my whirlwind trip to washington

one of my siblings has been having a hard time

so we all met up in washington this weekend to see each other

and give support

it was just us---no kids, no spouses

my brother chris and i flew stand-by together there and back

we left friday evening and didn't make it there until midnight

 we mostly all just came and spent saturday together

we went to azteca in kent for old time's sake

it was delicious and so much fun

here are all six of us kids

 then we thought it would be fun to drive by our house

the one we all grew up in that my dad and grandpa built
and my parents sold 8 years ago

we even got brave enough to drive up and ask to look around (outside)

and the renters there were super nice and let us

it was so much fun to be there all together after all these years

here's the bottom of the hill

the sports court as you drive up

it's even for sale which kills me

it's still the house i dream of (like literally, it's in my dreams)

and we all wish my parents still lived here

 sadly it's in bad shape and needs some work

and to be cleaned up

it's hard to see it like this and minus our farm

but it was still so good to see it

the barn

i love this barn

and here's the back

 so this morning my brother and i tried our luck with standby again

and headed back to utah

we were totally blessed to make every leg of our flight

we had to stop in san francisco each way

it was a quick trip but so good

and michael survived at home with all four kids!