"Red " Chris & Lucy come to visit

Kerley, Jeff & "Red" Chris in 2003

Our good friend "Red" Chris [background story: I have called him this since meeting him at WSU. Jeff had another friend Chris so I needed something to tell them a apart. Chris has red hair, therefore he became "Red" Chris] and his fiance Lucy came to visit over Labor Day. They flew in from Virginia to attend a wedding in Seattle and decided to spend a few days with us and meet Jenna.

 We went to the Portland Saturday Market in downtown near the waterfront. We have been wanting to go for awhile and thought it was a perfect place to show Chris and Lucy what Portland was all about. And boy were we not disappointed! We got to see many homemade recycled items, anything you can imagine for your dog, the finest food carts and other odds and ends. We even saw a bronze colored van with things stuck all over it, with a clown driving while waving a monkey puppet. Only in Portland! (FYI: I told Jenna to never go near a van like that).

The clown isn't showing, but you get the idea

After an hour at the market we ventured out to the coast to Cannon Beach. It was such a beautiful day (in the 80s)! Jenna got to try out her new sunglasses that Grammy & Papa sent. She cried at first but then didn't mind them. 

We had such and great time with Chris & Lucy and we are looking forward to their wedding next September!