Mi Família

Trip to Washington D.C

Other than day trips to Seattle and Portland, our biggest family vacation was to Washington, D.C.

I was fortunate enough to spend "man time" with my papá watching the Seahawks beat the Cardinals 23-20.

Perched atop a wasp-infested (my archenemies) rock, my mamá and I smile for my senior photos.

My brother Asher and I struggle to smile through stuffed stomachs as we start on our third helping of carne asada tacos.

As Asher tracks a mortar sailing into the sky, I pretend that I am sailor spotting a flare in stormy seas.

Asher watches me concentrate as I roll out our German Pfeffernüsse Christmas cookies.

Here we can see Socrates (Me) and Plato (Asher) pondering life's greatest mysteries through literature.

Asher rolls out a meatball on the assembly line while Alex the foreman inspects his handiwork.

Alex the Master Baker prepares to try some of his finished whipped cream to put on his Strawberry Angel Cake.

Two old souls recline in their chairs and watch their grass get greener.

This was the 25-by-25 ft rental I lived in for 75% of my high school experience.