i think i may have had just as much fun or more than gavin even 
there is just something about the way the summer sun floods into our little home. it calms the day, and quiets the space.
as gavin painted a masterpiece, i “puttsed” around, and johan finished up his father’s day run i just really wanted to be totally aware of how much i loved it. those little things, like the warm evening sun, are pure gold to me.
well – good thing gavin got some new summer shades he thinks are reallllly cool. i bought him some new linen pants today too, and somehow convinced him they are like sweats but with a button…. and he totally went for it. so, those that see us a lot – get ready to see gavin in his rockin’ linens now.
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we went on a roadtrip. just myself, gavin, and the girls. just a few hours in the car to the grandparents. i think maybe i was asked “are we there yet?”, or “how many more minutes until we are there?” or some version of that question about 1,000 times. possibly the statement “i have to go potty!!” about 200 times, and a few random questions about anything in site or not in site as well, like “when is god’s birthday?”… but considering we spent about 7 or so hours in the car together, with no napping and no videos – everyone was wonderful. well, i guess despite a whole carseat full of vomit in the middle of los angeles – it was a great success. but overall– the laughter barely ever ceased, the fun was contagious.
a huge memory for everyone.
the slumber party aspect was………….. well – fun for the kids. they were ready for pj’s at around 4pm, stories at 6pm for almost a half an hour, and the chatter, excitement and silliness continued on for maybe another almost 2 hours. gavin was the last asleep and the first awake at around 5:50am (not typical!). the girls awoke shortly after and by the time i got up at 7am – my mom had already been making waffle after waffle for these little guys. really – every little moment was golden to these three.
a few times, especially in the car on the drive home this afternoon — gavin gave me a big eyebrows-raised smile with his whole face & body.
silent, non-verbal communication between just me & gav – saying (i think) “mom- that was awesome” 
and i gave him back a huge eye-brows raised smile saying “gavin, you are awesome.”
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our roadtrip up the coast of california was all about family.
time in the car as a family, and time visiting family and celebrating family. that new song “good life” came on the radio somewhere in central california and as we drove through the golden hills as the sun started going low, we turned it up.
i had a really tough time narrowing down the pictures – so pretty much, i posted a ridiculous number of pictures… here it goes.
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yes, very little. ’only-a-few-days’ little.
and the big ones that are ready to jump and play with her….
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