Trip: a fun time with the whole family where the focus is on providing experiences for the kids to grow and the family to build relationships. A trip usually includes me doing some cleaning and cooking for everyone and maybe even a little laundry. No one takes pictures of these menial tasks, but I promise they happen and that is why I am not in many of the pictures for this trip.
Vacation: I don't have to spend time in the kitchen, picking up after anyone, or providing non-stop entertainment for a crowd.
This was definitely a TRIP. As much time as I could spend outdoors lounging in the sun I did. Armed with a good book and a beach chair, I tried to soak up as many rays as possible. Northwest winters are always hard to endure and I need these getaways to recharge my batteries.
Vacation: Keri gets jewelry.
Trip: McKenna gets jewelry.
I blame it all on my Grandma Metta. She and I loved to look at jewelry together. Every time she would go on a little trip she would add a piece to her jewelry collection. We would organize her jewelry and sit and talk about the memories of each piece. I even remember being on trips with her and helping her pick out pieces. Well, I have continued the tradition and I guess now have passed it on to my daughter.
McKenna had heard my story of picking my pearl on Maui a few years ago and has seen me wear it often. She wanted to use her Hawaii money to do the same. One night Eric took McKenna and I to the Pearl Factory where McKenna was able to pick an oyster and keep the pearl it contained. She had picked out a necklace and setting for her pearl that reminded her of her Maui experience - an angelfish - but the pearl was too large for the cage so they gifted her another oyster. I ended up with the "too large" pearl on a pendant ;) I think they knew exactly what they were doing at that shop, don't you? Eric knew too, how it would play out. He is a good sport, but that is why he is calling this "trip" my VACATION.
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