We are finally home from our trip out west!

We had a good trip. It felt good to be that far away from home for that long, and of course good to come home. I think because Seattle and Montana are so physically different from DC, it certainly felt like we were in a different place.

Seattle was a lot of fun. We celebrated Dina's 80th birthday and, two days later, Olivia's bat mitzvah. Olivia did a fantastic job – she was poised, confident and eloquent. She participated in a lot of the service and she did a wonderful job leading the congregation. We had a lot of good hanging out time with the cousins, and N especially enjoyed spending a lot of time with Sydney and Eden. 

Memorable moments:

-the kids' toasts to Grandma Dina at her party, including M's lovely speech and A's very impressive list of 80 adjectives that describe Grandma Dina

-M&A singing beautifully at Olivia's service

-Dina's slideshow

-driving around Seattle (and the Elliott Bay Bookstore!)

-N's happiness at being with his cousins

-A got a major haircut! Almost a foot off. It looks awesome.

I have a million photos to post. I don't know where to start! I'll just include a few for now.

I am having technical difficulties and will post more tomorrow!