The Olson's invade P-town

Since I work in the retail business, the holiday season is a really difficult time to take time off work. And when I say "difficult", I pretty much mean impossible. REI does most of their business between Thanksgiving and Christmas and they need all hands on deck. I totally understand this and really, I can take time off any other part of year, so it's not that bad, but it's still kind-of a bummer not to be able to go home for Christmas.

So, home came to me this year. My parents flew in on Friday and spent 4 days with us. We're always looking for new things to do when they visit so we took in a Blazers basketball game on Sunday (win #13 of their hot streak), visited the state capitol in Salem, and we drove to the coast on Monday to see the sights in Newport:
It was so good to have them around-- I think parents always get a bad rap and visits from them seem to be stressful for other people, but not for me. I couldn't wait for them to come and even though they flew out this morning, I already miss them. I love you Mom and Dad!