Memory Lane

We tried to hit all the old haunts:

 

UW (pronounced "U-dub")

or University of Washington



Campus

Next to newly-remodeled Husky Stadium at the edge of Lake Washington

The kids had fun seeing the sailboats, canoes, kayaks, etc.

Eli found a few little fish that he wanted to take home

Lake Washington

 

Now on the north end of Lake Washington,
where I grew up and have a ton of memories.

Like waterskiing by moonlight
(man, we were dumb)

And Log Boom Park, which is a whole lot cooler now, and Burke Gilman Trail



 

Horizon View

 

I grew up in a neighborhood on top of a hill.

Our three-story house is barely recognizable now with its yard full of overgrown trees,

but it was fun to show the kids the elementary school I walked to,

the friends' houses I played in,

the neighbor houses I babysat for, 

the long hills I sledded down,

the streets I trick-or-treated on,

the wild blackberry bushes I snacked from,

the "black forest" I biked past

(heart pumping full force, of course),

the cemetery I lived close to,

the little store/arcade I used to bike to for candy and video games.

 

My grandma's grave

Grandma Marshall has a special place in my heart

and is a big reason we picked the name Millie for our daughter

This cemetery is less than a block from the house I grew up in

I used to peer out of my parents' third-story window at night just to see this statue and its lights


 

Back at Granddad and Connie's house,

the kids lived it up in the backyard with Kendra.

 

We had so much fun spending time with them

and vowed to get back up here a lot more often.

 

 



Homemade water slide

Who needs a pool when you have a hose?