Every year, we go on a vacation with our in-laws (Matt’s mom, dad, and two brothers). This year we decided to go to the San Juan Islands off of Seattle. 

What a trip! 

We left Austin early on a Saturday morning, arrived in Seattle later that morning, met up with friends for lunch at a great restaurant, and then drove to catch the ferry at Anacortes. From there we took the ferry into Friday Harbor. 

It’s a stunning part of the country. It seriously soothes my soul in ways that not all landscapes do (I’m not a huge fan of the desert or even the shrubby landscape that we

While we were on vacation outside of Seattle on San Juan Island, Henry and I started to play a game of War together. It has been a personal dream of mine to have children with whom to play board and card games. I love games! 

So far we’ve played Candy Land and some cooperative games like Hoot Owl Hoot. But it felt like a real turning point when we got to play a real game together. Hooray! My children are getting into elementary age, which is so much fun!

Then we went to the Dinosaur Park near Bastrop. Random but also fun! Then we found a restaurant inside a small-town library. Seriously. It was such an adventure! 

 

And we picked up a picnic lunch from Whole Foods and went to Deep Eddy pool. 

It was a fun week!  

I’ll have two more days like this with my