Grandma & Janet's Birthday

Swanson's Christmas

We went to the Tiny Zoo to see the reindeer and take photos in the North Pole Yurt.

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's Thanksgiving!

Every year, I force the whole family to dress up and we take our family photos for the Christmas card.  Then, traditionally I put my camera down and forget to take any photos at all for the rest of the day.  Today wasn't all too different.

But, we had a great time for Thanksgiving.  This year, we had both Kruger & Hamilton families as well as some friends.  I can't remember the final number, it was somewhere in the 30's?  I don't know, but I was grateful for the THREE sets of china plates we own (and our new WORKING dishwasher).

Weekend getaway

We needed a break, so I went on Groupon and found a deal on a random hotel in Silverdale.  It was so great to get away and spend some time together as a family.  (Editor's note: as I write this on day 14,000 of COVID-19 quarantine, my past self apologies to my current self for thinking that going to a soccer game every weekend was some sort of huge hardship)

The kids LOVED the free breakfast and the swimming pool.  Months later, they still talk all the time about "when we went to the Best Western Plus".  Seriously, I have heard them say "Best Western Plus" more times than I have heard them say "Walt Disney World"

The hotel is right on this little inlet, so we wandered down the waterfront and threw rocks in the water.

On Saturday, we drove to Poulsbo to wander around town.

This is how we dressed to go to dinner, we're fancy in this house.

Christmas Dinner

We went to Dad & Kathy's for dinner on Christmas Day.  They cooked a huge roast and it was a great meal.

Dad bought Cecily a Hatchimal, so we spent much of the evening at home nurturing "Hatchy" and playing with her.

Also, check out my Comfy, I know you're jealous:

Getting ready for family photo day!

I'm all fancy from photos in the morning, seems like a reasonable time to go swimming.