After Christmas brunch at my parents house, everyone in my Mom's family met in Leavenworth for 2 days. Ava enjoyed all the Christmas decorations in the lobby of the Enzian Inn.
Grandpa and Ava in the sleigh
Cristian playing his DS in the hotel room
Kyle and Carter walking to the restaurant for Christmas dinner.
Kyle and Joel wearing their matching Patagonia jackets :)
Kyle, me and the baby :)
Cristian watching Tricia playing her DS
Our family at Christmas dinner
The view from the breakfast room at our hotel
Brady and Tori watching Cristian play his DS
Carter with cousin Scotty
We enjoyed quite a bit of time playing in the snow!
Tori, Ava, Carter and Samantha playing
Paula and Sam playing with Carter
All of us went on a sleigh ride... we filled up 3 sleighs.
Carter sliding down the hill
My mom and Cristian getting ready for the sleigh ride
My mom, Cristian, Ava, and aunt Lisa cozying up together in the front of the sleigh
My dad, Katie, Carter, and Kyle
Our horseies rear ends, haha... and the two sleighs ahead of us.
Come on it's Lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you!!
front of our sleigh
Our guide, and our 2 horses, Luke and Duke
After the sleigh ride we all enjoyed some hot chocolate and some more fun in the snow! Here's Cristian having a snow ball fight with the big boy cousins and uncles.
He was LOVIN' it!!
Carter and Tori playing
Back at the hotel... my 3 kiddos in the sleigh. (Cristian apparently exhausted from all the snow play :)
Oh wait, he was just fooling me :) This boy never runs out of energy!
The bottom of the tree in the hotel lobby
and the top half that went through the ceiling and into the 2nd floor
Walking into town
Beautiful down town Leavenworth
Cutest little Starbucks
Another down town picture
We also enjoyed swimming in the hotel pool. Carter has the biggest grin on his face
Brady
Paula and Ava
Cristian and Brady
The cousins swimming... Carter, Cristian, Ava, Tori, Abby, and Brady
Sweet Ava
Ready, set, JUMP!
They must have done this 100 times :)
Happy Carter!
We got our 2nd snow of the season just a couple days after Christmas. Not tons this time around, just a couple inches... enough to build a snow man and have fun! It did stay on the ground for a week, though, which is unusual for us. It's been pretty darn cold here in the Pacific Northwest.
Here the kids are the morning of the Holiday Bowl game, all wearing their Husky hats.
Carter eating snow
Carter happy to tag along as one of the big kids now!
Carter and Ava
Cristian building a snow man
After Christmas brunch at my parents house, everyone in my Mom's family met in Leavenworth for 2 days. Ava enjoyed all the Christmas decorations in the lobby of the Enzian Inn.
Grandpa and Ava in the sleigh
Cristian playing his DS in the hotel room
Kyle and Carter walking to the restaurant for Christmas dinner.
Kyle and Joel wearing their matching Patagonia jackets :)
Kyle, me and the baby :)
Cristian watching Tricia playing her DS
Our family at Christmas dinner
The view from the breakfast room at our hotel
Brady and Tori watching Cristian play his DS
Carter with cousin Scotty
We enjoyed quite a bit of time playing in the snow!
Tori, Ava, Carter and Samantha playing
Paula and Sam playing with Carter
All of us went on a sleigh ride... we filled up 3 sleighs.
Carter sliding down the hill
My mom and Cristian getting ready for the sleigh ride
My mom, Cristian, Ava, and aunt Lisa cozying up together in the front of the sleigh
My dad, Katie, Carter, and Kyle
Our horseies rear ends, haha... and the two sleighs ahead of us.
Come on it's Lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you!!
front of our sleigh
Our guide, and our 2 horses, Luke and Duke
After the sleigh ride we all enjoyed some hot chocolate and some more fun in the snow! Here's Cristian having a snow ball fight with the big boy cousins and uncles.
He was LOVIN' it!!
Carter and Tori playing
Back at the hotel... my 3 kiddos in the sleigh. (Cristian apparently exhausted from all the snow play :)
Oh wait, he was just fooling me :) This boy never runs out of energy!
The bottom of the tree in the hotel lobby
and the top half that went through the ceiling and into the 2nd floor
Walking into town
Beautiful down town Leavenworth
Cutest little Starbucks
Another down town picture
We also enjoyed swimming in the hotel pool. Carter has the biggest grin on his face
Brady
Paula and Ava
Cristian and Brady
The cousins swimming... Carter, Cristian, Ava, Tori, Abby, and Brady
Sweet Ava
Ready, set, JUMP!
They must have done this 100 times :)
Happy Carter!
After we were all done opening presents at our house, we loaded up in the car and headed up to my parents for Christmas brunch. But first, more presents were exchanged and opened! Cristian was excited to get another DS game!
and so was Ava!
The kids got their Auntie the Rudolph Wii game that she wanted
and the new Harry Potter Wii game
and a puzzle. Aunt Tricia LOVES her puzzles!
Where's Mia??
More DS games from Auntie :)
Carter opening his presents from Auntie
The boys petting Mia
Kyle modeling his new jeans and Husky coat while holding a Carter-in-the-box.
Ava got a new barbie airplane set from Nannie
Cristian got the Indiana Jones lego set he wanted
and Carter LOVES his Everyday heros boy doll house!
