Ski Week!

We continued our winter tradition of renting a cabin near the ski resort that we love. We stayed for 5 days this time and really got to experience a winter wonderland. We got about 8 inches of snow while we were there and had a great time exploring the trails, hitting the slopes and relaxing at the cabin. The drive home was a bit dicey because of the big ice storm that hit, but we made it safely and had a great time. 

Birthdays 3 and 4

Cameron celebrated his birthday by going to a video arcade with a couple of his friends. They had a great time playing games both at the arcade and at home. Cameron was very excited about his oreo blizzard cake. On his actual birthday, he got a dinner out with just Brian and I which of course involved another dessert! We definitely celebrated in style turning to double digits and he had an awesome 10th birthday. 

Birthday #2

Cameron's 2nd birthday celebration involved an overnight hotel night with Scott & Wendy. They took Cameron to a hotel for swimming, a movie and his favorite meal ever, hotel breakfast! Cameron was spoiled yet again with great presents and we got another pre-Christmas celebration in. We took them to see  the Zoo Lanterns, even in the rain they were beautiful. They also got to see a choir concert from Cameron and an orchestra concert from Adelyn. It was a really fun trip, including teaching them how to play e-sports games and it was great to have visitors after such a long break with Covid. 

Birthday #1

Cameron got to celebrate his 10th birthday multiple times this year since we had both sets of grandparents visit the weeks leading up to his birthday. First were Papa and Kathy and Cameron enjoyed opening his new nerf gun. We had a ton of fun with them and went on a "Christmas Ship" cruise on Lake Washington. It was a fun way to welcome in the holiday season. We had our traditional crab dinner, Addy put on a very memorable concert and we taught them how to bowl and play tennis on the Nintendo. 

Safari Park

On Black Friday instead of braving the retail stores, we braved the Safari park and saw elephants, rhinos, giraffes and gorillas. It was an awesome place to see tons of animals and we saw the only 2 platypus outside of Australia. It was really cool to walk with the wallabies and to take the tram through the safari park. 

It's Always Sunny in San Diego

We had our 2nd annual Thanksgiving with the Mrozek's and this year it was our turn to travel to San Diego. The weather could not have been better and it was perfect weather every day. We headed straight to the beach upon landing and saw Hotel Del Coronado. We've never seen an outdoor ice rink on the beach! We enjoyed a relaxing Thanksgiving day with the yummiest food that we enjoyed for days to come. The kids couldn't quite adjust to "holiday" weather being so warm and sunny. 

She's a teenager!

I'm wildly behind on posts and I'm gonna blame it on officially having a teenage daughter! Hard to believe how quickly Addy has grown up. She had a great 13th birthday hanging out with 2 of her good friends. They went shopping in Edmonds and watched a movie and had endless sugary snacks. It was a super fun day and Addy is enjoying being a teenager so far.