It was back to school today for my kids and for me tomorrow. It'd been such a great vacation.
I was playing around with the camera and tripod and took this photo of our living room before we left on our trip. Now the Christmas decorations are all packed away and the tree is ready to be chipped. My daughter needed to have a "moment" with it right after it was put outside. When you cut down your own tree, you can become quite attached:) And I must sing one more praise of a fresh-cut tree: no needles!!
We spent our Christmas holidays in the best way possible. Family, friends, fondue (this is my friend's recipe made with Toblerone--Mmmm) and some good old chalet living. I was laughing so much when a friend of mine commented, "ah, chalet living" on one of my posts. There is no better way to celebrate winter than to fully enjoy it.
We haven't had much snow our way yet, so we headed off to find it ourselves. We got out skiing on the only clear day. Myles was so proud of learning to ski for the first time. "Myles, you are so good at skiing!" "Yes I am!!"
The trail that we took had a few hills and amazing vistas. We even sat and ate our lunch in the snow overlooking the distant mountains.
It was snowing on the mountain when we left and raining below. A cup of mocha and a rich brownie from the Wake 'n Bakery (I highly recommend it if you happen to be in Glacier, near Mt. Baker) hit the spot.
We actually slept in our tent trailer with the furnace blasting. It was very cozy. The kids were so excited to have "sleepovers" every night and I loved hearing the rain pelting down on the canvas at night.
Now it's back to some of the more mundane routines, but we are going to get in as much Chalet living as we can this winter. The kids just started skating lessons tonight.
I have a lot of exciting ideas for the blog ahead this year, so stay tuned and enjoy the beginning of your week!
