Leavenworth

Aunt J just graduated with her Masters so as part of her graduation present we wanted to take the family on a trip together!

We packed all of us up in two cars and took a road trip to the little Bavarian town of Leavenworth. It is such a fun place and feels like you’ve been transported to a German village! Uncle K actually lived in Germany for four (I think?) years during his time in the military so he really enjoyed the food and feel of it.

We rented a big house so we could all be together and the first night the men grilled steaks for us on the BBQ. Yum!

Unfortunately there were some problems with the grounds and we couldn’t really go outside…more about that later. But we played games and had fun inside. 

There wasn’t central AC either and in this heat wave we’ve been having the two little window units couldn’t keep up! The house stayed at about 80 degrees the whole time we were there. As soon as it started cooling down at night we opened all the windows and that helped a little.

They did have Mariners baseball though so T and Mama were happy. :)

The next morning we had breakfast and got everyone out of the house for some shopping (one of the main things to do there). At the first store we went in the owner goes around giving “fairy kisses” (glitter stars) to everyone, even the adults. Haha :) The girls wanted a picture of theirs.

It’s so fun how all the architecture is in keeping with the Bavarian theme. The girls were hot so T took them over to get misted.

The flowers there are just gorgeous. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such huge hanging baskets, and the window boxes just overflow.

Mama enjoyed the sights! The town is kind of in a little Valley so the mountains rise up around you. So pretty.

The girls loved the flowers and wanted a picture with these.

In one of the toy stores they insisted on getting their picture taken with this bear. :)

Funny girls. :) 

We had lunch at a German Bistro and Uncle K got his favorite German dish. T had an interesting German sandwich. It was basically a melted ham and cheese but it was made with three pieces of French toast (Big Mac style) and had powdered sugar on the outside. Then they brought jam which you were supposed to spread over it. Pretty unusual…but tasty!

All the girls! Good thing T and Uncle K had each other! Haha :)

After lunch we headed back to the house to change and get ready for our next adventure!