shots from our weekend

jaguar's Tball game



first bulbs of the spring

snowman...

in April!

an amazing week...

leaves our hearts full to the brim after our visit with Nema and Papa.
What a wonderful holiday it was. We spent our days taking bike rides, having happy hour on the back porch, watching the incredible grizzlies at the zoo, taking light rail rides and eating more food than my body has seen in such a long while!




thank you, thank you for coming...
goodbye, we'll see you in July!

Faces of Cole

1. angry, 2. excited, 3. happy, 4. monkey, 5. silly, 6. scared, 7. sad, 8. sleepy, 9. poker face

snow day...

We have about a foot of snow and another foot on the way.
(correction: we got another 6 inches...and a second snow day!)

The morning started with dinosaur pancakes (made with the fabulous dinosaur cookie cutters Cole gave me for a birthday gift).
Followed by snugly books, beautiful drawings and a little bit of knitting.
Now onto hot chocolate...




...still in our pajamas.
wonderful snow day!

i love...

the first swings in the hammock

making pizzas with the windows open


and having evening fires once again


happy spring!

the big moment

We celebrated Ryan's birthday this weekend. Instead of a party we decided to have a special day planned with a friend. We picked up her friend Ella and we were off for a girls evening on Saturday. First we went to a kid's "salon". The girls got their hair trimmed proceeded by a hair style that they each choose. Then the ladies were spritzed and sprayed with glitter and lip gloss. And then the big moment arrived...Ryan got her ears pierced! She has been asking since about Christmas time and we thought it would be a very special 6th birthday present. She was excited, nervous and a rock start. No tears and if you asked her today if it hurt, she would tell you no.
After the girls were beautiful we went out for dinner followed by a sleepover. It was a really special night full of smiles and good times.