Another Anniversary for the Books

For our anniversary in December (11 years married and 16 together) we went to the quaint and artsy town of Port Townsend again.  We stayed at our favorite dog-friendly hotel, the Palace Hotel.  The weather was very stormy, so we mostly window shopped and vintage-used clothing shopped at the many great stores in town.  We had a lovely time.

 This year we stayed in a new room to us at the Palace Hotel: Marie's room or the "Red Room" on the second floor facing the waterfront.

 Carmen enjoying the special treat of being allowed on her own couch.

 Waiting for coffee outside "Better Living Through Coffee".

 Neat alley picture...

 Still in love after 16 years!

Carmen enjoying the winds at the beach on Admiralty Inlet.

Orcas Island Thanksgiving 2012

Dad and I went to Orcas Island for Thanksgiving.  We had a very relaxed and fun time.  We even had 2 days of sunshine (which we took advantage of with hikes) amid a wet and stormy November.  Ronna took a lot more pictures than I did, so I'm hoping she posts some on her family blog.

Amazing rainbow while waiting for the ferry at Anacortes.

Sunset from the ferry - looking towards Orcas Island.  This never gets boring.

Ethan and his best friend Finn with a very large Doug Fir at Cascade Lake.

Carmen's cousin Ben.  What a cool dog.

Cascade Lake.

Nice new brewery in Eastsound.  Had to try the sampler...

Richmond Wedding - Part 2

Here are some more pictures from Betsy's wedding.  The first 4 pictures were taken by the wedding photographer and the rest by Eric's dad, Dave.

 Betsy and me before the wedding.  I love this photo because we both look so beautiful.

 I love how this picture really captures how much Betsy loves Eric.  She's a wonderful sister to have.

 Walking in to the reception at the Richmond Art Museum with the wedding party.

I danced Nani Hanalei for Betsy and Colin to honor them.

 Eric's (only) cousin Jessica and her husband Mike.

 Brandee and Dave.

 Eric with his second cousin Jacob (Jess and Mike's son).  Jake is a good dancer and he and Eric had an awesome dance off.

My post dance refreshment.