No, we didn't go to Washington, D.C. for the 4th of July, although that would have been awesome. We did, however, fly to the state of Washington to visit Josh's family for a week. We didn't leave until the afternoon, so we went to our annual 4th of July ward breakfast first. It's always bright and early so that people can still make it to the parade. We have a flag ceremony and sing some patriotic songs. This year for the family home evening before the 4th we talked about our country's flag and what it symbolizes. Then we decorated flag cookies. Eli likes to point out the American flag whenever he sees it, so he was excited to hang up our flag with his dad.
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| For FHE we just used butter knives to decorate our cookies, but I used cake decorating tools to finish frosting the rest of the cookies, which is why there is such a difference in look. |
We touched down in Seattle on the evening of the 4th, so we were there just in time for the fireworks. Josh's parents have a great view from their home, so we didn't have to go far for a great fireworks show. Of course, with the two hour time zone difference, we stayed up way past our bedtime, and we never caught up on sleep for our entire stay. We crashed big time when we came back to Houston.
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| This is the view from Josh's parents' deck, but I guess we were too mesmerized by the fireworks to actually get a picture of them. |
But at least we had a great time! One of our main reasons for the trip was to celebrate Grandma Rosie's 90th birthday. We enjoyed a fun day at the park with family (Josh's mom's side). Many of the family members I had never met before, so it was fun chatting and playing. The weather was perfect that day and was great the entire time we were up there, so we loved the break from our usual summer weather in Houston.
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| Family and friends that came to Grandma Rosie's birthday celebration |
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| Blowing out the candles on her cake |
Nana and Bampa let us go out in their boat on the Puget Sound. Eli was a little hesitant because he doesn't care for water and was afraid he was going to fall off the boat. Once we were on the water though, he loved it!
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| Eli with Uncle Matt and Aunt Megan |
Eli also loved being with his cousins--swimming at the pool, playing with toys, and going to the zoo. He was very sad the day we came back to Houston. He told me it just wasn't as much fun here (and he doesn't get to be with Nana, whom he absolutely adores). Of course, home is never as much fun, but it would be nice if home were a little closer to family.
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| Playing with cousins |
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| Feeding the birds at the zoo |
3 comments:
We misssed you at the Hinton reunion, but it looks like you were at another important reunion.
We are sorry we missed the Hinton reunion. We wanted to go but couldn't work it out. We heard it was fun.
yeah the reunion was lots of fun this year, you were very much missed!! looks like you had a great 4th! love the cookie decorating! eli's is my favorite! :)
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