We are buying the Hunter family beach house in Anacortes. My family has been vacationing or living there since the 1960′s. We all have a lot of great memories there, not the least of which is that this beach is where Amber and I were married
We are really excited to be able to keep the house and property in the family. With any luck it will be in the family for another 50 years or more. It should be a great place for the kids to grow up. It is closer it family, on the beach and frankly so much nicer than Lynnwood.
Ironically for us, we don’t have any good pictures of the house itself. But here are some of the view and of the beach to give you an idea of why we are moving.
Happy 15th Valentine’s Day Joshua. I love you and I am so proud of the life we have built together. I can’t wait to see how the next 15 years turn out.
I’m not sure where they got the idea, but the moment we took down the Christmas tree the kids decided that they wanted to ride it. I’m not really sure what they had in mind, but I had a simple solution. We took the tree, tossed it on the wagon and strapped it down. All that was left was for them to climb on. They loved it!
The first night we just walked around the back yard. The next morning we went out front and ran up and down the sidewalk and street. They didn’t want to stop. I hope this doesn’t become a tradition.
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Take a look at this motley crew and then subtract about 20 years. That picture in your mind is what we’d have look like the last time we all went together on the Santa Train on the Lake Whatcom Railway in Wickersham. We haven’t changed a bit, have we?
Of course, it wasn’t just us. We had the whole family involved: Kathleen, Dave, Amber, Joshua, Adrianne, Cody, Corey, Willow, Wesley, Aidan and Jillian (I think that is roughly by age).
The train heads down the tracks a short ways, stops near a small waterfall and then heads back the other way. While the train is stopped the engine is moved from one end of the train to the other. So our car was the first on the way out and the last on the way back in. The perfect combination if you ask me. The train cars are from the early 1900s and in surprisingly good shape. When we were kids it seems to me that the engine was steam and the cars were more open, but I guess things have changed a little.
Starting at one end Santa comes down the train and sits with each of the kids. He takes their seat and does his usual thing. Wesley was really excited that he got to be the first kid on the train to sit on Santa’s lap. And Jillian didn’t scream at all this year!!
From the opposite end of the train as Santa comes Ben the banjo player. He plays and everyone sings carols.
We had hot chocolate, apple cider and lots of fun. Look at these faces and tell me they didn’t have a great time.
Tags: Amber, Christmas, Jillian, Joshua, Santa, Train, Wesley, Whatcom Railroad