Good evening everyone!
Well, it has been a busy few days . Everyday my family and I have gone on some sort of outing.
On the 19th, after getting some errands done, Devi, Melanie and I met up with my family , and we ended up going to Inklings bookshop for the afternoon. We got lost looking at books, and I was good I only bought 4 new books- not 5. (I know, I don't have a problem, do I?) We got coffee at Starbucks, looked around a chocolate shop, and ofcourse slowly but surely started looking through grandma and grandpas stuff.
On the 20th, we went to a 5k at Franklin Park which had a 5k to raise awareness for the Yakima K-9 unit, the Yakima Strong 9K4K9 5K Fun Run and Walk. There people brought their dogs and could walk or run three laps around the perimeter of Franklin Park . After that , I headed back to Melanie's house for dinner. After that night, I am convinced whenever Melanie tries to cook, we should put it on YouTube. She made a chicken and asparagus complete with bread rolls and fruit to eat , and the preparation for all that went smoothly. But when Melanie tried to make our desert- chocolate cake baked in an orange things got crazy. Devi forgot we needed the top halves of the oranges and threw them away. Then we forgot to put the aluminum foil on after we put the cake batter in the orange before we started heating it up. I ended up on the floor laughing. But, despite everything , it still turned out to be a nice and chocolatey desert. :0)
Today, we all ended up going to church. I cried through most of the service because the minute I got there , some of the members still remembered me because when I visited grandpa and grandma in the summer, I would go to church there with them. I remember going to vacation bible school there, and enjoying going up and down that big hill the church is built on. After that my Great Aunt Vikki came to visit for a couple of hours. Then we started going through some pictures, and I saw that grandma kept pictures of Uncle Mike, Aunt Terri, dad and Uncle Richard through the years. It reminded me of how grandma did a good job of labeling everything.and keeping pictures of everyone. After that , we went to Red Robin for dinner. Now I am back at Melanie's place, relaxing for the night.
I am glad we got a dent in going through some of the boxes.Although, I know we still have a ways to go. I am hoping we at least get it to a point that it won't be too overwhelming after Uncle Mike, Aunt Terri, and I have to go back home. Over dinner, we talked about what places we would like to travel. It made me long for the days when our schedules could be as open as our hearts instead of being tied down with things like jobs.
But, mostly I am hoping all of us find ways to keep in contact , and see each other every now and then after everything is over.
Love you all
Donna
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