Skip to main content

Orcas weekend

The Orcas house had an open weekend last week so we snagged it to go check in on the house before the end of the year. The recent storms apparently did a ton of damage to our cliff side - the stairs going down are demolished and a couple of scraggly bushes fell over the side! Yikes! 

It was pretty gloomy all weekend so we didn't do too much. Still, it was a nice little getaway and even though we've been a zillion times now, we still discover new things all the time like the gingerbread house contest that they had at the local market. We were super impressed with the entries! 

We made paper wreaths as crafts all weekend long.

This was our fav gingerbread "house". It's a ski chalet and ski lift!

Angry stormy water when we were on the ferry coming home.

 

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

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.  

Ski weekend in Leavenworth

We had made plans many moons ago to take the MLK weekend for a short getaway to the Leavenworth area. We've been a few times in years past and it's always a fun place to visit especially in the wintertime. But this year, with COVID and all, we weren't sure whether we wanted to go but I'm super happy that we went. We had a blast and was able to keep safe by keeping to ourselves! First up, we left bright and early so that we can pack in a snowshoe/winter hike on the drive over. The last time we went , we had stopped for some snowshoeing on the way back and it was epic! Unfortunately, this time the snow was old and not nearly as soft and fluffy so while it was a nice diversion with some pretty views, it wasn't as great as we had hoped. The fun part though, was that we brought our camping stove with us so we did some tailgating in the parking lot and had a fancy ramen meal for lunch. It was super nice to warm the belly with the yummy noodles and broth! That evening, we ...

Skateboarding

Evie got a skateboard recently so our usual scoot and bike nights now also include her skateboarding. Here's a short video of her, Scott and Nora rolling down the street.