we had an adventurous thanksgiving weekend in Washington's north cascade mountains: snow, ice, tire chains, broken tire chains, stroud's shuttle service, abandoned car, sleepy kids, great views, sled riding, snowmen, tea, yummy turkey, friends, more sled riding, a birthday party, mancala, santa, cold, overpriced dinners, bungee corded tire chains, snowy roads, more broken tire chains, stalled cars, rescuing friends, snowy mountain passes, 4.5 hour trip home in 10 hours. one of those weekends you look back on and smile but one you might reconsider if you only knew then........BUT, Will was into sled riding which pleased dad greatly and he helped out on his first snowman ("dadda, i think we should use this stick for his nose instead of a carrot"). and the biggest news was that he sat on Santa's lap for the first time (for the record he asked for an airplane and only when prodded by dad asked for a guitar too). and Max was happy because he got to sleep in the same room as mom and dad and thus didn't have to cry his little head back to sleep in the middle of the night.