Christmas in Walla Walla

We enjoyed a beautiful Christmas in Walla Walla with Nick's and my families. We spent Christmas eve traditionally with family and friends enjoying a fantastic meal of garlic soup. On Christmas eve night we opened up a crazy puzzle Nick and I had chosen to put together over the weekend; however, we did not plan for how huge the puzzle was and how little time we had so the puzzle came back to Seattle with us and is only about 1/3 finished. On Christmas day we went to church, ate dinner, opened gifts, opened stockings and ate way too much food!! On Sunday Nick and I enjoyed visiting his grandparents, having dinner with his parents and then attending a big family get-together. We made it safely home on Monday after stopping and picking up some wine at Cougar Crest and Three Rivers Winery and driving over the blizzarding pass.

We hope you had a beautiful Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year!!

Winter Extravaganza

The weekend was jam packed with plans of getting ready for Christmas - shopping, wrapping, baking, stuffing stockings, organizing and visiting the Seattle University Winter Market.

The winter market was amazing! Apples, soup, bakeries, meat, cheese, eggs, cider, wine, handmade pierogies, herbs, winter greens, even a mushroom vendor. We had so much fun checking out all that was available during the winter months and are thinking of trying another winter market. Definitely not something we'll do every weekend (prices are a little higher, weather is a lot yuckier...), but would like to maybe go 1-2 times a month.

Christmas is officially prepared for in the Tomczek household - shopping done, gifts wrapped, stockings stuffed, cookies made, Christmas party completed; now we'll head for Walla Walla next week and celebrate Christmas with my family and some visits with Nick's family. All I want is some snow like we had 2 years ago - EPIC awesomeness!