it's a wonderful life: January 2012

Friday, January 20, 2012

Leavenworth

For MLK Day Weekend we took our annual trip to Leavenworth....Serpentarium on the way, Preston eventually warmed up to holding a snake....Enzian Inn, swimming and hottubing in the snow...dinner and dancing at King Ludwigs....tubing at Ski Hill as well as a bonus City Chili cookoff...Cross country skiing...amazing breakfasts each morning with entertainment from Mr. Johnson and his Bavarian horn...shopping in Leavenworth....funky hat shop...driving home in a winter wonderland.

Yeah for vacations with friends and family.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Snow Days!!

We enjoyed a planned 4 day weekend--went to Leavenworth to enjoy some snow activities with friends and family and then came home to experience one of our snowiest (is that a word?) weeks ever. We have been out of school for the entire week due to icy roads and snow! It has been a beautiful thing but we are all getting a bit stir crazy and ready to get back to normal. We are so thankful for our Suburban which has allowed us some mobility to get out of our icy/snowy neighborhood. Preston was bundled good and spent the first day of snow building a fort with the missionaries (see fort below). He had such a fun time with the elders. We took the kids to sled at Wilson high school --Katie met up with some friends there. Our winter wonderland has gradually turned to an icy wonderland which is beautiful but dangerous with downed trees and power outages and dangerous road conditions. Thankfully we have been spared any serious problems, and have just been reading alot, playing in the snow, watching movies, going to movies, playing games, and baking.

Lots of great quality family time.......

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

What a beautiful world

What a beautiful part of the world we live in! First, Seattle from the Bremerton ferry...

This was an amazing double rainbow that sat over the water, we could see it completely. Then to top it off there were two bald eagles chasing each other just under the rainbow. This was all I could catch on my phone...then Katie caught the same rainbow from school campus.

Finally I just took this photo today....we are enjoying a beautiful sunny cold day here in the Northwest and we love it. It's a wonderful life.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Betteridge Hill

LOVE THIS PICTURE! This is a little piece of paradise. A place where I grew up and where my kids have grown up, played with cousins, enjoyed grandparents, family dinners, parties and many happy hours. Thanks to my nephew Ben Betteridge for capturing this on his remote camera helicopter.