It's so much fun to have a Christmas Break. It's the one thing I really miss from school, that and summer vacation.
Chris and I are trying to start a rotation of one year in New England, one year with my family and one year for us. So this year we decided to just stay put in Seattle. I miss seeing my family, but at the same time, it has been so nice not traveling and being in town for the inevitable Christmas storms. We've been doing a lot of things that needed to get taken care of around the house (like blogging), cooking great meals (because our families gave us awesome pots for Christmas) and of course skiing. It's snowed 8-10 feet in the last two weeks. This has made for some sketchy avalanche conditions at times, but there has still been plenty of skiing (deep and oh so powdery) in the trees. The snow has been very light and I've had some of the deepest skiing ever this past week (even more than Hakkoda).
I love our Christmas tree. It's a little blurry, but you get the gist. We've been putting the stove to good use. Carmen (our second cat) really appreciates it because it's more comfortable to sit in front of the fire rather than on the heating registers!
Christmas Eve Chili! We had a growler of stout from North Fork Brewery (up near Mt. Baker) from the day before, so we decided to make a big batch of chili to go with it. We had to open up a gift a little early (Thanks so much Eric & Cathleen!) so we had a pot big enough to cook all of it in. That's a three gallon pot and you can see it's mostly full!
White Christmas in Seattle! We intended to go skiing, but slept a little too late (probably from that growler the night before!), so we decided to just hang out and cook a big breakfast. A little after that it started snowing, and pretty soon it was puking! It didn't stick around long, but it made for a beautiful Christmas walk!
Christmas Dinner: We put all our new Christmas gifts to good use. Mom and Dad brought us a fondue pot over Thanksgiving, so we had fondue for Christmas Dinner! So easy to make, and the pot heats nice and evenly on the stove. I think we'll be doing fondue fairly often now.
Enjoying a great time skiing on Mt. Catherine (near Snoqualmie Pass).
Chris put together a sweet video of us skiing on Mt. Catherine (up at Snoqualmie Pass), click on the album below to watch it.
You can find more pictures in my web album (click on the album below).
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Sounds like you guys had an awesome Christmas! Wish we all could have been together, but hopefully see you soon in Idaho!
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