Take Time for Self-Care this Holiday Season

Taking time to care for oneself may seem counterintuitive when there is so much to do in a day with busy families juggling home-schooling, working from home, and the daily stress of a pandemic, but self-care is more important now than ever! If you do not take time for yourself, you cannot be of service to others. Striking this delicate balance is important, especially during the busy holiday season.

Spend Time in Nature

Getting outdoors is one of the best ways to relieve stress and decompress. At Ten Trails, our residents have easy access to the outdoors via our network of community nature trails along with our many outdoor parks and walking paths.

Stream Your Favorite Show Via One-Gig Internet

Everyone has that one television program or film that only they enjoy out of everyone in their household. Make viewing time “me” time by scheduling a special time to view it solo. Thanks to the one-gig, ultra-fast internet at Ten Trails through Wave, streaming your favorite programs is easier than ever.

Find Time for Daily Exercise

Exercise is one of the best ways to relieve stress and a healthy way to care for oneself! Balance the overindulgence that comes with the holiday season with making time every day to move your body. Even if you do not have a home gym, Ten Trails has options for you to exercise using our community amenities like our many biking lanes and jogging pathways.

Connect with Others 

The term “social distancing” is commonly used in our society when referring to pandemic guidelines, however what we really are required to do is keep physical distance from one another. This means you can be as social as you need to be for your self-care needs as long as you do it safely and remotely! Schedule a video call with a friend, coordinate a virtual book club or plan a holiday party over Zoom. There are so many creative ways to connect virtually these days to help us all maintain our sanity and foster important connections, especially during this time of year.   www.TenTrails.com 360.469.4043

Visit Ten Trails this Holiday Season to See our Community Lights Display 

Ten Trails is once again asking residents to take part in a holiday lights competition! Visit the community any evening from December 12^th through January 1^st to see many homes and much of the community lit up – including our huge Christmas tree in the Village Green!

Get a Map to Tour the Community Lights

Click here to access a map of a suggested route to tour our holiday lights or find one on our Facebook page. Want to share in the fun? Take a photo, post it to Facebook or Instagram and tag us, @TenTrails and tell us which house’s lights are your favorite!

Past Holiday Lights Celebrations in the Community

Click here for a link to view a video from last year’s Christmas tree lighting event in the community! We look forward to welcoming everyone back to the community for this fun gathering when it is safe to do so. 360.469.4043 www.TenTrails.com

Enjoy the Holiday Season Close to Home at Ten Trails 

Travel plans may have changed for the holidays but there are plenty of ways to celebrate this wonderful season of giving in your new Ten Trails home!

Give Back to Your Local Community 

The local Black Diamond Community Center is always in need of donations for its food pantry. Give back to others less fortunate this holiday season by donating items like canned goods, diapers, and toothbrushes. For a full list of immediate needs for the food bank, see the Black Diamond Community Center website.  Items for donation can be dropped off in the donation bin outside of the Ten Trails Welcome Center.

Family Holiday Crafts

What better way to celebrate the holidays than to decorate your brand new home for the season? Make decorating a family event by taking part in fun crafts that the whole family can participate in like wreath-decorating, stringing popcorn garland, or ornament making. If you are in need of inspiration, there are a ton of holiday craft ideas on Pinterest.

Take Part in Ten Trails’ Second Annual Light up Your Hometown Event 

Ten Trails is happy to share we are once again hosting a “Light up Your Hometown” competition for residents! Decorate your home with holiday lights by December 10^th and you will be automatically entered to win one of several huge gift card prizes. Check your weekly emails from our HOA for details.

Drive-Through Hometown Holiday Light Display at Ten Trails Dec 12 through New Year’s Day

Residents and the public can also take part in the holiday fun. Beginning December 12^th and all evenings through New Year’s Day, visit our Facebook page to grab a map of a suggested route to navigate you through Ten Trails to see all the amazing community lights including our huge holiday tree on top of the knoll in our Village Green Park. We hope you can make time for this drive-through holiday light showcase this season! www.TenTrails.com 360.469.4043          

Ideas for New Holiday Traditions This Season 

While the holiday season may be a little different this year for some families due to the pandemic, that does not mean family traditions have to be abandoned completely! Why not use this year to establish some fun new traditions with your family, or try different twists on longstanding ones? Here are some suggestions for how to connect with loved ones during the holiday season why still maintaining physical distance.

Play Long Distance Games with Family 

Video games have long had the option for players from around the world to connect but there are ways to play popular board and card games virtually as well! Family favorite games like Monopoly, Scattergories and Uno all have online versions you can play with friends and family. You can also hop on Zoom or Facebook Rooms to have a video conference with family members to play fun games like Charades, Who in the Room, or Trivia.

Do a Virtual Watch Party of Your Favorite Christmas Movies 

Does your family have favorite holiday movies that you watch together every year? You still can with new streaming technology and the help of ultra-fast one-gig internet at your Ten Trails home. Many streaming services like Netflix or Sling offer opportunities to create a “watch party” with friends and family members who are also subscribers. Chat on video while the film plays, and you can offer commentary and enjoy all your favorite scenes together.

Zoom Holiday Formal 

Do you miss getting dressed up for a night out? Get decked out in your favorite holiday attire and attend a holiday formal with friends or coworkers via Zoom. Ideas for sharing this event including picking out one or two appetizer recipes ahead of time that you will each make and share together during the party. Select a few special holiday-themed cocktails or mocktails to toast with while showing off your festive outfits.

Take Part in a Remote Baking Competition 

Holiday time is synonymous with baked goods and there is no reason this year should be an exception! Enter a friendly competition with friends, neighbors, or family members by baking up your best sweet treats and shipping or dropping off small batches to your baking competitors. Decide on a rating system beforehand and each member on the competition gets to vote for which treat they like best. Suggestions for voting categories include: “best decoration,” “best taste,” “most creative,” “best texture.” and “best overall.” Plant a New Year Tree Many cultures celebrate the new year by decorating or planting a tree — similar to the common practice in this country of putting up a Christmas tree. To mark the passage of 2020 and transition to 2021, your family could adopt this tradition and plant a tree or purchase a new houseplant to commemorate the holiday and represent a symbol of growth and life for the coming year. www.TenTrails.com 360.469.4043

Opening of New Model Homes by Pulte Homes at Ten Trails

Pulte Homes is opening their two brand new model homes at Ten Trails this weekend! Contact Pulte via their website, or call us at 360.469.4043 to schedule your appointment to tour these gorgeous new homes.

The Lynwood by Pulte Homes at Ten Trails

Pulte’s sales team has their office in the new Lynwood floorplan model home at Ten Trails. With four to five bedrooms, 2.5 to three bathrooms, and 3,246 square feet, the Lynwood is the larger of the two new Pulte model homes at Ten Trails. This plan features an open flow kitchen, large pantry for storage, two stories of living space and generously sized bedrooms — each with a walk-in closet.

The Andover by Pulte Homes at Ten Trails

The Andover model home at Ten Trails has three to four bedrooms, 2.5 to 3.5 bathrooms and 2,523 square feet in total. This home has a large upstairs loft area that can be converted to a fourth bedroom and a large, open living space on the main level that flows seamlessly to an outdoor covered patio – perfect for your socially-distanced gathering this fall or winter. Contact Pulte’s sales team to learn more about these and other new homes in Ten Trails! www.TenTrails.com 360.469.4043

Ten Trails Offers What Today’s Buyer is Looking for

While 2020 has not gone as any of us could have predicted, Ten Trails residents are finding ways to carve out some normalcy in their day-to-day lives, helped by the community’s many amenities and home options.

What Today’s Homebuyer is Looking For 

Today’s home shoppers are seeking more space for their family in new homes and want to be closer to loved ones who live in the area. Ten Trails’ builders offer many options for spacious floorplans with plenty of room for families to spread out. We also have amenities that make our community unique and offer definite advantages during these challenging times such as our nature trails, parks and one-gig speed internet.

More Space for Your Family

Ten Trails’ builder teams offer home floor plans in a wide range of sizes to fit all families. If you are finding that you need a little more room to spread out during this time when we are all spending more time at home, Ten Trails has you covered! Our builders are constructing  homes with enough space for large families or anyone who just needs some extra room.

Work and Learn From Home with Ultra-Fast One-Gig Internet

Ten Trails has floor plans with flexible spaces perfect for creating that ultimate work-from-home office. If your kids are doing virtual learning, our builders also have home plan options with lofts, dens, or flex spaces that can be easily converted to at-home learning studios for little ones. Residents of Ten Trails have a unique advantage for telecommuting, streaming, and gaming with access to true one-gigabit speed internet in their homes! The 1-gig internet service at Ten Trails provides downloads and uploads up to 1,000 Mbps, with fast performance and streaming for ensuring no buffering or interruptions. 360.469.4043 www.TenTrails.com  

Head to Ten Trails to Be Part of Our First Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest 

If you are not yet a resident of Ten Trails, you can still be part of our community by being a spectator for one of our fun fall events! October 12^th through Halloween, take a stroll through the community to see our residents’ artistic carved pumpkin creations! We are hosting a pumpkin carving contest for our residents with winners eligible in multiple age categories.

Adults

1st Prize for Adults: $150 Uber Eats/Grub Eats gift card 2nd Prize for Adults: $100 Uber Eats/Grub Eats gift card 3rd Prize for Adults: $75 Uber Eats/Grub Eats gifts card  

Kids 12 and Over

1st Prize for Kids 12 and Over: $100 Xbox Gift Card 2nd Prize for Kids 12 and Over: $75 Xbox Gift Card 3rd Prize for Kids 12 and Over: $50 Xbox Gift Card  

Kids 11 and Under*

1st Prize for Kids 11 and Under: $100 Amazon Gift Card 2nd Prize for Kids 11 and Under: $75 Amazon Gift Card 3rd Prize for Kids 11 and Under: $50 Amazon Gift Card   Kids 11 and under can also paint their pumpkin rather than carve it.  

Enjoy our Walking Paths and the View

Enjoying a stroll through the community is scenic on any day with our spectacular views of the foothills and Mount Rainier, but this fall, guests are in for a spooky treat with hundreds of pumpkins set to be on display on porches throughout the community. Which one is your favorite? Share your porch pumpkin photos on our Facebook page.

Winners Announced on Social Media Halloween 

On Halloween, October 31^st, we will announce the winners of all three categories on our Ten Trails Facebook page. Be sure to follow us for this update and all our community updates and highlights! 360.469.4043 www.TenTrails.com  

Find Plenty of Desirable Kitchen Features in Brand New Homes at Ten Trails 

Our gorgeous, brand new homes in the community have countless modern features to make everyday living that much easier. This includes WiFi-certified homes, multi-generational floorplans, and flexible living spaces. Our builders also offer homes with modern kitchens designed with all the features today’s homebuyers desire like double ovens, quartz countertops, oversized kitchen islands, clever storage solutions, and cabinetry that you can customize to your taste. Create the kitchen of your dreams or select from one of our builder’s many spec homes – all with kitchen features that will get you excited about cooking this winter!

Double Ovens 

Double ovens are a luxury that avid bakers and homeowners who favor large family get-togethers cannot live without! Imagine how nice it would be to cook Thanksgiving dinner in your new Ten Trails home without having to shuffle dishes in and out of a single oven while overcooking some things and undercooking others?

Quartz countertops 

Attractive, durable, and available in a wide range of colors and styles, quartz countertops are an excellent choice when customizing your new Ten Trails home. Many of our builders offer home options with quartz countertops included, or as an upgrade when customizing your home.

Oversized kitchen islands 

Many of our builders offer floorplans with large or oversized kitchen islands. Kitchen islands are the perfect place for informal family meals, or a place for friends and loved ones to gather when entertaining. More kitchen island space also means more countertop prep space for little ones to help prepare meals for the family.

Clever storage solutions 

Making the most out of the space in your home is not just for closets and storage areas! Kitchens are used for storing any number of things including appliances, cookbooks, cookware, dishes, and more. Our builders have designed kitchens with plenty of integrated storage and pantry space so you can fit all the gadgets and Costco-sized snack packs for the entire family.

Customized Cabinetry

Our builder teams offer kitchens with cabinets in an array of colors and styles, and many of our builders offer options to customize the type, style, and color of cabinets you desire for your dream kitchen! Browse through our builder pages to view photos of completed homes by our builder teams to get started on designing the kitchen of your dreams! 360.469.4043 www.TenTrails.com        

Fun Fall Activities for the Whole Family

This fall season is a great time to take the kids outdoors to explore something new! Why not plan an educational and fun outing to take part in one of these fall family-friendly activities soon?

Watch Salmon Runs

The rivers and creeks of the Seattle area come alive in the fall with the yearly salmon runs. Salmon spawn in local waterways, swim out to the Pacific Ocean where they live for a few years, then return to the river where they spawned to complete their life cycle. Salmon are an integral part of the ecosystem in our area, and their spectacular swim upriver is not to be missed. Ten Trails residents can view salmon runs in the nearby Cedar River in addition to many local creeks and streams. For a list of Seattle-area salmon run viewing spots, check out this website.

Search for Sand Dollars in the Tidal Flats at Dash Point

Head to nearby Dash Point in Federal Way during low tide and comb the beach for shells, kelp, and sand dollars. Dash Point State Park offers hiking trails, campgrounds, and unobstructed views of the Puget Sound. Kids will love splashing in the shallow tidal pools and building sandcastles in the 3,201 feet of shoreline.

Go Razor Clamming at Washington’s Beaches

Recreational razor clamming is one of the most popular licensed outdoor activities in Washington State, and razor clamming beaches on the Washington coast can be reached from Ten Trails in less than three hours. If you have not tried razor clamming, this fall season is the perfect time to give it a go! This family-friendly activity is enjoyed by children and senior citizens alike, totaling over 75,000 participants each year in Washington. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has just announced digs for this season. Check their website for dates and license information.

Take a Drive to the Cascades to See Fall Foliage

Pack your cameras and a picnic lunch and head out for a drive into the Cascades this fall to witness some truly spectacular fall foliage! Shades of red, gold, orange and yellow can be found in various locations throughout the Cascades with many varieties of deciduous trees putting on a beautiful show. Before heading out, plan your route and check this website for a map of active wildfire locations and road closures. www.TenTrails.com 360.469.4043    

The Village at Ten Trails: Residential Construction on our new 1, 2 and 3 Bedroom Apartments is Underway!

For those looking for an opportunity to lease, your chance to be a part of the Ten Trails community is coming soon – brand new one, two- and three-bedroom apartment residences are currently under construction with completion expected at the end of this year. Pre-leasing opportunities and additional details will be announced soon!   The Village at Ten Trails will feature 176 sparkling and spacious apartments featuring vaulted ceilings, private balconies/patios, walk-in closets, hardwood flooring, stainless steel appliances and all the latest in modern living comforts. Features vary by floor plan.

Life at Ten Trails

Outside your door at The Village, of course, you’ll find the boundless activities of the greater Ten Trails community. Residents who choose to make The Village their home have access to:  

• Seasonal pool and sundeck
• Off-leash dog park
• 24-hour fitness center
• Outdoor lounge area with grills and fire pits
• Community playground
• On-Site schools and retail establishments
• An extensive network of parks, paths and hiking trails

A destination as much as it is a home base, Ten Trails offers so much to do that you’ll rarely find it necessary to venture far from home. Nestled within acres upon acres of beautiful Pacific Northwest landscaping and scenery, you’ll be a short drive from Seattle but distant enough to live in true serenity. Living at The Village at Ten Trails offers the best of both worlds.  

Ready to Make Your Move?

Our leasing team is ready to take any and all questions about life at Ten Trails! Get in touch by reaching out to TheVillage@thrivecommunities.com today. We can’t wait to show you around your new brand new home – and to introduce you to your vibrant new community.