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Mount Rainier at Sunrise

Mount Rainier during the day

Mount Rainier at Sunset


Nate took some awesome pictures of Mount Rainier a few weeks ago. I've never seen it so beautiful. One of the best views is from the base, I love the one with the plane tail. This view is a benefit of living here, on clear days anyway.

Be sure to scroll down, I've tried to catch up on some posts from the last month.

New Year's in Leavenworth

Making a snow angel


We spent New Year's in a cute little german town in the mountains with our friends Brandon and Emily. It was fun hanging out and getting to do some winter activities. Nate and Alyssa went sledding a couple times, we went on a sleigh ride, walked around the town in the snow, ate lots of good food, played games, watched movies, all that fun stuff. It was a great mini vaca with some great friends!

The Rockettes

We went to see the Rockettes while my family was visiting. It was a really good show. Alyssa was really excited to see it because we had seen some commercials about it. She was really sick that day even though the pics don't seem to show it. We probably should have kept her home but she still liked it. It's nice to be able to do things like this now that Alyssa is older, I guess we should take advantage of it before we have another little one :) ( Note to self...That coat is sooo unflattering)

Christmas

We had a great Christmas this year. We were very thankful that Nate was home for a week and a half over Christmas. My family was here too, so we had a full house. Unfortunately Alyssa was sick the whole time my family was here but she was a trooper and still enjoyed most of the festivities. This was a fun year with Alyssa because she was able to understand so much. It was neat to see her grasp the Christmas story as we did advent activities, read about baby Jesus and learned Christmas songs. So even though she got way too many presents, I hope she got the message that Christmas is about Jesus and not just about the presents!