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Monday, April 21, 2008

Birthday Trip to Leavenworth

Saturday birthdays are so rare that I wanted to do something special for this one. Leavenworth is a little Bavarian village just two hours from Bothell. You have to drive over the mountain to get to it and the views are just breathtaking.

We woke up to snow and Noelle suggested we celebrate Christmas, again, instead. :P We were worried about getting over the pass w/o traction tires, but the roads were pretty clear. It snowed on and off through the weekend and made for very bizarre April weather.

There were lots of shops to explore and we found a few treasures to take home. Daddy and Noelle took me out for a yummy filet mignon dinner on Saturday night. We all had a great time. Noelle was very excited to sleep in her own 'big girl bed'.

Thank you to Hannah for taking such good care of Gizmo. He's still a little miffed that he got left behind. Poor guy!

Here are a few photos (taken with John's cell phone as we forgot the digital camera). Oops! My apologies for how tiny they turned out... hopefully they show up larger when clicked on.
Noelle and I on the way to check in... this is more of a fluffy hail than snow... so weird!
A view of the mountains from the hotel parking lot. Gorgeous!
Noelle posing with some friends outside a doll shop. She said they weren't babies, they were kids.
I found my body double in a shop window. Ain't she a looker!
"Bug Girl" trying on hats in the hat shop.