Our summer so far has been a good one. We've gotten out a lot more and have even traveled a bit! Woo hoo! Here are the highlights or bigger things that have happened so far...
~The boys and I took a trip to Utah for five days to see family. It was a really fun trip filled with playing outside, swimming, eating out, and of course spending time with family. We got to celebrate my nephews first birthday with him and the boys had fun playing with aunts, uncles, grandparents, and dogs (they LOVE my sisters huskys)
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| Richie and his smash cake. My sister made and decorated it and it was all vegan! |
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| Noah and Richie skinny dipping in the kiddie pool at my parents house |
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| Lots of playing happening at Grandma and papas house |
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| More playing outside at grandma and papas house |
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| My sister did her first half marathon here (Jordan El?). It was a trail run and she did awesome. We got to go see her at the finish line. |
~During the last week of June, my cousin Michael unexpectedly passed away. It was such a shock to our whole family. So I flew to Denver for two days last weekend to attend his memorial service. It was beautiful to see so many people come out to show their support and share how much he touched their lives. He was an amazing person. And it was wonderful to spend time with family that I never get to see (two of my cousins- Michaels brothers- I hadn't seen in nine years)
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| Michael is the one on the right in the white shirt. These are all the cousins on my dad's side of the family and this was also the last time we were all together- Christmas 2005 |
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| Sisters, mom, aunties, uncle, and cousins at a music festival in Longmont, CO |
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| From Left to right: Amber (Pats girlfriend), Pat, Ryan, Bryan, Erik, Auntie Liz, Auntie Cathy, Uncle Karl, Dad, Hilary, Adrienne, Me |
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| This is super random, but the rental car I rented had Washington license plates and it was a Hyundai. I thought it was funny. |
Here are the random happenings from our summer....
~We've taken a few trips on the bus to go see Jordan at work and have lunch with him.
~Trips to Ikea when we're desperate to get out of the house (and I feel like shopping- the boys have fun there)
~We went berry picking once and the boys loved it.
~Trips to the beach with friends. We're starting to make friends with people in our neighborhood and ward so its been fun hanging out with new people.
~We got a new car! We traded our Sonata for a Sienna and are loving it. Its nice to have so much more space.
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| At Richmond beach during low tide- this isn't the lowest but its still low. The boys love throwing rocks into the water |
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| Berry picking. We did strawberries first, then raspberries. |
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| Our new car! We love it. |
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| In the common area in Jordan's building at Amazon. This day we brought pizza from home and got drinks from the vending machine. |
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| Playing at Ikea. Jordan was in the process of buying our car so we came here to hang out, have lunch, and play. |
