Wells Family Vaction | Seattle

Our first family trip was to beautiful Seattle. I don’t know what it is with this city but our obsession with this city is insane. There was so much we wanted to do and see it overwhelmed us even before we reached Seattle.  We unanimously chose this city for no other reason than to go and I’m so happy we did. We have the traveling bug as a family and it’s so much easier to travel now that Haidyn is older. We planned a fall trip for the entire family. This would be the longest time most of us would sit on an airplane. Thankfully, we survived the trip!

All we cared about was to be tourists and enjoy everything everyone else enjoyed in Seattle. Can you blame us? We were settled in Seattle in the late afternoon the day we arrived, but we needed to make sure we saw Pike’s Place at night since we wouldn’t be able to do much else. Thanks to our friend Shane we were able to get a great tour of downtown because we had no idea what was going on. We rode the Ferris Wheel , walked the pier and ate dinner at the most amazing restaurant. The views at night were breathtaking.

Our second day, we toured through Seattle and Bremerton to spend time more time with Shane, Ehren and Andrea! This day was probably the best description of what happens in our family. 😊 We got a little ( a lot ) lost and the entire day was unpredictable , but we made the most of this day. We got to experience a ferry ride which the kids loved. Haidyn and Ehren couldn’t get over the awesome ferry. We walked through Bremerton to explore this cute city. We stumbled into so many little shops with amazing finds. We ended our day with eating dinner with Andrea, Shane and Ehren. Haidyn was terribly sad when we parted ways. I can't blame the girl.

Our last day, we spent the day together in downtown walking a lot a lot. We spent most of the day in Pike Place seeing everything we could before deciding that we weren't going to make it to the Space Needle that day because walking around was great until it wasn't. We toured all of Pike Place to walk through the first Starbucks and the infamous gum wall . We walked through downtown shopping through what seemed like the most beautiful shopping centers. After all of our shopping we decided to walk through Japantown. Waymon was in heaven in the gaming shop he's only seen on youtube. After his retro game shop we stopped by a cool dimsum spot to eat because that's just what we do.Our last night we spent eating dinner at an awesome Mom and Pop dining establishment because we were basically told to kick rocks at a fancy seafood place . We could careless and decided that we weren't meant for fine dining anyways. We ate until we couldn't eat anymore and I had no regrets demolishing a coconut cream pie.

This city lived up to the hype . I never thought that a city could actually do that. We all can't wait to go back to visit and be all touristy again in the most breath taking city!

TWENTY EIGHT

Twenty eight times around the sun for me! It seems insane to me that I’m THAT old when I don’t feel like it. I feel like I’m just getting started as if life is just getting better from here on out. Don’t get me wrong I still feel like the girl with a terrible haircut matching her little brother (thanks to my mom) but I feel like a stronger, smarter and more confident version of that girl. Does that make sense? 2018 has taught me so much but the best lesson it taught me was to love myself first.

I’m very much of a pushover and people pleaser but I’m slowly learning that it doesn’t do me any good if I continue to give and receive nothing in return.

 I learned this year that if it didn’t make me absolutely happy I would give it up. Whether that may be a workout routine ( cough cough running) , “friendship” , people in general and events that I was invited to and etc. Why should I waste my time in doing something that doesn’t make me truly happy? I want to benefit from everything I’m doing in life now and not just waste my time so that others are happy with me. I want to be happy with me! 

It’s hard to say no to everything especially since I’m continuing to live the “life of yes” . Finding the balance in life is what I continue to struggle with because I can’t say yes or no to everything in life.  I’m human and slowly learning to find that balance and maintain it. I can’t wait for another year to grow into the woman I know I am. My goals for twenty-eight is to work on me and to continue to grow through what I’m going through. I want to grow professionally, as a mother, as a wife, as a friend, as a sister and physically because who doesn’t want abs and a bigger booty?  I want to come out stronger, calmer and happier in 2019. I’m learning to stop and smell the roses because going full speed really did hurt me in 2018. I’m learning to bounce back from a L quicker because I don’t want to stay down.  

I cried at the end of my birthday day reflecting on how blessed I am in this life. My husband pulled out all the stops to ensure that I had the best birthday along with my wonderful family and a handful of great friends. I couldn’t do this life without them keeping me sane and cheering me on. Birthdays aren’t my thing because it’s always forgotten with it being at the end of the year and all, but the people that mattered the most to me made sure I wasn’t forgotten.