Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Home After Mountain Home

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We went away last weekend, the whole family, to the mountains of Damascus. It was a Christmas gift. The gift of quality time spent with family. I honestly don't think we ever did that, outside a few moments on a Christmas or two and maybe an afternoon out on the town. This was intensive lockdown. 3 day at the top of a mountain with nothing but a lifetime supply of burger buns and a rusty axe in the garage. Should be fun!

I would've gotten to all of this earlier in the week but playing catch up can be time consuming. That and I left my phone charger at the mountain home so getting the photos off my phone proved challenging. But here we go...

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We arrived early Friday evening to this slightly creepy mural. Thank goodness the place was all uphill from there. No but really, we climbed a lot of steps.

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The children wasted no time in trashing the place.

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The parents wasted no time relaxing.

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We went flower picking.

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We ran from Daddy.

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Us Estlers don't mess around when it comes to the food.

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There was also a rule about being caught without a beer in hand, no matter where you explored.

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The main reason for the trip was some good ol' fashion smorsing.

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Yuula was impatient.

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Bonfires are multipurpose.

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We've had some famous round of Michigan rummy with this group of people, and this one did not disappoint.

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This one will go in my Sunday morning sunrise collection.

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I was the first one up Sunday morning.

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Maybe I was excited about breakfast.

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This is not my plate.

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Exploring the mountain.

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I almost caught Yuula a butterfly.

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She did learn the basics of eight ball.

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A lesser imagineer would title this "Kissing Cousins".

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Good time had by all, and I only left behind my phone charger.

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