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In celebration of my birthday, we rented a cabin at Lake Cushman up in the Olympics. The cabin was actually overkill for just the two of us, but it was nice to just get away for a long weekend.

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We took the long way around and drove the entire way to the cabin, it was a beautiful drive up the sound with minimal sea-sickness! While we there, we were completely disconnected from the outside world. The cabin is back off a little more than dirt road, within walking distance of the lake. While it was too cold to take a swim, we did walk down to the lake just to take in the beauty of what God had made for us.

 

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Here we are attempting to slack line on a frozen cable that holds the swimming area dividers when the lake is full.

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We celebrated with my favorite meal of steak, rice, and gravy with a side of stewed okra and tomatoes!

To shorten the trek home, we took the ferry across on our way back. While we were waiting for the ferry, we enjoyed some chai teas at a local coffee shop and read the morning paper.

I’m so glad we celebrated like this, maybe we’ll even make it a tradition! A slow weekend in the woods, that’s my kind of party!

 

Thanksgiving on Bainbridge with the Harrisons

As I write this, I’m freezing in Chicago O’Hare Airport, January is coming to a close, and I’m just getting around to documenting our thanksgiving. Oops.

Thursday morning we got up early and baked pies (pumpkin + pecan) to take over to the Harrison’s for an after dinner treat. Once the pies were out of the oven, we loaded up the truck and headed into Seattle to catch the ferry over to Bainbridge. We spent the rest of the day eating, watching football, playing games, and catching up with family. John’s dad and Vera came up to join in the celebration too!

We stayed over Thursday night and travelled to a Christmas Tree farm Friday morning. After wondering around in the muck for a while we discovered the perfect tree to bring into our home.

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When the day was over, we headed back to The Eastside to set up our first Christmas tree together and begin the advent season!

-j&a