Our Weekend in Leavenworth

We just got back from a wonderful weekend in Leavenworth! A friend of mine couldn't use their timeshare condo so we snatched it up. Our condo was absolutely beautiful--probably the nicest place we've ever stayed!! Our room overlooked the Wenatchee River and Blackbird Island. One of the highlights of the weekend for boys was the HUGE jet tub--I've never seen them so willing to take baths. :-)

The other highlight of the weekend was sledding--the boys did some sledding on the busy hill in town but found it even more fun to sled on the big hill right behind the lodge. It was steeper and less crowded. As an added bonus, I was able to watch from the comfort of our condo!

After a day of sledding and shopping, we joined the hundreds of others in the drizzling rain to watch the Lighting Ceremony. We didn't have a very good vantage point but we were close to a restaurant so we were able to get a table as soon as the lighting was over!! It was a wonderful weekend full of family fun!

Oh Christmas Tree

Today was a great day! Started with church with Troy's parents--so nice to have them in town and at church with us. Then we headed out to hunt down our Christmas tree.
We decided to go to Farmer Brown's in Arlington and drove straight into a winter wonderland.
It didn't take long to find the perfect tree and cut it down. Since it was just the four of us for the first time ever, the hard part was getting the annual family picture in front of the tree. We settled on two different group shots and called it good. We warmed up with some hot cocoa and visited the pond before we hit the road.
The tree is now home, lit and decorated and looks great! Every year, I love decorating the tree. We have so many ornaments with wonderful memories attached to them that remind us of how blessed we are to have such wonderful friends and family.

Lights of Christmas

The other night we all bundled up and headed to the Lights of Christmas in Warm Beach. The boys had been there before but it had been a couple years, so it was like their first time all over again!! One of our first stops was the Animals of the Nativity barn to visit the llamas, sheep, and bunnies. Next we stopped by the pony rides but found out that Gabe has gotten just a little too tall to ride. He was very dissappointed! :-( The thousands and thousands of lights were amazing and so were the cinnamon-sugar donuts that we waited in a 15 minute line for--they were well worth the wait! Despite the cold temperatures, we had a great time!!