago, our friend Erik Foss came over to take some pictures of Priya.  The photographs he took are beautiful.  I finally changed the photo album on the right.  So, click on the link to go to the photo album and see the great shots.  Here are a few sneak previews:

New Family Members (Again)

I thought I would post a couple of pictures our newest family members.  We have a family of five, count them - 5, skunks living under our house.  Other than the occasional stink in the basement, they haven't caused us any problems.  And they are kind of cute.  For now.  Although, at 10 o'clock at night when I am walking Sona in the dark, they sound like Big Foot walking through the forest.

Priya doesn't seem to mind them very much.  She was eating away on the back porch this weekend.

Priya really liked these geese at our friend Aaron's houseboat.  These are about the only animals we haven't seen near our house.  

I will try and get a picture of the garden snake we have seen twice in the last few weeks.  If I can stop screaming like a girl everytime I see it!