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We are back from our trip and there are tons of pictures to wade through! We are finally rested and readjusted to life at home again. Kelby and Tegan have day camp at Churhc all coming this week, so they'll get tired again! I'll be helping for awhile in the morning there. Then Anika and I will be off looking for things to do.
The trip was great. We relaxed and enjoyed our family. I got to see my sister's new house in Casa Grande one day. The girls had a great time with my parents at the resort waterpark. While they were gone that night my gramma and grampa took Andrea, Victor, Gabe, Mike and I out to dinner at the Pro Base Shop...a HUGE outdoor sports store with restaurant. We had fun and were impressed by the live fish on display and the cool outdoor decor. Plus we got to try Aligator for dinner! It wasn't too bad really. It had the same texture as shrimp.
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Kelby had a great birthday while we were there. How can you go wrong with a "pool party"? Tegan was envious and said, "Can I have MY birthday here next year!?"
The girls swam and swam while we were there...until they wore holes in their toes. Then they just swam with socks on! Mom and Dad took us to a neat restaurant called Rawhide that is in a little "Old West" town. They took the girls to a gun trick show. Tegan was impressed when he shot a balloon over his shoulder by looking in a mirror.
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afternoon...back through California. The first night we stayed in Kettleman City. The next day we drove toward San Francisco. We stopped there at Fisherman's Wharf and the Golden Gate bridge. After that we drove the 101 up the coast into Oregon. We saw the Redwood Forest. VERY Impressive! The girls enjoyed it. At 2:00 am we found the only hotel that hadn't closed their front desk in a town called Bandon in Oregon. When we woke up we found we were right on the beach. The timing was perfect because the tide was the farthest out for the whole month. We got to see hundreds of starfish and sea aneomes. After a good breakfast, we continued north stopping at the Oregon sand dunes for an hour and viewing some sea lions from some cliffs. Finally we reached the grand finale of the trip...the Tillamook cheese factory! That was Mike's favorite I think. We walked the tour and bought a bunch of "sqeaky cheese" (the cheese curd) and got the girls some ice cream.
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At 11:30 Monday night we pulled into our house. It is always nice to get away, but that makes coming home nice too! We recooperated on Tuesday. Our gardens didn't die, but flourished while we were gone so after a mowing, the yard was beautiful.
Mike ran 5 miles on the morning of the Fourth of July in the Sedro-Woolley foot race. He had a tough time because it was pretty hot out and he hadn't run for the two weeks before. He's into doing the runs now though. He found another to do next week. It gives him the competive edge of running and motivation. It is impressive. I have eased back into running too...though not as far as Michael goes.
After the big parade Debbie and George came over for lunch. The rest of the Fourth was easy going. All we did was take the girls out on the roof for the local firework show. That was fun for them...especially Anika who says at least once a day, "Remember...when we went out on the roof!"
On Friday we had an impromtu cousin birthday party for Kelby. I had told her I would do a cousin campout, but there is just so much going on for them all this month that it wasn't going to work. Instead we went to the "Creek Park" and had a picnic. She was just as satisfied. I'll do the campout in August without a birthday...that will be more equal anyway.
I'm just sure that summer is going to fly by. I hope we can get as much as possible out of it. I'll be working again on the Ladies Ministries now. We'll have an event at the church on August 19th. Lots of ladies are helping me though, so I'm not worried!
To ya'll in Arizona, we had a blast. Thank you so much for taking such good care of us and the girls! They got a little spoiled, but they're no worse for it. We love you all.
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