Ringing in the New Year
This year we headed to a cabin in Naches to celebrate the New Year.
Nestled in the woods with two feet of snow, and surrounded by snow covered trees, a hot tub, lots of games, and a cozy fireplace to snuggle next to, we enjoyed a perfectly relaxing weekend away from it all.
While we spent most of the time relaxing, we did venture to White Pass on Sunday for some sledding fun!
It was chilly in the shade, so we headed to the sun where Mamie ran back and forth with Abigail in her sled. She was less than thrilled, but looked so cute.
People would comment:
"oh, it's a baby!!"
"how cute is THAT!"
After a few minutes (yeah, we're hard core), we headed back to the car; but not before stopping for one last run.
(check out Abigail's Warren Miller style video!)
While we were busy white-washing Abigail and earning Mother / Grandparent of the year awards, Kevin spent the day skiing.
It was the perfect day for some amazing views.
We spent New Years Eve Day at the cabin; sleeping in, lounging around in our PJ's, then heading out on our big adventure: a walk to the general store!
Keeping up the honors of my newly appointed Mother-of-the-Year award, we decided to let Abigail nap in the sled.
She was less than amused but stayed asleep the whole trip down and half of the ride home; it was a good nap ;)
After we got home and de-thawed, we relaxed the rest of the evening; playing games, watching movies, and eating obscene amounts of food.
Our New Years Eve menu included cheese, crackers, and pepper jelly, Kalbi beef short ribs, salmon, NY steaks, potatoes, and salad. Topped with cookies, See's candies, and a chocolate silk pie.
No one went hungry.
We all managed to stay awake til midnight but were extremely tired by the time it came around, so we quickly toasted with our just-purchased Extra Dry Cook's, then headed off to bed.
(oh, and we forgot Abigail's pack and play, so Kevin fashioned up a crib on the floor...)
...I'm slowly moving from Mother of the Year to CPS worthy.
Tuesday morning came and it was time to pack up and head home. We had such a great time on our annual NYE getaway. (here's a link to last year)
Nestled in the woods with two feet of snow, and surrounded by snow covered trees, a hot tub, lots of games, and a cozy fireplace to snuggle next to, we enjoyed a perfectly relaxing weekend away from it all.
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| View from the living room |
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| The cribbage board we purchased from the general store. They had everything! |
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| Abigail and Mamie play iPad games |
While we spent most of the time relaxing, we did venture to White Pass on Sunday for some sledding fun!
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| The only expression we got out of her... |
It was chilly in the shade, so we headed to the sun where Mamie ran back and forth with Abigail in her sled. She was less than thrilled, but looked so cute.
People would comment:
"oh, it's a baby!!"
"how cute is THAT!"
(check out Abigail's Warren Miller style video!)
While we were busy white-washing Abigail and earning Mother / Grandparent of the year awards, Kevin spent the day skiing.
It was the perfect day for some amazing views.
We spent New Years Eve Day at the cabin; sleeping in, lounging around in our PJ's, then heading out on our big adventure: a walk to the general store!
Keeping up the honors of my newly appointed Mother-of-the-Year award, we decided to let Abigail nap in the sled.
She was less than amused but stayed asleep the whole trip down and half of the ride home; it was a good nap ;)
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| We tucked her in near the shelves while we shopped |
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| Then back up we went! |
After we got home and de-thawed, we relaxed the rest of the evening; playing games, watching movies, and eating obscene amounts of food.
Our New Years Eve menu included cheese, crackers, and pepper jelly, Kalbi beef short ribs, salmon, NY steaks, potatoes, and salad. Topped with cookies, See's candies, and a chocolate silk pie.
No one went hungry.
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| Still mad about her frozen nap |
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| Who needs toys?! Although she did pinch her fingers in the cabinets. Twice. |
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| Grill Master |
We all managed to stay awake til midnight but were extremely tired by the time it came around, so we quickly toasted with our just-purchased Extra Dry Cook's, then headed off to bed.
(oh, and we forgot Abigail's pack and play, so Kevin fashioned up a crib on the floor...)
...I'm slowly moving from Mother of the Year to CPS worthy.
Tuesday morning came and it was time to pack up and head home. We had such a great time on our annual NYE getaway. (here's a link to last year)
We're looking forward to 2013!
Happy New Year
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