A Jaunt To Leavenworth
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as Aunt Leesee, David, Esther, Fireworks, food, Holiday, Luke, Outdoors, Snow, Uncle D
Uncle Dallas and Aunt Leesee invited us to join them in Leavenworth Sunday evening and Monday for some fun in the snow. They rented a cabin that was not really a cabin. 
David’s last experience with cabins was at Lassen Pines where there were “ants on the potty”….that definitely wasn’t a problem here….it was a beautiful 3 bedroom home with beautiful woodwork, a cozy fireplace, and a hot tub on the deck. As you can see, I took lots of photos!
Here’s the kids all excited when we first arrived.
We headed into town the first night for a fireworks display…Luke found them kinda’ loud. It was the 14th annual Bavarian Ice Fest.
A cool ice sculpture in the center of town.
Playing with Candyland.
Bedtime snack: cookies, oranges and hot chocolate(with little marshmallows, of course!). Bedtime was pretty late!
Monday we had a late breakfast and then headed to Wenatchee State Park just down the road for some sledding. The hill we found was pretty tame, but just right for David.
Esther mostly enjoyed watching.
Little Bri went down once with her Daddy.
Heading back to the car.
Nothing better than a hot tub after sledding.
One of my favorite pics.
“Mommy does it look like I’m frowning?”
Monday evening we headed back into town for some sledding on the kids hill in the center. There are some jumps set up for the more adventurous, and Peter tried a few of them.
Little Bri enjoyed the outdoor music and was bopping along to it a bit.
Then it was off to dinner. We went to this fun little place called Andreas Keller where every night there is someone playing live music (usually Bavarian, some hymns, classics, requests, etc.). Tonight it was a lady playing the accordian.
What we ate: Giant pork hocks with authentic Bavarian side dishes, winekraut, red cabbage and a pickly potato salad. We split 3 of these between us and had tons left over. It was quite the food and quite the experience.
Before hitting the road, we fueled up at Starbucks.
The kids entertained Enoch so I could do some serious coffee drinking…and biscotti dunking.
As you can see we had a really great time! Thanks so much Uncle Dallas and Aunt Leesee!
Boating Fun
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as Aunt Leesee, Boating, Brianna, David, Luke, Outdoors, sleeping, Uncle D
Last weekend we were able to go down to spend some time with Uncle D and Aunt L. On Saturday we had a great time going out in their boat with them! Thanks D and L! I wish I had taken more pictures, but this is all I’ve got.
The neatest houseboat community we’ve ever seen, on Lake Union!
My cutie pie showing off his missing tooth.
Baby B was so cute all bundled up. She seemed very comfortable and contented despite barely being able to move!
All the kids loved to sit up front with Uncle D. Here is Luke fitting in a much needed nap. Later, on the way back, they all took turns driving and scaring Mommy in the back seat. David made big “S” curves in the water, and Esther turned us in a fast circle. Uncle D had to slow us right down as we bounced over our own wake on that one!
Overall, it was such a great time! A once in “longtime” thing for us. Hmmmm…maybe we should get a boat…?
