Mothers Day & Sunday Parkways

Ah, hammock time. Nothing beats snuggle time with each boy, as well as making goofy faces to the camera overhead.

Today was Mothers Day and Sunday Parkways. To top it off, Portland's temperature reached 90 degrees, so we acted like it was Summertime...with the hammock, grilled Gartners ribs for dinner, and lots of outside time.  It was perfect!

Sunday Parkways was in our neighborhood this weekend.  It is an annual event in Portland neighborhoods where streets are shut down to car traffic, and it's all about bikes, scootin' walking, and getting out in the community.  It's awesome.  The boys and I went on a ride when it started at 11:00, but then it was time to get to work.

This year, they wanted to sell water and try to earn some money.  They had the perfect product, on the hottest day of the year.  The crowds went wild and they sold out of 120 bottles of ice cold water!  Of course, there was time between sales to cruise around on bikes.

  Oh, and it wasn't like they were all greedy with their earnings.  They told their customers that 10% of their proceeds would be donated to charity.  They chose Safe Routes to School, since it's an organization that promotes bike riding, and getting kids to and from school safely.  Seemed fitting for today's event.  I'm sure that the CEO over at Safe Routes will be thrilled when they present them with their $6.00 donation.  :)

Where it all happened....on the corner of 23rd and Ainsworth.

Good times.  I'm lucky to be their mama.