The End of 2008

OK, so 2008 ended several days ago, but we were travelling and had no Internet for the past few days.

We spent Christmas at home in Colorado, opening a mountain of LEGOs, eating a half batch of Pioneer Woman's cinnamon rolls & then cleaning up, cooking and eating a very nice dinner of ham with friends & family.

Our plan for the rest of the holiday week had been a leisurely weekend of packing, then driving to Port Townsend to spend a couple of days with my folks. Christmas day, when talking with my dad, he mentioned that we should come earlier than planned as everyone else was arriving a day before us. Friday morning the weather forecast for Denver was 10 inches of snow. We rushed the packing, fueled the truck and begged the kennel to take the dog a day early, allowing us to hit the road around noon. We traded drivers every 200 miles or so and drove straight through to Poulsbo, WA in 26 hours. Despite the horrible forecast, Colorado & Wyoming were dry & windy and we didn't start hitting nasty snow until western Montana, but it lasted right through to Snohomish Pass just before Seattle. Frankly, I'm not sure they got any snow in Denver as our whole yard melted while we were gone.

We saw this Blazer in the parking lot at lunch one day on our trip. It didn't even have a lift, but someone needed a step up. I hope they didn't see me giggling & taking pictures.

While in the Northwest, we stayed 2 nights in Poulsbo, then 3 more at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend. Both are cute little touristy towns. Poulsbo has a quilt shop, so I picked up a tiny bit of fabric and a couple of magazines to entertain myself as there was no TV to go along with the previously mentioned lack of Internet and in my rush of packing I didn't bring a single book.

We visited with my parents.....and with my Dad's side of the family. It had been 7 years since I had seen most of them so they had never met my husband or the youngest boy.

We had an uneventful drive home and picked up my girl from doggy jail this morning. She's home and all cozied up to her "blankie" in the basement where she likes to hang out with us.
Now the holidays are over and some deadline free sewing can commence.