The first half of our vacation last week--before the painting started--was a blast! We kicked things off with a day trip to the Portland Classical Chinese Garden and saw some amazing Chinese architecture, foliage, and bonsai trees. I never would have thought such an oasis existed in the midst of downtown Portland (notice the tall buildings in the background of the photo). They even have a Tao of Tea in the garden which we visited for a mid-afternoon snack and some great loose-leaf tea (Beka opted for the mango nectar).
On Monday, we left for Newport and stayed a night at the Sylvia Beach Hotel, a bed and breakfast with various rooms themed after different authors. It was a very relaxing time and we'd love to go back and spend a few days doing nothing but reading (someday). Then we drove to Ashland for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and saw two plays: The Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet. Both were incredibly entertaining and well worth the trip. It'll probably be our last vacation for a little while considering the new addition to the family, but that's a whole new adventure in and of itself.
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:3
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Hey guys this is Kent. Oh man I miss portland....I know this is an old post but much like yoou (just in another forms) I have been way too busy. just wanted to comment on the chinese gardens. It really is such an amazing feat of locality. I have to geek out and say did you notice the 11 (i think thats how many there were) different paving patterns of stones that are hand set on the profile. That was really the most amazing thing to me. I was however a little turned off by the overuse of artifical tiahue (sp?) stone. That was the rocks with the holes in them. Its an amazing story on the actual origin of those stones. Well just wanted to say hi to you two and hope that all is going really well for the family
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