On Wednesday, we headed up to Forest Grove. Brian surprised Alyssa and me by stopping for Cold Stone while the boys were sleeping. He got me a Strawberry Blondie, and it was
sooooo good. After checking in at MCMenamins and showering the smoke smell off of us all, we met the Martins out on the front lawn for a picnic. I loved being able to see Jenny again. We used to meet at 6:00 every morning to go running at the track at Pacific, but we usually ended up walking most of the time, since we were talking so much. One time a guy was walking by the track and he said to us, "You're not supposed to be having this much fun so early in the morning." Oh, I miss that.
This is the best picture I got of most of the group. We were so busy talking that I really didn't get very many pictures. Jenny is in light blue, with Steve right beside her in red. Steve's mom is in blue behind Jenny.
Alyssa and Katie had such a great time together!
We went swimming in the soaking pool that night. Even though it's been free for Pacific students the whole time we were there (though not anymore, we hear) we never went before. It was beautiful! It's tucked back behind the building, surrounded by trees, flowers, and a beautiful wrought iron fence. I spent the bulk of our time swimming planning how we're going to put a pool just like it in our dream house someday.
The next day Brian had his Capstone classes, then we went to the family picnic. It was so fun seeing everyone again after being apart all year. I found that with a lot of the women, I didn't feel as if we had really been apart, because we've been reading each other's blogs the whole time. It was fun being together again, though.
While Brian was at his classes, the kids and I went to the laundromat do clean our camping clothes. Alyssa made friends with a graduate sudent who had just moved in, named Katie. They talked to each other the whole time we were there, and Katie let Alyssa make pictures with the pennies from her coin jar.
This is the best picture I got of most of the group. We were so busy talking that I really didn't get very many pictures. Jenny is in light blue, with Steve right beside her in red. Steve's mom is in blue behind Jenny.
Alyssa and Katie had such a great time together!
We went swimming in the soaking pool that night. Even though it's been free for Pacific students the whole time we were there (though not anymore, we hear) we never went before. It was beautiful! It's tucked back behind the building, surrounded by trees, flowers, and a beautiful wrought iron fence. I spent the bulk of our time swimming planning how we're going to put a pool just like it in our dream house someday.
The next day Brian had his Capstone classes, then we went to the family picnic. It was so fun seeing everyone again after being apart all year. I found that with a lot of the women, I didn't feel as if we had really been apart, because we've been reading each other's blogs the whole time. It was fun being together again, though.
While Brian was at his classes, the kids and I went to the laundromat do clean our camping clothes. Alyssa made friends with a graduate sudent who had just moved in, named Katie. They talked to each other the whole time we were there, and Katie let Alyssa make pictures with the pennies from her coin jar.
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that's a pretty good picture. Sounds like you guys had fun! I'm glad!
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