we started off the month with a visit from the oranens. we had a great, laid back weekend and spent lots of time laying around the warm house and hitting up some bellingham favorites. erin was the photographer for the weekend, so check out her post for all the pictures!
after they left on sunday we hit the road for ellensburg. tyler had to spend monday & tuesday in idaho for work, so he dropped riley and i at kristen's house in ellensburg for some girl time. on monday he left early to leave for idaho and was only about 30 minutes from ellensburg at 6:30am when he hit a huge tarp on I-90 (that flew off a semi). luckily he wasn't hurt, but our car was...and it was 10 degrees outside and he was in fancy work shoes with no hat or gloves. it was quite the adventure and involved getting towed back to ellensburg, renting a car and continuing on to idaho several hours behind schedule. we spent an extra day in ellensburg due to car parts not coming in on time and therefore not getting our car fixed by the promised date. good thing we were warm and happy at the shooks! what lovely hosts! now check out these pictures of our two cute girls:
reading books & sipping on lukewarm vanilla steamers at the local coffee shop
a new favorite for riley - kipper on netflix (for free!)
a late afternoon tea party
making christmas cookies, hot chocolate & jammies
several brisk and QUICK walks from kristens house to our various errands/stops around town...it was between 5 & 10 degrees while we were there...
and this past weekend was full of christmas parties, the jingle bell run, hanging christmas lights, a cookie exchange and a dinner/movie date with friends...for as busy as the weekend was, it was very enjoyable and festive.
riley and i FINALLY got our tree this evening before dinner. we decorated after we ate and i'm thrilled to finally have it. this year we opted FOR THE SMALLEST TREE EVER...mostly because it took us so long to get one and i'm too cheap to spend $$$ on a tree when we leave for seattle next week.
here's to a cold and (hopefully!) snowy week!
2 comments:
Wonderful stories! I love the tree...perfectly Riley sized. :)
loved the december update, and we can't wait to see you and riley next week! riley and her little girlfriend are sooo cute together--these photos are great.
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