Busy weekend

We had a fun and busy weekend. It started off on Friday night with dinner at the home of a friend of Eric's from work. We ate great food and had a lot of fun.

Saturday morning Eric had to work for 4 hours and then we were off to the ward Christmas party. At the party I was busy helping kids with crafts and Eric was busy watching Kaylin crawl around and helping his boys with their skits.

We left the party early to drive to Kent to drop Kaylin off at Eric's brother's house. It was snowing. It snowed the whole way there. Our usual one hour trip took an hour and 40 minutes. Luckily we had given ourselves some extra time.

Then it was off to meet other Bothell High math teachers in Tacoma for the pre-game dinner. The area around the Tacoma Dome was packed with reservations, so we ended up reserving some tables at a pub. We figured it would be good because you have to be 21 to get in, so there wouldn't be as many high school kids and families there. Plus, we could actually get a reservation for 18. It was FABULOUS. It wasn't full at all and the food was great. It was so fast that we made it to the Tacoma Dome (after a few wrong turns) and to our seats an hour and a half before kick-off. The stadium was packed with Bothell fans. Turns out I-90 was closed for part of the day so the Lewis and Clark fans from Spokane had a rough trip over. A rooter bus, the band, and the cheerleaders made it during the first quarter. The game was a lot of fun, but unfortunately we lost. So Bothell is 2nd in state for the 2nd year in a row. I'm bitter about that so that's all I will say :-).

We spent the night at Chris and Char's. We decided that it would be easier to sleep down there than to wake Kaylin up to take her home and then drive back to Seattle in the morning. Sunday morning was the annual Wells Fargo Financial Christmas brunch at Salty's on Alki. The food was amazing as usual. I was a little disappointed because they normally serve this really good pasta but they didn't this time. But I was happy with my salmon, potatoes, eggs, eggs benedict, bacon, sausage, fruit, muffin, and apple tart. That sure sounds like a lot of food when you list it out like that. Santa popped in for a visit and Kaylin freaked out. She didn't like Santa at all. As soon as Eric sat her down on his lap, Kaylin looked up and started to scream. I got a couple of cute crying pictures, but not the smiling one I was hoping for.


Then we drove home, in the rain, exhausted. It's seriously been raining or snowing for like 3 days. That's a Seattle winter for you, I guess.