Midwinter Break activities

Our school district allows for a week's break of school in February for skiing or other family trips. Since Ryan is in the middle of busy season, we don't get to travel anywhere far away, but I did my best to make it an exciting time for the kids.

*Gracie and I got to go out for a day at the ballet. We got to see the Sleeping Beauty at McCaw Hall. We went to the special matinee where Gracie got to try on some of the costumes, watch a magician, and pick out a little souvenir. SO FUN.

*We spent one day in Yakima visiting family. We brought some friends along for the visit to my Uncle's farm. The kids had a blast feeding the animals and riding in the bucket of the tractor. We also got to visit my sister and brother in law.

The kids and I didn't participate in this fun but Ryan did so I'm going to post it here too. Ryan's facial hair has been out of control in efforts to win the Tom Selleck look alike contest at the office. He won a mustache comb for his efforts. What do you think? Any resemblance?

I should have had him show off his chest a little more, huh? Oh, and wear some tighter jeans.

I have about 90 more pictures to go through so I'll have to add another post soon. Stay tuned...

Playroom makeover

A couple of weeks ago, the boys and I made a trip to Michaels for some Primary supplies. As we were walking through the aisle, I noticed that canvas was on sale BOGO! I couldn't pass it up, so we grabbed two and headed home. Braden had been discussing Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night, so he was very pleased to create our own Starry Night.

After the boys and I had our abstract art sesson, I went upstairs to hang it in the playroom. I took a step back and felt like the place needed a new look to make the art pop (plus the room needed a new personality).
BEFORE

AFTER

Can you pick out our abstract beauty below?



The kids are loving this room now. When I finished hanging the bulletin boards this morning, Braden came in and said an enthusiastic, "WOW". Awww, that feels so good. He knows how to butter this mama up...

More Fun Facts About Us

{Ryan}
Age: 32
Height: 5' 10"
Hair: brown- Right now it's super thick and bushy as part of the Tom Selleck look alike competition at work.
Eyes: brown
Occupation: Accounting manager for a public firm- audit
Languages: English & (fluent in) Spanish
Heritage: English





{Jen}
Age: 31
Height: 5' 5"
Hair: Naturally...Medium brown with some red. Currently-Blonde on top with brown stripes and brown underneath.
Eyes: Green
Occupation: CEO of the household, Owner of my non-money making Interior Design business, & occasional High School Dance/Drill Team judge.
Languages: English & American Sign Language- used to be able to interpret, & High School level of Spanish
Heritage: English, Croatian, & German. I'm hoping to find some Irish but that hasn't worked out yet...