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my family visited me
during a heat wave
my mom and i cooked pies in the kitchen
for a day
we drove out to joshua tree
and climbed the rocks

my grandparents’ wedding photo.

the gentleman all the way to the right is my grandfather’s dad.
he wanted to appear taller than his wife in the photo, so he stood one stair higher than everyone else.
my family has been joking about doing our own version of the amazing race for about two years now. my dad and my cousin started planning a few months ago for this time that I came home. It certainly was interesting; everyone got put into a group of 3 or 4, and we had to figure out clues, build boats out of cardboard, run races & fix bikes, and eat chocolate covered bugs (one of my teammates ate mine for me haha).
i love my family.























