vacation

on the fence as to whether or not i should even keep the blog, seeing as how i haven't posted in 4 months, but i'm on vacation, and if there's any time to post, it's now.

10 days, beginning yesterday.

lazed around the house a bit yesterday, watched a few movies and did a little tidying and packing in preparation for our weekend at the lakehouse. drove up in the evening, meeting mom and bob for a late dinner on the way.

up early this morning, we'd planned on a hike at squires lake. mom went, to run the trails and matt and i hiked the main trail, enjoying the mossy paths, the sparkling water and most of all, the spontaneous communion with nature.

after we showered up, we were ready for breakfast. one of the few things i'd wanted for my vacation was breakfast out on sunday morning, since that's not something i've done since i went into ministry 3 1/2 years ago. we couldn't quite make the logistics work for sunday, so we decided to go out today and just pretend it's sunday.

we drove into fairhaven, a cute little town a few miles north (that actually has a ferry that runs to alaska!!). we ended up at a beautiful little cafe with a lovely breakfast menu - incuding an eggs benedict that featured smoked salmon. mmm.

we had some wandering to do around that cute little town - our adventures brought us to a bead store (yay!), a cupcake place (double yay!) and a sweet garden & art shop (just plain gorgeous). i couldn't help but come home with a handful of beads to make a gift for a friend, not to mention a few new tools - i'm going to try my hand at the hammered silver (ok, aluminum) look.

i was in desperate need of a power nap when we got back, which was downright delightful, and after a few hours lounging about, mom & i are off to explore whatcom lake via kayak while matt & bob fish.