SNOW SNOW Everywhere & Baking cookies with Momma!

More snow for the Pacific Northwest and it's a beautiful site. We bought a snow suit for Sydney and she is really digging being out in the snow with all the other kids. Although she still wants to ride her bike in it. She's 2, what can I say?

Last night we baked cookies. Sydney wants to help with EVERYTHING. As her Momma, I want her to experience everything, but as Angie, I want control. :) So...I asked for advice from my other momma friends who said to give her a bowl with some flower and some spoons and she will think she is helping out. I am happy to report that it worked!!! She was a happy little camper and Daddy took some cute pictures.

Jingle Bell Run & the first snow of the season!

Pure winter fun this weekend. The first winter storm has arrived and it's a cold one out there. It sure is pretty though. Sydney had a blast playing in the snow today in the backyard.

This morning we headed to Seattle bright and early for the Jingle Bell Run. My final 5k of the year. This time Mike, Jami, Madison and Zach joined me. Jed was supposed to join, but with broken toes he had to sit this one out. Madison's horse trainer, Angie, and her SIL joined us as well. We had a great time. Singing Jingle Bells in the express lanes and running along side family. I didn't beat my personal best time by any means, but it was really a fun thing to do together.

Pre-race

Post Race

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Putting on my game face...it was a chilly one.

The Annual Downtown Seattle Trip

Thanksgiving is done...how did that happen? It was a great day. We had 13 people at our house for the holiday and everything went off without a hitch. It was great...and I was exhausted. I was up at 6am. The turkey went in the oven at 6:45 am and I was out running 4 miles at 7:15am. Doing the, pre-turkey, turkey burn. I was happy I did that because it was my final workout until Monday of the following week.


Sydney had a wonderful time with her cousins Grace and Audrey on Thanksgiving. They played and played and played and Sydney was none to happy to see them go home that evening...but she was off to be at 7:30 that night as Friday, bright and early, we were up and off on our annual Thanksgiving Weekend in Seattle. We were out of the house very early and thankfully got to check into our hotel as soon as we got there. We had an adjoining room with Mike, Jami, Madison and Z and Sydney loved it. She loves them so much. The parade started at about 9am or so and we watched a good majority of it, but as soon as Sydney lost interest so did we. Off to shop and hang out. All in all it was a great weekend and a fun tradition for us all. We did not take as many pictures as we have in the past years, but here are a few from Sunday morning at the Pike Place Market where we had our traditional breakfast at Lowells followed by a quick trip through the market and stroll up Pike Street.