We just returned from a super fun trip to Lake Chelan for their winterfest celebration. We started the weekend in Leavenworth for some sledding and a delicious brat. I just love Leavenworth in the winter. The lights are beautiful and the town looks magical.
This year we rented a house instead of staying in our usual hotel. It was great. We will definitely be renting again next year. We had 3 families staying there and there was plenty of space for us all, and a hot tub to boot! The kids loved the hot tub. Us parents may have enjoyed it too. 😉
It had just snowed a couple of days before we arrived so the snow was still fresh and white and beautiful. It was a perfect day for the winterfest activities. We rode a horse and carriage around town, went down the ice slide (many, many times), checked out the ice carvings, and ate some good food.
The kids played so well together. Lance even hosted a "craft corner" where he helped them make little airplanes and helicopters out of wood.
We stopped at one of our favorite wineries (Wapato Point Cellars) for some wine tasting. They have a playground outside so the kids like it too! They even had s'mores, hot cocoa and cider for the kids as well. Score!
Mandy and Jon gave us a bottle of their famous limoncello for Christmas so we opened it and cheers'd with the beautiful snow in the background. It was delicious!
The last night we went cosmic bowling. I'm not gonna lie, I absolutely love bowling, especially when there is dance music and cocktails involved. And I won... even better!
We went up to Echo Valley one day for some snow tubing and skiing. The kids went skiing for the first time and absolutely loved it. It took them a little while to get the hang of it, but by the end of the day they were taking the rope tow and skiing down by themselves. Rylee was pretty cautious, but Carson was a daredevil as usual. He rode all the rope tows (3 of them) to the top of the mountain and skied down with Lance. He is hooked. The next morning he woke up and immediately asked if we could go skiing! Lance and I even got to ski a little bit (my first time since Rylee was born). It felt great! Now to keep the skills up...
We didn't want to weekend to end quite yet so we all made a quick pit stop in Rosalyn at Heritage Distilling Co.
Cheers to great friends and a fantastic weekend full of fun memories!
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