We've had a super nice christmas... Christmas Eve at our house, Christmas Day at Grandma's... and everything accentuated by the beautiful white satin still laying over Seattle.
The snow came overnight on the 17th -- including waking us up with a "thundersnow" (yes, thats what they call it!) with lighting and loud booms at 5:30am. Since snow is so rare in Seattle, everyone ditches work, decides it's too hard to drive (jacknifed buses littering the streets everywhere), and pulls out the skis and sleds in local neighborhoods.
So we did too.
Leslie, Diane and the Tippetts joined Lorrie and the rest of our family for some holiday cupcakes and hot chocolate... and then we went outside to play around in the Arboretym.
Click here to see our sledding photos!
And stop back... it's supposed to DUMP SNOW tonight (Saturday), so tomorrow's Seahawks game promises to be another snow adventure. (looking ahead... white christmas?)
We're totally going in holiday mode...tree is up, xmas card is in the works, and yesterday we took the kids to see Santa. The girls were absolutely not fond of Mr. Claus ...
Click to see all our Christmas photos ... we'll be adding throughout the holiday season, so stop back!
The grand finale to our fun Thanksgiving trip to Florida was a two-day stop at Disneyworld... a first for Sydney and Piper! We were accompanied by Leslie and Diane (thank god for a bit of extra adult help) and we covered 3 out of 5 parks... we'll have to catch EPCOT next time around.
The most INTERESTING thing about the trip was that of the seven of us, all but 3 had gotten sick within the 5 days or so of the trip... and alexander had the best timing, holding off until we were about to eat dinner at the Tomorrowland Terrace -- he tossed his cookies at the restaurant and I got a workout carrying him all the way down Main Street and out of the park. The little man was a trooper, though, and was back in the park the following day!
My sister had a big birthday this weekend, and we celebrated it up big in Key West (and then at the Bucs game). It was fun to visit all of you... look forward to doing this again in 10 more years! (And, Merrie... keep those damned kids off your lawn!)
Yes, what you're seeing is real... PIPER CLIMBED UP ON THE KITCHEN TABLE TODAY! Yikes. We don't remember Alexander every pulling such hi-jinks. (pun intended.)
Beautiful fall weather here in seattle... great day for a walk in the neighborhood.
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