We celebrated the one year anniversary of moving to Bellingham by going on vacation back to California. It was sort of ironic and appropriate at the same time.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Mexican Food
Seeing Favorite People:
my dad
Brian’s mom
My brother, Ryan, and his girlfriend (and my dear friend) Kathryn (2 people I hadn’t seen in way too long that I love SO MUCH!)
Rhiannon and her husband, John… Rhiannon will forever be one of my favorite people on the planet. I love her so much. She is like a soul sister, if ever there were such a thing. It’s so lovely to be around someone who knows you so well and just “gets you”, know what I mean?
We all got sick which was not so great. But seeing everyone was oh so lovely. Most lovely was the two-day trip to Carmel… the most beautiful place ever. Honestly, probably my favorite place on earth. We got married there and now you see why…
Elena is not used to going to the beach… she is used to going to the shoreline of Bellingham Bay which is mostly covered with rather large rocks and pebbles. So, she was positively enthralled, running back and forth in the sand, wanting to chase the waves, but needing mommy or daddy to hold her. She took naps in the ergo while we shopped (at Anthropologie, no less… aah, bliss) and walked along the beach. We also had a lovely time hiking around Point Lobos a bit. Oooooh, I love it there. So many memories. The only thing that could have made it better would have been more time to spend there or date-night with my husband… but, saying good-bye to Ryan and Kathryn after just one day=sadness. But, all in all, a lovely and much-needed vacation.
We won’t talk about the nightmare plane-ride home with sick and tired toddler or the fact that the car wouldn’t start when we got to the parking lot near the airport in Seattle. I’ll just keep all of that to myself because I’d rather forget those details!
