july 4th

holidays here in Washington are sometimes a little strange and still a little sad. I always get a little homesick. I miss the good old days spending the 4th of july in grandma pat's pool (all day) eating bbq and then heading to sugar house park for fireworks at night. it was so much fun when I was young. so I started the day feeling a little "off" thinking about such fun times years ago when all my cousins were close and life seemed simple.

but...we headed out for a day of exploration to somewhere new in the city we hadn't been before. we went to west seattle, found a hawaiin bbq joint, ate some good pork sandwiches, and then we found ourselves at alki beach. it felt so much like socal I could have sworn we were driving the PCH!!

it ended being a great day. can't wait to go back. I fell in love with west seattle and the view of the city was fantastic.

happy independence day! xoxo