Leavenworth

A couple of days before Christmas we took everyone up to Leavenworth. It is a little Bavarian city nestled in the cascade mountains. It gets all decorated up for Christmas. All of the little shops have so many treasures. It was such a great day.

Kevin and Stacie. It gets pretty cold up there so cuddling is necessary.

Carolyn and Brent in front of the pretzel tree.

Chris loves going to his favortie store there....the Austraila store. He bought some pepperoni sticks that were alligator and kangaroo. I took a bite of the alligator stick....it was good.....until he told me what I was eating.....and then it kind of gagged me.

Mom and I walking along the streets in Leavenworth.

The funniest part of the trip was the "Hot sauce" episode. There is this little shop that has food samples and we have been there before and Chris almost singed his tongue on the hot sauce. So....I warned everyone not to try it. Well....Stacie just couldn't take it....she said that now she just had to try it.....her face was fine at first....and then the burn began.....Kevin followed.....they both ran over to starbucks looking for milk to quench the fire burning in their mouthes. Carolyn and Brent were next. Brents face got all red and swollen.....they went as fast as they could to the icecream shop.....when they walked in they were handed samples because they knew they had partaken of the hot sauce. Well.....Chris is the last one.....he had his pretzel loaded with hot sauce....he had extra on it because he was going to give it to his sister....sounds just like a little brother.....I told him not to do it. He said "Mission Prep".....and put the whole thing in his mouth. He said he thought he was going to die. His mouth was on fire for about 30 minutes. Why oh why don't they listen to their mommy? I was laughing so hard as they all were trying to figure out some way to extinguish the burning sensation inside their mouths.