Saturday in Kirkland

 We had a very relaxing morning.  

Ivan showing off his Halloween costume

Shooting the apple off of the head

We played a round of 10, 9, 8.

Roman had gone to do some grocery shopping and Madeline was making apple cake and chocolate cupcakes for the birthday party tomorrow.  

Once Madeline and Roman were both done with their chores we drove to the sledding hill.

Using cardboard as a sled on AstroTurf 

zipline

Merry-go-round 

Then it was time for lunch. When we had been at the Christmas Market I found $40 on the ground.  We had looked around for people looking like they had lost something.  We talked about what to do with the money.  It was burning a hole in my pocket so I decided to treat people to lunch.  Whew, now we can all share the guilt. 

We went to the Heritage Restaurant in Woodinville

My eggs Benedict 

Nathan's sandwich

George's frittata 

Roman's huge burger.

Nathan and Ivan

Then we went to the McMurtrey Farm to get a Christmas tree, and to have a wagon ride. 

Maybe this can be our Christmas Card photo.

Wagon ride

Instead of cutting down a tree we ended out choosing a precut one.

They trimmed it, bailed it, and then put it on Madeline's car.  We put it inside her car instead.  

We had another round of 10, 9, 8 and then it was  trampoline time.

While they were jumping I was taking sunset pictures.

We had a delicious dinner of homemade tomato soup, pizza bread and sweet potato casserole.

After dinner Roman drove George, Nathan, and me to the train station to head home.  What a nice visit we had.

King Street Station.

I don't think that I will get any any scenery pictures on the way south. We got on the 7:50 pm train and it was dark. 

We were delayed some on the way to PDX so we told Rebecca. But then we made up the time at the end. They kicked everyone out of the station, even though it was 35 degrees out. We got home safe and sound only a little later than initially planned. We were home by midnight.