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While we were away on a business trip, Versu’s mama planted the vegetable seeds she gave me for Christmas. The past year has been such a whirlwind with work, and I feel like I haven’t had time to breathe (I have! but it really feels like I haven’t after this most recent trip). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I took some quick shots of the sprouts this morning, but didn’t know which was which yet. I need to get some wood markers and write them down so I don’t forget!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our apple tree is also doing well. I was so worried last year when it fell during our big storm, but thankfully the roots were not affected, and it produced a lot of apples this season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They’re small and a little tart, hehe. The wild bunnies around our neighborhood seem to enjoy them every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m going to be trimming the branches again and focus on a few apples per bunch for next year. I’d like to protect them better, so I’ll be doing some more research on how to take care of apple trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today we were taking Emmanuel to the U-District via lightrail, but the parking at the transit center was full… so we ended up driving down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We stopped by a place I’ve never been to for lunch. Emmanuel got his sushi, which he was really happy about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I got chicken katsu curry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Versu got chicken katsudon! Yummm!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We stopped by Meesum Bakery (they have a store in the U-District now!), Pink Gorilla, and Uwajimaya before making our way back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I finally got to show Emmanuel the bubble waffle from Happy Lemon! We all tore them up lol!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All in all it was a really nice day today. I’d been wanting to give both Versu and Emmanuel a little tour of downtown for awhile and I’m glad we were finally able to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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