The Sun is Shining in Portland

Beautiful morning here and so was yesterday....all day! I know that's hard for those who live in MN to believe, but I've actually had three days in a row without rain. It's supposed to be like this the whole time I'm here.
Yesterday, we had a lazy morning, and then headed downtown Portland to see what we could find. Went to the world famous VooDoo Donut shop....where we had to stand in line for about 1/2 hour to even buy one. They specialize in obscene shapes and similar names for about 20 or 30 different donuts...3 of us tried the bacon maple long john (I think they called it a Bacle Maple) anyway it was a large long john with maple frosting, with two big slices of bacon on top....it was really good. A meal in itself. Others had an apple fritter, one filled with Bavarian creme (not their real names) and Nate picked one called the Dirty Something, and it had peanut butter, oreo cookie crumbles and chocolate frosting and anyway he ate two bites and decided that it was two sweet. I think he was the only one who didn't eat his except for those that had more than one and couldn't finish the second.
From there we strolled around town and did some shopping and an art gallery and ended up later in the afternoon at the Rock Bottom Brewery and played some cards and had a few beers (me not included...I still don't like beer) and some nacho's before we headed down to the river and strolled along it and then back to our cars. It was a fun day, but by the time we all got home, we were all exhausted and laid around and watched "So you think you can Dance" till it was time to go to bed.
Today, Kathleen and I are going to the home where the party will be on Friday night (sort of a grooms dinner)to check things out and make final arrangements, and Justin's mom is going to be there and that will be the first time Kathleen gets to meet her too! After that, Gary has to go to the airport to pick-up Christopher his son, and this evening, Blair, Justin and her friend Allie will all come and join us for dinner.
That's all I have to report...hope you are staying dry in Minnesota. Love and prayers, m