First Trip to Portland (of this year)
So this would be the first of many trips to Portland this year (I know this cause I am writing this post at the of the year). The scary news at this time is Papa was placed on hospice just a month previous. This trip was to make sure we all got to see Papa before he got much worse. Again, since I am way ahead of this actual time, he didn’t get much worse. He is actually doing very well 12 months into the ever increasingly inaccurate hospice.
Mom left about a week ahead of us to be the amazing daughter she is to take care of her parents. The rest of stayed back, sold some girl scout cookies, played some, then flew out to join her. Like, my favorite thing in the world is traveling with my kids...even by myself.
We enjoyed a great visit with the grandparents and the kids got a good, but maybe a bit sad visit. Because of “circumstances” Katy stayed a bit longer and the kids and I headed home earlier. All good. The kids would see their grandparents at least 3 more times this year...and already getting ready for the next trip in 2018!
Love traveling with these kids!