Tulip festival in Mount Vernon, WA

Christmas Dinner

Even though it was just the two of us, Loren and I did Christmas right!

Hand-whipped meringue!

1920's Christmas Party

Shortly before Christmas, our friend, Nicole, threw an awesome 1920's themed Christmas party. Below are a few pics of Loren and me in our get-ups.

The Invisible Christmas Tree

Early in Novembver, Loren saw a commercial for Target (or some such store) where Christmas ornaments were suspended in the shape of a Christmas tree from a chandelier. We thought it would be fun to do something like that. The whole project involved lots of ornaments and fishing line, but the finished project was pretty cool. I'm pretty sure it's not coming down until April.

J-Dub's Wedding

I've been slack about updating the blog lately, but I'm catching up!  On Thanksgiving weekend we attended the nuptials of Justin and Jamie in Coos Bay, OR.  It was a great weekend.  The wedding itself was a sort of "flash mob" wedding.  The location of the ceremony didn't allow weddings, so we all pretended that we were there to look at the Christmas lights, then at the appointed time, a bag piper started playing and we convened at a gazebo for the ceremony.  As it happened, an enterprising park ranger caught on to the scheme, but even she couldn't bring herself to break up a wedding!  Below are a few pics of the wedding and Loren in her groomsman's kilt!

Vancouver

What a cool town! We went for the day on Saturday.  We saw Stanley Park and the Capilano suspension bridge.

Mom's in Seattle!

On Thursday we went to Pike's Place Market, the original Starbucks and Alki Beach.