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California

The perfect vacation; timing, place, people. It could have been a little longer, but college town was waitin for me
I didn't take like any pictures, but I did get stung by a jelly fish. Which hurt...like H-E-double hockey sticks
The Schuellers came which was so fun and we got to see Nikki and Clint & kids, and Jeff and Richelle & kids.
I love the tradition of going to IB and all the little traditions in IB. Katie's, Bibbey's Shell Shop, Cow-a-Bunga, the hotel for lunch, sleeping in the living room on mats listening to the ocean, Seacoast Pizza, The Dollar Store....it's a dream!!
It felt a little different coming back to a place I've come to since I was a kid. In a lot of ways I don't feel like a kid anymore. I felt different coming back this year. And I think it will be like that every time from now on. First time going back after my mission, after living abroad, after getting a job, after graduating college, after getting married, etc. Life changes so fast and so much is going to happen in the next 10 years!! I hope I stay the same deep down though. Nothing can change the important things; my love of family and the gospel.

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