Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The Enebrads! Here's a quick overview of our family reunion, though not in chronological order. Its a good time to look back on.
Me and my husband Jason
The sistas! Minus one, Cassie, couldn't make it!

We were waiting for the ferry, playing golf over a warm cup of coffee!
There's our ferry to Port Townsend, it was a tiny one compared to others we've taken, but it was a neat experience for the visiting Enebrads!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

No, I am not advertising Canada, I am a very conservative Patriotic American citizen! It's just a neat flag pic and we went to Canada for the day!
The famous Peace Arch at the Canadian/US border

A beautiful view of the USA from the Canadian side! Mt Baker!

We took pics along the boardwalk in Whiterock, Canada
Genevieve and Haleigh pose with their Nana


Aubrey at her best!

Yes that's me, I actually do get in the pictures every now and then, I prefer to stay behind the camera! (That's where Aubrey and I differ! Among a lot of areas!) HA!

Genevieve's first real tea!

Haleigh at her first real tea house with Nana!

We came to Canada for the day to meet up with a friend of mom's from her quilting forum online. There are some nice people online, you know! She and a friend had met up with us in Lynden, Wa last year, so this year was our turn to cross the border. Boy was that an ordeal for us and her friend!!! But, praise the Lord, it all worked out fine in the end!

Us girls took mom out for tea prior to our trip to Canada, it was good girl fun!

See, she looks real serious, but if you scroll down a few pics you'll see the goofy funny fun side of her! My younger sis, Ruthie.

Mom was trying her best to show off her "Emily Post etiquette" but we had fun cutting up and watching her try to keep from busting up herself!

We can't be too serious when we're together!
Yep!!! For all you Hot Californians!) We've got snow in Washington, just 2 hrs away (in October!). We'll be getting some cold white stuff soon too!)
Mom and Dad enjoyed the snow, been awhile since they'd seen snow, coming from South Carolina!
I love this pic!

We took a trip to Winthrop, Wa, another place you've gotta check off the list! It's a westernized town, like you could just ride your horse up to the store and tie it up to the hitchin post outside the shops! It's a gorgeous drive there! See what the rest of the US is missing out on!?!
We've got color in Washington!!!! For all you California people who got it all!!!!!!

We had to go to Deception Pass, it's one of those places you just have to see and check off your list of places you've been.

We visited the Samish lookout, or Bullard Hill? Anyway, it overlooks the Skagit Valley where we live.

Molly was excited to actually be able to pick an apple from a tree, guess they don't have apple trees just anywhere!

Nathan & Molly at one of the apple orchards of the valley.

We visited the Olympic Game Farm! We were very up close to these wild but domesticated animals! Most of them are retired hollywood stars!

We saw sheep, yak, lamas, goats, bunnies, wolves, cougars, lions, zebras, buffalo, elk, reindeer, prairie dogs, bald eagles, a rhino, tigers, chickens, roosters, and sea gulls!

We drove among these free ranging animals! Don't stop the car or you'll get a few dents from this guy wanting more bread!

I totally loved being this close to a zebra! I think they're such cool animals! Are they white with black stripes or black with white stripes? I love the sounds they make, so different from a horse! It was neat to feed them from the car window!

Above all, the bears were the coolest! We got them to stand for us and wave! It was so exciting to see such a large animal perform! They were even "cheesing" for us! Makes you just wanna run over and squeeze the big teddy bears!!!!

We surprised Ruthie with a belated birthday party!

Sisters like to goof off!

Mom shows off her handiwork! Table runners for the girls!

Yummmmmmyyyyy! A family tradition started in Switzerland, cheese fondue! Since it was cold in Switzerland when we'd eat it, it's become a winter tradition in our family! Cold weather and cheese fondue just go hand in hand!

We did a lot of eating, baking and preparing for the family reunion dinner, we had a fullfledged Thanksgiving Dinner in October! Mom and I even wondered that there were so many people driving around town on a holiday! It really felt like Thanksgiving!

Making our famous "hamburger cookies"

I think this dough has been in the fridge long enough!

Mom, making her famous gingerbread

And. . . . . . you guessed it, we had a lot of laughs!







Uncle Charlie and all the kids!

The newly weds of the Enebrad clan, Nathan & Molly

The Enebrad girls

We met up with the NW Enebrads in Leavenworth for the day.

Enebrad Family (minus Charlie)

Wow, so a lot has happened since I last uploaded some pictures! If you've scrolled down through the pics, you'll have an understanding of what I mean! We had a great little family reunion, and though Charlie and his family couldn't be there for THE reunion "dinner", we got to meet up with them a few times before he took off again!