A Snowy Weekend!

What a fun-filled weekend I had!! First our family was invited to a surprise birthday celebration of a good friend. And it was only our comfortable gathering of 14 on board the 65 foot boat! Sweet.

It was SUPER cold but I braved the chilly weather with my girls & niece to have a few moments of fun out on the deck.

Zoey said she felt like she was flying. Kinda reminds me of a scene from another "boat" movie.

After our very relaxing birthday lunch celebration aboard Columbia Voyager, Mr. WhiMSy love & I took an hour road trip to our next destination---a holiday work party in Walla Walla. Before checking into our hotel, we stopped at a little shop we've visited in the past. I found the most zany sunglasses EVERS. And, no, I didn't purchase them. I'm zany, but not THAT zany!

I got to see my first snow of the winter! (Even though it's not officially winter yet.) This is the view from our hotel room.

I enjoyed a few moments of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer before heading off to the party. Yes, I actually watched TV after not touching a remote control in about 3 months. It was weird. And I realized how much I don't miss it.

YAY for snow! Although our car doors were frozen shut after the party & it took several tries to actually get INTO the vehicle. And although I couldn't even get some decent snow shots on our way home because our windows, too, were frozen shut. And, although I totally wasn't even THINKING or planning for snow on our trip & my Converse got soaked every time I stepped out of the car...YAY for snow!

When we got home today the girls were BEYOND anxious to get outside & play in it! We didn't play long because it was SOOOOOO cold!!

These are the grapes in our backyard. The birds & squirrels have been enjoying them.

I snuck inside to heat up some hot caramel apple cider...
...while a snowball ambush ensued! Thankfully I was on THIS side of the window!

After the cold, we enjoyed Gardhetto's, chips-n-dip, powdered donuts & our cider (totally healthy snack, right?), while doing paint-by-numbers. I'm really excited to hang with my girls now that MOST of the busy-ness of the holidays is partly behind me. I mean, it's still busy, but just in different ways.

When I came home today I was SO HAPPY to find out that my Vintage-Button-Ring-of-the-Month club has been featured on CRAFT:blog!!! What a fab way to end a great weekend!