I feel awful.
Ginger ale to the rescue.
We are finally home, and look at this wonderful bunch who came to greet us at the airport! The kids are about ten years older than when we left them a week ago. I'm so thankful for my wonderful parents who stayed with them the whole week.
It's good to be home.
It's good to be home.
(taken with Clay's iPhone) Taking a trip means eating lots of good food. While there are amazing restaurants all around, all I wanted for a snack this afternoon was to head to the market and get some fresh berries - blueberries and raspberries. I could seriously handle living here. Tomorrow we head home, and I can't WAIT to see my kids!!
Clay and I were in BC today, and shot a some family photos for my sister, Jude. They live a 2 minute drive away from a beautiful park in the mountains with a river flowing through it, so it was a beautiful place to take pictures. Here she is with her son Mac, the youngest of 3 kids.
Thanks so much for having us, it was great to see you!
Thanks so much for having us, it was great to see you!
Word had it that Le Panier at Pike Place Market has the ultimate baked goods, and the best coffee in town. How could we not go? We had sandwiches for lunch, along with these vanilla lattes (I seriously need to learn how to do the foam designs). I wouldn't say it was the best coffee, but it was as good as every other one I've had here. As expected, there's no such thing as bad coffee in Seattle. The baking was divine - I had a palmier and chocolate macaroon, and Clay had un pain de chocolat. Yum.
The past few days have felt, to use the words of Tim Smith, like drinking from a fire hose. Refreshing, but so much to take in! Convicting, inspiring, and now I (we) need to just process, and decompress.
We headed to the water near Pike Place Market to find supper, and ended up at Elliott's. Now, I'm not big on seafood, but I'm also not big on being unadventurous. I figure if I'm going to learn to like seafood anywhere it's going to be near the ocean, not 2000 km away from one (which is where I live). I had the most amazing salmon in my life for supper! And I tried an oyster. I didn't say I liked it, but I did try.
As for this shot, what do you think? Successful panning? I quite like it.
We headed to the water near Pike Place Market to find supper, and ended up at Elliott's. Now, I'm not big on seafood, but I'm also not big on being unadventurous. I figure if I'm going to learn to like seafood anywhere it's going to be near the ocean, not 2000 km away from one (which is where I live). I had the most amazing salmon in my life for supper! And I tried an oyster. I didn't say I liked it, but I did try.
As for this shot, what do you think? Successful panning? I quite like it.
It has been an amazing day! We are in Seattle for an Acts29 Church Planting Network Boot Camp, and spent the day at Mars Hill Church here in Seattle. Having had Mars Hill in my living room via vodcast for the last 2 and half years, it was so cool to actually be there in person today. I wanted to get a shot from this angle while the singing was going on, but decided to stay put at that time and just experience it. While the day was filled with incredible teaching, that time of singing in particular was so amazing to me as I took in the sight and sound of this room filled with men - real men, Jesus-loving men - singing from the depths of their soul in worship of the God who saves. It was incredible, and gives me great hope for the work of the gospel. Jesus is equipping his church with real men to lead and preach the good news of the gospel. I can't wait for tomorrow.
We journeyed, and we arrived. Hello Seattle!
We are staying at such a cool hotel, and this fabulous chair sits in the corner just waiting for me to take a load off. I haven't yet, but I will. We've been too busy shopping (our first stop when we got in was to go to the Apple Store for Clay to buy an iPad) and eating (Italian for lunch and Thai for supper). I've been up since 4am, and I am beat. Goodnight!
He's a puppy named Baby Moosey, and won't let you forget it. It drives his brother Batman crazy because he wants the boy wonder Robin to play with him, but Baby Moosey will have none of it.
I had hoped to get outside with this guy today, to get a shot of him similar in feel to the ones from the last few days, but didn't get around to it. Then I was tempted to use one from yesterday but that would have been cheating and that's just not how I roll on my 365 Project.
I had hoped to get outside with this guy today, to get a shot of him similar in feel to the ones from the last few days, but didn't get around to it. Then I was tempted to use one from yesterday but that would have been cheating and that's just not how I roll on my 365 Project.