Kick Off Christmas 2013

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is going to stay at a hotel the day after Dylan's birthday.  We look forward to it every year!  Izzy had a swim meet Saturday and Sunday. She swam in 6 events, and set new PRs in each one. She killed it! After the meet, we took a little walk on the river trail while the sun was starting to set.

We all took an ornament off of our Christmas tree at home and added it to the one I saw when I was walking the other day.  No Scrooges at our house!

Then we headed to our hotel. We swam. We relaxed in the hot tub. We ate pizza and skittles and licorice. We played games. We watched TV. We sat in front of the fire. We slept.  We swam some more. It was amazing!  Our room was awesome.  It had a little kitchen, a sitting room in front of the fireplace, and a balcony that looked right out onto the Deschutes. Here's the view:

Now that we have spent a couple days relaxing, we are excited to celebrate Christmas! Hope you all have a happy and safe holiday. Love to you all!