It's all uphill from here...

Winter solstice came and went and now it's only going to get brighter from here on out. YAY! To celebrate, I finally made savory tong yuan soup by myself! Well, actually, Kathy helped, but this was the first time without any uncle or auntie making this for me. Surprisingly, the kids devoured the mochi and drank most of the soup too. And then, to top the night off, we got our first snow of the season in the city! The girls of course had to run outside to play around in it. So, all in all, a mighty fine winter solstice.

Too much movement to get a good pic of them playing.

Yum! Nice and warming. Next time, I'll add fish cakes and chinese sausages.

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Happy new year!!

Goodness, it's already 2025! It's been a really long time since we posted! We had a very lazy new year. We flew back from LA on the evening of the 31st so spent the last remaining hours of 2024 cozying up on the couch and then fell asleep before it even hit midnight! On New Years day, we slept in, cleaned up the house and then did a quick hike the next day. All in all, a good start to the year! Nora's new blanket hoodie. Cold and muddy trails. We're not in LA anymore! We hiked the Primrose trail that follows Coal Creek.

Glass art

We picked up our finished creations from the glass blowing class we took a few weeks ago and I think they came out great! Can you tell who made which one? Nora's sunset pumpkin, May's bluebird and Evie's snow pumpkin.

Trick or Treat!

Halloween this year was the quietest one we've had in 13 years! This was the first one we had without the girls! Both of them went to friends houses and left Scott and I to man the door. It was very quiet at home because the doorbell rang only 4x the entire night, but at least both girls said they had a lot of fun despite it being rainy and dreary out. Thankfully, they have finally learned to not trust Seattle weather in October and chose warm(ish) costumes!

Simpsons in Seattle

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