Amazing and full Thanksgiving Vacation. We tried to make the most of it! We started the week with Charlotte’s Swim Team Banquet. The coaches had wonderful things to say about each swimmer - it was really cool to celebrate all the girls! Then Reed and I kicked break off with an overnight to Great Wolf Lodge with two of his friends on Tuesday. Wednesday I saw the Dusty 45s, a great local rockabilly band play at the Tractor Tavern in Ballard. After a little Turkey Trot on the Burke Gilman with the Birgfelds and Emilia, we hosted my family for a wonderful Thanksgiving feast. It is so fun to have all the kids playing with each other and also really great to have time to catch up with everyone. Floyd made his incredible Swedish Meatballs and Edison cooked the turkey with lots of butter and spice and it got rave reviews.
The kids and I trekked out to the cabin Thursday night with Sadie for the second half of break. Cabin time included: movies, pumpkin pie, hot tubbing, walking around town, board games, and a couple projects. We have gotten a lot of snow in the mountains already this year and Stevens Pass Ski Area opened early! We got to ski both Friday and Saturday and the snow was excellent (for November). My knee held up okay and I love my new Nordica Santa Ana skis. Our first day was a bit of shakedown with Reed losing his ski pass, requiring a long wait in the guest services line, and also forgetting his helmet, goggles and gloves (we improvised pretty well, but it wasn’t ideal). I’m glad we had this day to get ourselves squared away and in better shape for next time! Charlotte and I got to ski on Saturday with Jess and there were hardly any people there. We were able to do hot laps on Skyline and it felt like spring skiing with the sunshine and mild temperatures. I am remembering now how much I love skiing!!
