Fourth of July with The Ewing Clan

We headed to Portland for the 4th of July - it was fun to get down there after having a sick May and a busy June. And lucky us, there was actually nice weather for once! This is the second year that Tutu and Papa Andy have hosted the Fourth of July/Grandma Mac's Birthday party (I believe this was birthday 93 - how impressive is that!). Hank always loves going to visit and calls their backyard "the park". You know you have a nice yard when a kid ranks it up there with a park!

Doing some last minute 4th of July shopping at Fred Meyer, where they have THE BEST carts! I could get a lot of shopping done if I could keep them both contained and happy like that!

Smooching in the wine aisle :)

Party Time!!

Bret and Hudsy

The Ortolano Family - that's Hank and Hud's new cousin, Liam!

Auntie Alice and Tutu

When Hud woke up, we set him on Grandma Mac's lap and he was happy to just hang out there. I started to worry that she'd lose feeling in her lap-hehe.

Hank and Papa Andy playing badminton

Auntie Anne (Papa Andy's twin sister) and Hudson...and Hudson's belly :)

I loved this - Bret's younger cousins (high school) brought their friends and they were the best kid entertainers EVER. At one point, I turned to look for Hank and he was in the middle of the whole group of them...holding court. He loves the ladies!

Cam's picture of Hudson...he was trying to teach me how to use our new camera. I just sat and threw around words like f stop and aperture and tried to sound like I knew something...I don't (and he knew-hehe)