Weekend in Seattle

December 13th Bruno and I went to Seattle with 3 other couples for NECA business. While the guys were in meetings we ladies had in-room massages, and just plain old relaxed. After the meetings got over we all headed to El Goucho's for dinner. It was fabulous!

In the morning after a light breakfast we walked down to Pike Place Market and gnoshed our way through there. Then headed back downtown for some shopping. That evening our chapter's Christmas party was at the Canlis, which is where this picture was taken.

Our tree and the second snow of the year

Decenber 9th****

Nothing says "Christmas" more like decorating your tree when it's snowing outside! It snowed for several hours, but it only lasted the day. But it was pretty while it lasted.

Nicole goes to a bowling party

On December 8th her classmates Colin and Carson had a birthday party at the bowling alley. Nicole has gone bowling many times, but has always used the little cheater ramp. This time, she went all out and bowled like a big kid. What form she has!! Must be all that Wii bowling.

Christmas tree hunting

Having a really busy weekend ahead of us we snuck off work early and took all the kids to Stanwood to Alan Acres to find a tree. Considering how picky I am about finding the "perfect" tree it amazes me how quickly we find just the right one. I think we were in and out in less than a half an hour. We went home and got it all set up. But decorating had to wait till another day.

On to the Nutcracker

After a good night's sleep we ordered room service, which Nicole got a major kick out of. We rode the Monorail to the Seattle Center and got to listen to my nephew James play with his school band. After the music was done we went to see the Nutcracker. Nicole's teacher had done a really good job preping the kids for two weeks prior to the show so Nicole was up on the story and the music. She really enjoyed it.

It was a great time and we look forward to many years of Mom/Daughter get aways.

Girls over-nighter to Seattle

On December 5th Nicole and I went to Seattle for a girls over-nighter. We stayed at the Parmount Hotel, did some shopping, rode the carousel at Westlake Center and she sat on Santa's lap at Macy's. After a fun dinner at Pacific Place we headed back to the hotel to relax and jump on the bed.

Decking the halls

On Sunday we got all our Christmas decorations out and decorated the house. We have three little fake trees that each of the kids get to put one in their rooms. Marcus has the tallest tree and he decorates his with Coca-Cola ornaments, Alex has the middle tree and he decorates his with sports ornaments, and Nicole has the smallest tree (which she wasn't too happy about this year) and she decorates hers with Hello Kitty and Dora ornaments. We won't get the family tree until next weekend.

Ho ho ho, and Merry Christmas!