50 Pounds Heavier

After two and a half weeks of home cooking and visiting favorite restaurants and bars, we're ready for our post vacation diet. Of course, most of that 50 pounds came in the form of the clothes, shoes, and other stuff we bought in an attempt to get a little relief from the exchange rate. In addition to the shopping, we had a fantastic trip, managing to see our families, our friends, and, Rob thinks, everyone in Portland that Erika has ever met. 

Of special note, we were lucky enough to see all of the Other People's Kids (see links at right). Denali and Kerala were in town for the first week of our vacation (Rob was too busy playing with Denali to take any pictures), and Connor and his parents stopped by for brunch one day. As Connor is a somewhat less demanding playmate, Rob was able to snap a couple shots. Here he is with his mom, followed by a glamour shot of the pose he uses on all the ladies:

It was great to see all the Other People's Kids and, of course, all the Other People, too.  We had a nice flight home and we're thrilled to spend a day with our friend, James, who was visiting from Australia.  We toughed out the jet lag and had dinner with friends- okay, Erika toughed out the jet lag and had dinner with friends.  Rob couldn't keep from falling asleep on the couch and so excused himself from dinner and went home and crashed.  Not all was lost, however, as Erika did bring him a slice of cheesecake, which of course only adds to the weight gained from the trip home.  Maybe the post-vacation diets start tomorrow...