Leavenworth

We made our annual trip to Leavenworth last night to celebrate the anniversary of our engagement. Chet did such a beautiful job proposing there that we've been going back every year to see the lights, get in a festive mood and just enjoy being together. Usually we stay in a hotel there but this year, in efforts to save money for our Europe trip in the spring, we decided to stay with Chet's friends who live there. So, it was a different sort of trip but so much fun. We went into town to buy our annual new ornament and to look at the lights... only to discover that this year they aren't turning on the lights on Fridays! Apparently, to save money, the lights only are on Saturdays and Sundays! Between that and the lack of snow, it was a little disappointing but still was nice to just get away and do something different. We went to the Enzian where Chet proposed and took Christmasy pictures (below). It was also fun to eat dinner and stay with Lindsey and Tyler... both friendly, outdoorsy folk who welcomed us into their home. I must say that they have the most beautiful view of the mountains to wake up to in the morning. Both of us left wishing we could somehow live up there... or at least have a cabin up there!

Today we went snowboarding... it was quite cold and sunny! It hasn't snowed for about a week so there was a bit of loose snow over a sheet of ice. I think we both took it a bit slow to avoid skidding down the mountain! Again, nice to get away. Even nicer to get away snowboarding. Now we are both praying for some good snow in the next few weeks so we can have more snowboarding adventures!

Off to finish unpacking and to bake some pumpkin cheesecake bars. Just wanted to post this while I was thinking about it!