After our miraculous road trip, I got to spend a week with my family at home in the PNW. I love being home. The clean air and beautiful trees and general feeling I get when back in Washington revitalizes me like nothing else. It was wonderful to get to help around the house and be a part of my family's routine for a week while back home. I even drove with Lyvia and had her parallel park! I hope some day we can live closer to them and be a bigger part of their lives. Even though I missed Owen a ton, it was great to be there and to celebrate my birthday in Washington - Owen would have had to work all day any way since it was a weekday, so it worked out great!
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| One of my favorite places along the Columbian |
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| Sneaking around the house to deliver a super awesome birthday present - complete with Godzilla and sparklers |
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| Having too much fun with Facetime... |
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| Hanging out in Seaside and general looking-awesomeness |
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| Oh that Seaside wind |
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| We were so cold; I think it got to our brains |
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| America's Next Top Model poses |
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| Crumping on the beach |
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| Seaside-style sand castles |
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| Teaching Devynne the "booty tooch" |
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| She was trying so hard.... |
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| Quinn loved all his sisters' poses |
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| Quinn kicking my trash at the race car game |
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| So intense |
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| We bought the bacon one for a bacon-obsessed family friend...Seriously, buffalo wing?!? |
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| Letting out our aggression |
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| We saw these super cute twins all over the place- always dressed identically. So cute! |
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| My first ever elephant ear |
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| Quinn did a great job entertaining us on the ferris wheel |
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| It wouldn't be Seaside without salt water taffy |
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| Dear Mom, this is what you get for making goofy faces in all my pictures |
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| Back home, Quinn received an awesome award for courage at Dorothy Fox! |
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| His name will go on a plaque in the school forever and ever and ever |
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| Quinn showing off his courage by attempting to climb up this giant metal bull |
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| Birthday dinner at The Screen Door -- remind me to work on my posture! |
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| Birthday Banoffee Pie - absolutely delicious |
I can't wait to go back in a couple of weeks!
