SNOQUALMIE CASINO AND BUFFET

After a full day of skiing and tubing we were all quite in need of a shower and clean clothes and most importantly we were HUNGRY!!!

So we all went home to shower and change then head back to the casino for dinner. It was not bad at all. Not as good as Salty's on Alkai but not bad for casino food. With the help of Mimi, I had two helpings of the King Crab. Yu-um-mmy!!!

Bailey who truly adores Mimi asked if Mimi could come over to their house later and play. Since there is no school tomorrow, I said that it would be ok. Then Keri said that if Mimi wanted to, she could sleepover to which Mimi said "YEAH!" You would have thought that Bailey had died and gone to heaven.

So when dinner was over Keri and Amy took the kids home. Wade and Dominick (Amy's husband) stayed to play cards. I went and got my very first casino card and played the slots for a while.

Many years ago while working for UCLA, one Saturday afternoon I picked up dad before going all the way out to Malibu to make a visit to my last client for the day. On the way home, we stopped by the famous Moonshadow restaurant in "Mel-i-bu" I had and still have the mom car of an SUV. We got to the restaurant early but when we came out my car was nowhere to be seen in the parking lot. There were quite a bit of Jag's, Lamborghini's, and so forth. The valet people decided to park my mom car about a mile down PCH so that no one could see it. To this day, dad and I have a good laugh about it cause the very same thing happened tonight at the casino. When the valet brought my mom car to us, they parked the furthest from the curb while all of the other more fancy cars were parked the closest. Oh well, maybe when I get older I'll get a sportscar where the roof comes down.

MAKING SNOW ANGELS

On the way back to the car, Blake and Mimi thought that it would be a great idea to make snow angels. Keri told Blake to get up because he was laying in front of another car that had its lights on like it was getting ready to move. "But mom! This is the best snow to make your angels in!" cried Blake. I must agree that fresh fallen snow is the best snow to make angels in however his location was not the greatest.

We then all packed into the car and made a clean bathroom stop at The Pancake House and get some hot cocoa to go.

INTERTUBING

When the ski lessons were done and lunch was polished off, except for dad (ski clinic), we all headed across the street to where we could go intertubing. Even mom got into having loads of fun. Lots of exercise too. I am trying to get somewhat in shape for when we go to the olympics in a couple of weeks.

After sliding down the hill, you go over to where the operator will hook your tube up to the tow rope and you sit in the tube all the while being pulled up the hill which is super long. All while sliding down the hill, I would yell out to the people "Get outta the way! I can't stop!" But of course I did stop only to have Mimi take her tube and play bumper tubes with me. She thought that was hilarious. I tried to get a video of her sliding down the hill but it was snowing way too much and things were a bit cloudy.

We all rode our own intertube except for Bailey who rode down with her mom Keri. It really is a whole lotta of wintertime fun.

Next thing we knew it was time to head for home. A good time was had by all.