"Ein prosit der gemuedlichkeit" = A Toast to Good Times

Our first weekend here in Seattle we took a family road trip to a small Bavarian town in the mountains to celebrate Oktoberfest. We had a great time celebrating with some bratwurst and steins of German beer. Jacquelyn especially enjoyed the traditional music and seeing everyone dressed up in costume.

The town of Leavenworth, WA turned out to be really cute and nothing what we expected.  It was neat to see the architecture of the buildings carried out everywhere and not just on the main street.  (Mark was very disappointed later when we found out that this was not the original architecture but rather facades that had been added later. Turns out it was not even a true Bavarian town but rather a theme the City Council adopted to increase tourism. Even knowing this we still enjoyed our and would probably go back to spend time shopping in all the cute stores.)

 

This is a great picture of Mark I snapped while we were standing in line waiting to enjoy some Bratwurst.

Jacquelyn enjoying the music.  Looks like she might start signing along.

Hanging out in the street.  It was very crowded.

 

This is only our second family picture.  We need to do this more often.  Who wouldn't want to see more pictures of this cute family.