Jack ‘n Tracie

Welp, I’m 35. It sounds old… But I don’t feel old, and I know I don’t look old, so I guess 35 isn’t anything that different than 34. It just feels weird to say I’m 35… ‘Cause it *sounds* old. To me anyway.

We had the most awesome weekend. We took our time getting to the coast, ate fantastic food, walked along the beach, visited a billion shops including some really neat antique shops, purchased some new items to decorate our home, (including my birthday present of a beautiful hand carved wooden box to store my treasures), we snuggled and watched movies by the fire in our cozy hotel room right on the beach, then on the way home decided to take a different route and explore the beautiful scenery on the Washington side of the Columbia river. (We drove up north to Astoria and crossed into Washington from there.) It was a gorgeous and lazy drive. Not near as much traffic as the “normal” route to and from the Oregon coast and the scenery was just breath-taking. I love living in the Pacific Northwest. We have decided we’ll be taking the “long way” to the coast from now on.

Sunday night (my birthday) Jack and the kids spoiled me with cake and ice cream then it was bed time. We were all pretty exhausted after such a busy weekend. (The kids split up and half stayed with Grandma, and the other half stayed at Aunt Kellies… they all had a blast, too!)