December 2007
Photos from December 2007: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v299/sailormomma/December%202007/
December was full of Holiday Happenings. Scott was flying quite often, which was kind of a bummer, but the kids and I had fun. We decided to get a small potted Christmas tree, which worked out pretty nicely on the boat:
Of course, Ashes claimed all the presents for herself. The kids and I were lucky to see the Christmas ship taking off from our marina. The music was so festive and the ship was so pretty:
Later the next week we decided to get some other dockmates together to do our first annual Dinghy Christmas Light Parade. We put some lights on Boo:
We got all bundled up:
And along with about 4 other dinghys toured the marina. We tried having Christmas music, but it wasn't very loud. Next year we'll make sure we have louder music and we'll invite as many dinghys as we can. Should be tons of fun. Afterward our neighbors invited everyone aboard their boat for hot buttered rum and cocoa for the kids. It's such a fun neighborhood and such great neighbors.
Zak, Ellie, and I were invited, a couple days later, to go iceskating with the Windworks Sailing crew at Seattle Center. Of course, I forgot the camera......which was probably a good thing with how well I skate. We had so much fun, though! The kids love skating and they both caught on pretty quickly. If we would have been there a little longer, I know they both would have been skating circles around me.
Christmas Eve was a little lonely. Scott was flying into Portland, OR around 10pm (missing all the flights to Seattle), so he drove home, getting in around 1 a.m. (right around the time Santa did!!!) He got a couple hours of sleep before the excitement of Christmas commenced. Christmas is so much fun with kids. They were extremely excited for all the new stuff! (where are we going to fit all this......) We had a nice breakfast and Scott had to take off back to Portland around noon. (bummer) I had decided since Scott was not going to be home for Christmas dinner, we would invite anyone who wanted to come. We had a great dinner with our friends, CB, Tawn, Echo, Rich, Fred, Lynda, and Rhonda! This is what Christmas is supposed to be about! And of course, again, I forgot to take pictures.
The next weekend we had a big party at Scott's brothers house. We invited friends of ours and they invited friends of theirs. It was a great party!
New Year's Eve was nothing special. Scott was supposed to be flying, but got really sick, so we all stayed home and went to bed early. I still can't believe 2007 is gone. It's been a busy year and went by so fast.
Happy New Years Everyone!!!! Hope 2008 brings happiness to all our friends and family!!!!
