Fun weekend

Saturday morning we got up early and met up with two other couples to head up to Snoqualmie Summit to go tubing. We went to the 9am session because Saturdays tend to be super busy and the later you wait, the more people you have to deal with and less times you get to go down the hill. We spent 2 hours sliding down the hill on inner tubes and trudging up the hill afterward (ok we only hoofed it up once and that was enough for us - the rest of the trips up we hopped a ride on the tube lift!).

After freezing our butts off, we warmed up at the Pancake House where Shane and Amanda treated us to breakfast. Then we all headed back home for a nap. Later that night, we met up with Shane & Amanda and John & Stacy again to go to Karaoke. Now neither of us are really into karaoke but that's what they wanted to do so we joined. And Rico did actually get up and do quite a few numbers (of course that could have been the Patron shots that the bar had on special, which also happens to be his drink of choice after Corona). He is actually a pretty decent singer (which is why he did so well in his middle & high school choir).

We had grand intentions of having a romantic steak dinner at the Keg for our 1 year anniversary on Sunday...yeah that didn't happen. We were both so sore from tubing on Saturday, that all we did on Sunday was lounge around and watch movies after sleeping in late. I never thought tubing was that physical but apparently it is. Our whole bodies hurt and our throats were raw from breathing all the cold air (I blame mine on the cold, Rico can blame his on the singing the night before). We did dig into the top layer of our wedding cake though...it was a little dry but it was still really good for being in the freezer for a year.

So a pretty good weekend, I say. Tonight we're doing bbq ribs in the crockpot. I'll let you know how they turn out!

9 days to Christmas...

Tonight we're having our Emerald Downs Christmas party, which is exciting because I haven't seen some of my co-workers outside of work since the wedding. I don't think it will be a wild and crazy party but I'm all for free food and drinks!

Tomorrow is our 3 year anniversary :). We're celebrating Friday by heading up to Seattle to see the Christmas lights and having dinner. It's becoming a tradition for us. The Seattle Christmas lights was part of our first date, then Rico proposed under the lights a year later. We would have waited to celebrate our 1 year wedding anniversary in Seattle but the Christmas lights will be down by January 17th.

We have some good news...Rico is going in for a sleep study this Sunday. This is the first step in the process of getting approval (or at least insurance approval) for surgery for his deviated septum. The surgery is normally considered cosmetic so insurance usually doesn't pay. The exception is if he is diagnosed with Sleep Apnea (which most likely will happen), the insurance should cover it since it's considered a medical/health threatening condition.

9 days til Christmas and I can't wait! We put up lights outside this year...we're one of two festive apartments in our complex. I will get a picture soon of Rico's hard work - he did an awesome job. Speaking of Christmas, we got an early Christmas present ... we're going to Florida in February for a week. How awesome is that?! It will be great to get a reprieve from the Northwest winter and to see Mom and Bucky for the 1st time in almost a year and half (The last time we saw them was September of 08 when we visited NC and my grandfather was down from Nova Scotia).

Next year, we're trying to figure out a way to spend one of the holidays in NC with my family. It didn't work out this year but Rico is excited to see the OBX during Christmas, if we can make it work.

This is our little Christmas tree this year (not the best picture...makes it look puny, lol). Hopefully, we'll have better pictures at Christmas. You can't see it, but it was snowing outside when I took the picture.