What a Weekend!

Now that I have dug myself out of the pile of laundry that should have been done on Saturday but we were gone, I now have time to blog. The weekend started with a visit to the Community Creche at the Stake Center. It was so beautiful as usual. I love to start the holiday season seeing all of the nativities displayed. The kids really enjoy seeing all of the different types of nativities.

Afterwards we headed to get our Christmas tree. It didn't take long. The first tree we looked at we loved. Thank goodness too because it was 'feezing' as Harrison would say. We headed home and put the tree in the garage to let all the things living in it come out in the garage and not in the house.

Saturday it was off to Seattle for an engagement party for Aaron's youngest brother Justin. He is marrying Ashley and they are going to be married next year after Justin returns from Iraq. Before leaving town I wanted to stop at Old Navy and Target to get the kids some winter coats. For some reason I didn't get any at the end of the season last year. That done we headed out of town. We thought there was supposed to be snow from Salem to Olympia. Wrong it was from about Olympia to Everett. It actually went further north but Everett was as far as we went.
The plan was to meet the Coles and Tokarski at the Coles' hotel room to watch the Civil War game. We toke a wrong turn and ended up right under the Space Needle. The kids were thrilled to see it. It's to bad we didn't have time to get out and ride to the top, maybe another trip.

We finally made it to the hotel and the kids could hardly wait to get out of the van and get their hands on the fresh snow. Once we got to the hotel room the satellite TV was out. We waited a bit and it finally came back. We got to see the Beavs win in double overtime. What a great game. Then slid to Ashley's parents home for the party. We were a bit late because of the game and the weather.

This is a view from the hotel room.

We had a great time meeting Ashley and her family. The evening seemed to go by very quickly. The kids had so much fun playing the Nintendo Wii. Now our kids want one. Soon it was time to head home. The kids had to play in the snow once more and also taste it. Gavin wanted to put some in a baggy to bring home. He really enjoyed it.

Other family members offered for us to stay with them and not drive home. But we felt like we needed to get home. We had thought about staying when we first heard about the party. but decided not to, to save the money and make it a day trip. Thank goodness for the DVD player in our van. It was a white knuckle trip home for Aaron and I. It was still snowing in places then there was heavy ran and strong winds. We did make it home at 1:30 am. Glad to be in our own beds and safe.

We got a call the next morning from a member of the Stake Presidency at 7 am. Telling us he was coming to meet with us in an hour. He came and Aaron is now in the Bishopric. The whole day Aaron looks like a deer in headlights. Okay maybe not that bad. He was and is still in shock. The poor guy didn't get home until 4:30 pm on Sunday because of tithing settlement. Needless to say he was exhausted.

This is a weekend that won't be forgotten. What an adventure!