Baron's Baby Blessing

This past weekend was very special and a ton of fun, and we are very sad it's all over and everyone is back home :(.  It was especially nice to have my parents and younger brother come up from Southern California and get to see some of the beautiful state of Oregon and where we live out here.  Here's the shortened timeline of events that went on:

*Friday:

-Steph's family flew in to Portland in the afternoon

-We hung out at our place getting to know Baby Baron and showed my family the ropes and played with Jackson

-Ate dinner out at Red Robin......yum! We celebrated Colby and Jackson's birthdays (just a couple of months late.... their b-days are in November) and had them sang to at the restaurant

-Walked around a nice outdoor mall and hung out at REI for awhile

-Nick (John's older brother) flew into town late that night

*Saturday:

-Ate a big pancake breakfast

-Walked around the Nike campus and checked out all the neat stuff there (pictures might come in a later post b/c my dad took those with his camera- waiting for him to e-mail them to me!)

-Jeff, Shalene and their little girl, Summer showed up that afternoon and we all hung out and played a fun, jeopardy like game called Buzz on the playstation

-John's parents and sister Heather drive up later that day

-All the boys and Heather take the max to the Rose Garden to watch the Blazers beat the Utah Jazz

-The girls, and kids, go to Washington Square mall to eat at Cheesecake Factory and shop around 

-Grandma Sue and Shalene take Jackson and Summer swimming back at their hotel

-Everyone meets back up after the game at our place to have some super yummy homemade (thanks mom!) French Apple Pie!  and we also tested Gale and Sue's knowledge by playing some more Buzz with them

*Sunday:

-Blessing day!! It was a very special day and John gave Baron a wonderful blessing at church.  We were so lucky to have the support of so many family members and friends that day! Thanks to everyone who came!

-After church we all went back to our place and ate a lot of yummy food thanks in big part to my mom who did most of the cooking and setting up! We also hung out and watched the Australian Open and the Super Bowl!

-Everyone except my family heads back home that night.  John and I dueled my parents in Buzz until late that night- it really is a fun game!

*Monday:

-My family flew back home early in the morning :(

-The boys and I, exhausted from such a fun and exciting weekend, took a nice long nap

and here's a bunch of pictures from the eventful weekend:

John and Baron

here's the whole group, minus The Jensens, our good friends who were also there that day, and Sean- Jennifer's husband who was nice enough to offer to take the picture! (Jennifer is John's cousin)

Steph's side of the family- well the ones who were able to make it all the way out for the weekend

John's side of the family

The Graham boys- Nick, John and Jeff

Our cute little family of 4!

Jackson as you can tell was exhausted by this point and refused to cooperate for any pictures

My parents with the big man of the hour (and he really is so big already even though he is only 8 weeks old!)

The Boys

He is already such a happy and smiley baby! 

Jackson has been saying, "Colby, where are you?" and "Where's Heather?" all week..... poor guy.  He really misses his buddies! Hopefully we will get to see everyone again sometime soon! It was a very fun weekend!