you can take a wild guess that we had a grand ole time.

 'cause we freaking did.

after the mission trip to the Ukraine, Kristine and her husband stayed for a day and a half.

we got the chance to celebrate her birthday (which took place while she was away) at Dockside, a very delicious seafood restaurant on the island. 

and as we usually do, we took goofy pictures in our bathroom mirror.

it's totally out of habit and we always end up laughing and making the ugliest of goofy faces. 

and as we usually do, we cried when we took her and (her) Ryan to the airport. i always tell myself that i won't cry because we'll see them again soon, but as soon as one of us starts crying, i lose it and the tears come. 

i think that is a part of being so close to your family.

the love that we have for each other is so big and is so deep that when we are together and happy, we are over the freaking moon happy. and if we are apart and sad, we hit the lowest of valleys. 

it def suuuucks when the goodbyes happen but i am thankful that i have a family where we feel how we feel about each other. we can be on the deepest parts of the ocean in the scopes of our emotions but then that just means our love for each other is as big and a wide as the entire universe. 

and i'd dare say that is pretty darn big.

much love.

{happy tuesday, friend.}

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