And then there were 4

Scooter flew into town yesterday with Ben's parents.  They were so kind and flexible to help us book flights at such a short notice and accompany Scooter out here for her visit.  They were planning on driving, but with the winter weather in the Cascades (and because I'm pushy and wanted to spend as much time as possible with Scooter) decided to fly out with her instead.  Come to think of it, it's mostly because I'm pushy.  But if there's one thing that the past few months have taught me, it's to ask for what you want.  Otherwise, you get eggs and cooked spinach.

Scooter et. al. flew in at about 10:30.  On our drive to the airport, we spotted Mt. St.Helens and Mt. Hood.  It was a clear, beautiful day.  By the time bags were retrieved and suitcases un-consolidated, it was about 11:30.  We whizzed Scooter off into the big city.  First stop was supposed to be Voodoo Doughnut (a Portland establishment).  The line went to the corner of Ankeny and 3rd Ave, and after waiting a good 10-15 minutes, hadn't moved.  So we decided to set our sites on lunch instead.  We ducked into what looked like a dive bar.  The website is much, MUCH fancier than what it really is (Here).  But the food was divine.  I had what could arguably be the best seafood chowder out there.  It was the smoked salmon chowder.  It was a pretty pink color, which was a little off-putting, but oh.  It was SO GOOD.  After lunch, the line at Voodoo was even longer.  We hopped on the train then trolley to head up to the aerial tram.  It was closed.

We hopped back on the trolley to go to our car, where we drove to OMSI (Here), which is the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.  It is huge, and interesting, and even though we spent a few hours there, we didn't see everything.  Scooter was tired, we were tired, and Bubba was falling-down tired.  We had to go home.  It snowed on our way home!  We ate out of the back of a taco truck for dinner, and pretty much settled in for the evening. 

I'm so-so-so excited to have Scooter out here.  It's nice to finally have everyone here, and I swear, Bubba has 10 new words since his sister got here yesterday.  This week will be exciting, and will probably go by too fast.