VAY-CAY

I recently made the trip back to childhood home for a visit and to celebrate my brother's 23rd birthday.  I always get so excited to go back because I love everything about home and the surrounding area. There are mountains on one side of you and the Puget Sound on the other.  How can you not love that? One of my absolute favorite places to go when I'm home is to a place that is a 5 minute drive from my house and offers so much. It is a golf course with a 3 mile trail for biking or walking around it.  This place also offers a park at the bottom of the hill and recently an overhang has been built to go over the train tracks, so you can access the beach.  My boyfriend and I made the trip down on a very chilly afternoon, but loved every minute of it (especially the doggie).

new overhang to get down to the beach

It was refreshing to walk on the beach and search for pieces of sea glass to add to our collection.  There were also beautiful logs of drift wood and an abandoned building with gorgeous beams inside that I wish I could steal and mount to my ceiling at home.



abandoned buiding


As we were leaving the sun was just starting to peak through the clouds and I was able to capture this gorgeous picture of my boyfriend.

The next day we celebrated my brother's birthday, which turned out to be a relaxing day of reading and eating. In the evening we went to a casino to have some fun. Only one out of six actually came away with some money.  However, it was a successful trip because we were together and got to play!

A couple of days later my Mom and I went to a flea market and boy did we score big! We found the most gorgeous and interesting trunk.  Usually something like this at an antique store would run between $100 and $200, but guess how much we got it for, without bargaining? Only $30!!! We could not believe it and snatched it up immediately.

We also ended up going to a bunch of other thrift stores, as well, but will write more on those findings later. Overall the trip was great and got to spend tons of time with the fam. Now back to daily life and home!