Holiday on the Docks in Edmonds

We were finally able to take part in Holiday on The Docks for Edmonds Yacht Club and the Port of Edmonds. The Port provides free moorage to any yacht club boats that choose to relocate to the guest docks in front of Anthony's for the month of December. The only requirement is that the boat be decorated and it stay until the first of January. We had a great time buying lights and decorations for Synnova and taking part in all the festivities this year.

Myedmondsnews.com had some great photos of the lighted boats. The third picture was taken by contributor Denise Mead.

Since Bob is the Fleet Captain for the club this year, one of our responsibilities was to oversee Holiday on the Docks for EYC.  It is a weekend of activities to kick off the Christmas season. The first night is the ever popular TGIF (Thank God It Floats) Soup Night. There was a selection of more than 25 crock pots of soup contributed by members as well as salad, rolls and dessert. The decorations were fun with a candy theme. We have attended this before and it is a wonderful way to begin the weekend on a chilly evening.

After the soup dinner was over we tore everything down and set up tables in preparation of Saturday night's Prime Rib Dinner. We have never attended this dinner before but had heard great things. It seems like there was always one calendar conflict or another. We had fun helping with the set up on Friday night and then finished up Saturday morning.

The dinner was wonderful and the evening ended with music and dancing.

Following this dinner, it was time to tear down again and set up for Sunday's Santa Brunch. We had so many people sign up for the Santa Brunch we used rectangular tables this year and managed to squeeze in nearly 190 people. Our grandkids really look forward to this event and EYC does a phenomenal job with the details. Santa and his "crew" were fantastic. The funniest story to come out of the brunch was when Avery, age 4, went up to sit on Santa's lap. She had been waiting patiently with Cohen and Rylie while the other kids had their turns. While they were waiting, Cohen apparently whispered to her that she had been bad this year. When she sat on Santa's lap she told him "I'm on your naughty list!". He assured her she definitely was not and that she was on the good list. She was so happy and looked into his eyes with awe and snuggled up with relief! Everyone was laughing at her expressions. She was so cute! The other grandkids did great, too, and were very excited to receive their gifts.

It was a wonderful weekend and we definitely will plan to bring Synnova down to Edmonds each December. It was fun to stay on the boat over the weekend and actually get some time on her during the winter.