The first weekend of living in our new house lead to an adventure into the city.
Portland Saturday Market
This was an adventure day sparked by Chantel, because of the plans of having to meet with some relatives for supper. So we headed downtown Portland. After circling several blocks we found some street parking. We then walked along the river observing the view and the different people along the route.
Then we stumbled across the Saturday Market, I guess it was kind of hard to miss.
There were tents of vendors. We walked through it all looking at random items and the different kinds of foods that were served. We then continued on and walked around Pioneer Square and through stores on our way back to the parking spot. Along the way we found an area with neat little waterfall fountains, where the photographers in us all took over and we took pictures and just enjoyed sitting for a while.
Rose Garden
After the stop downtown we decided to visit the rose garden. It was incredibly busy, finding parking was very stressing. Once we found a spot and made our way to the garden we discovered about three wedding parties have pictures taken in various parts of the garden as we wandered. Chantel and her friend Jess were all about getting pictures, but having been there once before I just walked and enjoyed the view and took in the scene. I find it calming to just sit in an area with green plants and observe and think.
Finding a Church
We tried a church in eastern Hillsboro on Sunday. I enjoyed it and the sermon hit an important point. ‘Families are imperfect, but they are families.’ We need to love our families because they are what God gave us. He loves us despite our imperfections and sins. We should be able to do that with our family, nothing should create a wound so deep it cannot be forgiven or worked out.The downside of this church was the distances was a bit long, especially once the soccer season starts and I have to cover games on Sundays. It will make getting there and back before the games start impossible. So we will be trying a couple more and maybe hitting this one when possible.
Portland Saturday Market
This was an adventure day sparked by Chantel, because of the plans of having to meet with some relatives for supper. So we headed downtown Portland. After circling several blocks we found some street parking. We then walked along the river observing the view and the different people along the route.
Then we stumbled across the Saturday Market, I guess it was kind of hard to miss.There were tents of vendors. We walked through it all looking at random items and the different kinds of foods that were served. We then continued on and walked around Pioneer Square and through stores on our way back to the parking spot. Along the way we found an area with neat little waterfall fountains, where the photographers in us all took over and we took pictures and just enjoyed sitting for a while.
Rose Garden
After the stop downtown we decided to visit the rose garden. It was incredibly busy, finding parking was very stressing. Once we found a spot and made our way to the garden we discovered about three wedding parties have pictures taken in various parts of the garden as we wandered. Chantel and her friend Jess were all about getting pictures, but having been there once before I just walked and enjoyed the view and took in the scene. I find it calming to just sit in an area with green plants and observe and think.Finding a Church
We tried a church in eastern Hillsboro on Sunday. I enjoyed it and the sermon hit an important point. ‘Families are imperfect, but they are families.’ We need to love our families because they are what God gave us. He loves us despite our imperfections and sins. We should be able to do that with our family, nothing should create a wound so deep it cannot be forgiven or worked out.The downside of this church was the distances was a bit long, especially once the soccer season starts and I have to cover games on Sundays. It will make getting there and back before the games start impossible. So we will be trying a couple more and maybe hitting this one when possible.
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