This year we headed north for Thanksgiving because Randy's parents retired and moved into their brand new, just built, house in Port Townsend. We were so excited to see the finished product and spend some time with the Clark family.
We decided to leave on Thursday morning so we wouldn't have to deal with traffic on the way up and because, frankly, we weren't organized enough to leave right after work on Wednesday. Randy's work schedule has been very very busy, and my work day plus two hours in the car plus working from home at night doesn't leave a lot of room to pack and get out of the door in a timely manner.
Wednesday night we went to ABV, one of our favorite restaurants in the 'burbs for dinner and some beers. It was so nice to know we didn't have to go back to work until Monday.
We were out of the door by 8am on Thanksgiving, and after a stop for coffee and donuts were on the road north.
The drive was beautiful.
As soon as we arrived and got the tour, Trey and Grandpa Doug were on the floor playing. This is one of my favorite things about Grandpa Doug.
Later in the afternoon the relatives started arriving, and we were so happy to see Grandma Alice, Uncle Duane, Aunt Nancy, Uncle Dave, Aunt Toni, Uncle Karl, Aunt Bobbi, Cousin Arthur, and Cousins Albert and Heidi with their kids Javan and Micah. We haven't seen most of them since
Grandma Alice's 90th birthday party at the beginning of May.
Doug, Alice, and Randy
(father, grandma, son)
A Clark get-together really isn't a get-together without frisbee.
Playing on the floor before dinner
PS I have no idea who the guy in the top left corner is.
I didn't know then, and I don't know now.
Trey watching Grandpa carve the turkey
Albert, Micah, Javan, Trey, and Randy eating cheesy popcorn after dinner
On Friday, the girls went shopping in Port Townsend and the boys took a trip to Home Depot which Randy might describe as Hell. Doug needed to get wood and supplies for a few different sheds as well as materials for a cabinet project, and they all headed into Sequim to load up. I think they were there for several hours, and I'm not exaggerating. I can't believe the boys made it through (the little ones) and I was happy to see their starving tired faces when they got home.
Arthur reading some stories that he found...
who knew that Home Depot had books?
Friday was Micah's third birthday, so we celebrated that night with a delicious cake that Heidi brought from home. She is pregnant with their third, and we can't wait to meet the newest Ordelheide.
Saturday we were surprised with some snow when we woke. Trey was relaxing and bed and didn't want to get up, but when I told him there was snow he was up in about a millasecond looking out our window. The kids had a lot of fun outside and luckily the snow didn't keep us from making our way home on Saturday afternoon.
The view from our window.
I think this is only the second or third time Trey has seen snow,
so he was in heaven (opposite, of course, of their experience at Home Depot the day before).
The view from Doug and Carmen's deck
Mt. Baker on the left and Discovery Bay on the right.
Trey didn't eat much at Grandma and Grandpa's
except for macaroni and cheese.
Grandpa reading to Trey and Javan before we left.
Grandma, Trey and Grandpa,
three people who love each other very much.
It was wonderful to spend the holiday with Randy's side of the family, and it was so good to finally see Doug and Carmen's new house. We plan on spending a lot of time up there and we love having them closer. It was nice to come home on Saturday so we had the whole day at home on Sunday before getting back to work.
