Romantic getaway in which we (mostly) stay in our socks

 

Ada, looking super pretty, just graduated from the orthodontist, with her newly pierced ears

As soon as volleyball and the girls’ birthdays were done, Jason and I headed for the hills.

 

We stayed in the Airbnb I booked back in the spring for his birthday present.

It was on a farm and had walking trails into the forest.

Heroically going first and protecting us from spider webs across the path with his spider-web-whacking stick

This friendly little guy followed me with his tail wagging when I ventured to explore on my own one afternoon, which I was glad for since I didn’t really know where I was going. He did keep trying to steal my spider-web-whacking stick though.

But mostly, we lounged, played board games, drank wine, read Sherlock Holmes, fixed ourselves nice little meals, and had a Die Hard marathon.

When Jeddy came to visit on Sunday, Caleb hurried to show him all his latest plans.

Those happened to be on single pages. Sometimes the plans look more like this:

Anyway, it’s good to be back home.