Packed up the boys and headed down to Hoquiam last night to see Linda, Scott and the girls. Despite the holiday weekend we made decent time and the kids got to play with their cousins before bedtime. It’s always fun to go see Linda and Scott, plenty of laughs and good conversation and the kids just adore their cousins.

We got up this morning and got ready for a family reunion, Dee’s mom’s side of the family. There were relatives she hadn’t seen in 10+ years! I was nervous, as they didn’t know about our family and Hoquiam is basically full of “McCain for President” billboards and they don’t necessarily embrace our unique situation. It all went well, I’m sure there were many whispering to eachother but nobody seemed to have a problem. Good thing because we would have high tailed it out of Dodge.

We made a stop at the cemetary on the way out of town so Dee could see her mom’s grave site. The coolest thing happened, there was a deer sitting right next to it, probably 10 feet away, just watching. Levi kept asking what all of the gravestones were, they all think that when people die they go live on the moon and watch over us, and I tried to explain that it was where people remember their loved ones. Death is such a tough thing to explain…

The boys were tired after the trip but we had free tickets to the Tacoma Rainiers game tonight (that we won at a foster parent appreciation dinner). We made it through 3 innings before we packed up and called it quits. It was just too much for them, nobody was watching the game and it’s no fun trying to keep 3 tired kids entertained at a ballgame when they aren’t interested. While we were leaving, after many warnings to behave, Carlos was crying and saying he didn’t want to leave and Levi and Trey were following his lead. I was happy to get in the van and have the dvd player to distract them from leaving the stadium.

Great trip, even if it was short but glad to be back home. I hate to admit it but I’m thinking that summer may be gone for good. Since school is just around the corner, we’re going to get out the bin of fall clothes and start trying them on.