Leavenworth, WA

On Thursday September 24th, we left the kiddos with Grandma and Grandpa and headed for Leavenworth, WA. We spent our honeymoon here nearly 8 years ago and wanted to have a small get-away before rotations started.

Here are pictures of the bed and breakfast that we stayed in: The Abendblume

The view from our window

The Jacuzzi in our room

Our fireplace that we didn't need to use since it was about 90 degrees when we were in Leavenworth!

After sleeping in a King sized bed, it made me really want one! So much room for both of us!

Staircase leading to our room

Breakfast room

On Friday morning after breakfast we decided to go for a bike ride. We had always wanted to try the tandem bikes and luckily The Abendblume had one available for its guests. We found out that it was a lot harder than it looked! I am sure that it didn't help that I was pregnant and huge!

After resting from our bike ride, we hit the Bavarian shops in Leavenworth. I am standing in front of the Gingerbread House.

The flowers around the city were just beautiful and so vibrant!

On Friday morning while we were exploring the shops, Morgan finally received his call from Ross University letting him know where he would be able to start clinical rotations. This is him actually on the phone with Ross.

He will be going to New York (St. John's Episcopal hospital) on October 8th to start a surgery rotation. He will be there until the end of December! The kids and I will not be going with him due to the little one getting ready to hatch and the fact that it is just too expensive for a family to live there on student loans. After December Morgan will be in Atlanta, GA for the remainder of his rotations. So after Christmas the kids and I will move to Atlanta so our family can be together again. This was a very difficult decision that we had to make...the hardest yet, in my opinion.

After the phone call, we went for a walk along the river and began talking about everything that needed to happen before Morgan leaves. So much to do now!

We had dinner on Friday night at the Visconte, the Italian restaurant on top of the building behind me.

Morgan's favorite shop was The Cheesemonger. Such delicious cheeses...some that had been buried in the ground for 10 years!

One of my favorite shops was the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. So many yummy choices!

We are so grateful to Morgan's parents for watching the kids while we went away. This trip meant even more to us when we found out that we would be separated temporarily in just a few weeks. I love you Morgan! Thanks for taking me back to one of my favorite places on earth!