A Baptism for a Sweet Little Girl

My nephew's little girl was baptized and it seemed like a really good reason to travel to Illinois and share in the celebration. We left Saturday morning, and returned on the following Monday.... Addison was such a good little girl, and of course, we thought the cutest! Besides us coming from faraway, her Great Grandma, Mel, also drove up for the celebration. Afterwards, Matt and Sarah had a little celebration at their house... what a great way to spend a day. The only hiccup, was our return trip... Got on our plane, went on to the runway, only to have to return due to a problem... Ended up our flight was cancelled, so we had to reroute... From Chicago... to Atlanta... and then back to Seattle.... grrrrrr.... plus, we were blessed with a 5 1/2 hour layover in Atlanta... They gave us first class seats, but, since the flight was leaving at 9:45 at night, we pretty much just tried to snooze our journey away! Got home safely and were pretty tired.... But, we'd do it again to be a part of this celebration!

Going home through Stevens Pass

We woke up to snow, snow, snow! The only problem is this is the day we are suppose to travel over the pass and get Halley and Dan to the airport. The forecast called for 10 - 15 inches of snow that day. Fortunately, the storm held off until we were over the pass. The pass was loaded with cars and skiers, who were loving the snow from the previous night and looking forward to more coming. After we got home, on the news, they said a normal ski day is 3000 folks... that day, there were 5000 folks.... We thanked the Lord for keeping the window of travel we had open free of the nasty weather! Dropped the kids off at the airport and headed home. Yup, there's no place like home.... oh... now we have to take all the Christmas Stuff down... So fun when it goes up, but, boy, we ready for it to come down now!

Our Host at the hotel....

Which picture shows the Sleeping Lady?

We took off to check out "The Sleeping Lady" conference center... Our Foss Family Foundation had meet there about 15 years ago... It was our very first Foundation meeting and held lots of special memories. The roads were clear so we off we went for Icicle Creek Road. Usually, the road is closed much closer to town... but, snow has been very light this year so we got to drive quite a way. The creek was fast and icy looking and the mountainsides were beautiful. We had lunch at the deli next to Sleeping Lady and the meals were yummy and made with local stuff... they grown all their own veg's, etc.
That evening we hooked up with a friend of Jerry's who we went to their wedding a couple years ago... Jim and Diane Zumini... Fun dinner and best yet, Fun People!

Snow.... where are you going???

Well, all the gorgeous snow from the night before, started to melt away around 10am. The sidewalks and streets were cleared pretty early, so with the warming up, we were able to walk around town. Lots of Chotsky Shops... and since it was after Christmas, lots of sales. Then. late in the afternoon, the rains poured down! We just sorta putzed around and at the end of the day topped off with a yummy meal, this time, Italian! Was quite tasty. While we eating the rains stopped and we had the promise of a clearer day tomorrow!