Redmond Trip

Cora's show ended Saturday night, and on Sunday my family came over for an early Thanksgiving celebration. 

On Monday, we flew to Washington, to spend the week with Aunt Patty and Uncle Bill. 

We got to see my cousins and their new babies, as well. Always great meeting new family members!

We enjoyed several days of relaxation, cooking, baking, playing games, taking walks and very yummy food.

Here, we're playing an interesting game where you consider "worst case scenarios" and decide, with your teammate, which of several answer options is correct.

It brought some laughter and some interesting discussions.

We had a couple of beautiful wintry days... 

...and a couple of beautiful wet days. 

Aunt Patty taught us how to make biscotti. This is Uncle Bill's face when he's told that Violet was supposed to be learning how to slice them, as he'd finished slicing the first loaf.

Cora learned how to make apple pie, and here she's making crepes for breakfast while Patty makes dinner rolls.

Oh, did we eat well! It would have been worth it to photograph the meals - homemade pizza, huge salmon filets, roast lamb and of course Thanksgiving dinner.