happy st. patrick's day...

Ethan came home from school on Friday super excited about the awaited visit of the Leprechaun. I had no clue that this was even a thing on St. Patrick's day so I had to think of something fast. He had heard that on the eve of St. Patrick's day that the leprechaun comes to your house and plays tricks on you so that you will not venture out and search for his gold.

creative juices flowing...

For the longest time the desk in my craft room has been ever so slowly coming apart. It was a desk I had from IKEA I believe from my college days and it left little room for storage purposes. It was also one of the last pieces of furniture we were looking to update outside of Jeff's computer desk. 

I have bought a couple of pieces of furniture recently that are metal and reclaimed wood that I have really liked and as soon as I saw this desk at Cost Plus I knew I would love to have it in my craft room. 

While I was there shopping I picked up a bunch of different types of clips to put on the metal bars as well and I love the way it turned out. This will be a work in progress but it definitely is a place I can't wait to create stuff in. 

snow bunny...

This past weekend I was able to head to Bellingham to go to Mt. Baker and hit the slopes. My dad has a season pass and he just got a new car so we took it for a spin up to the mountain. 

The weather ended up working in our favor and we were able to ski some fresh powder as well. I also got to try out my new ski's and they worked out great. I hope to be hitting the slopes a few more times this year.

burgers, trolls, and mohai...

After being cooped up in the house from being sick we were finally able to make a break for it and get out and enjoy Seattle a little bit. On Sunday I woke up and thought, let's go on an adventure. 

Our first stop was the Fremont Troll that Ethan was very excited to climb on. I had drove by here numerous times but never actually got out of the car. There was a big group of people there taking a photo but we were able to climb on the troll a little bit before hopping back in the car. Next stop was parking followed by a long walk through the new Amazon complex to a visit at Lunchbox Laboratory for some shakes and burgers. Next we headed to the new museum of history and industry down on south lake union. Luckily it was not very crowded and we were able to breeze through all check out all of the Seattle memorabilia. They even had the old "toe" truck that used to be at the bottom of the exit after you got off on Mercer. 

 

a little of this. a little of that...

We have been sick, sick, sick but finally there is a light at the end of the tunnel and we are getting back on the mend. 

This past weekend we had to make up for lost time (and I was a little stir crazy) and fully enjoyed our weekend. Ethan got a much needed haircut and for the first time EVER he allowed the stylist to put in some wash out color. He was so happy to show this off and felt like such a rock star. Ethan has also been going to soccer every Saturday as well at Arena Sports in Redmond and is loving it. He even scored a goal during their scrimmage. Go Ethan!

On Sunday we took Ethan bowling for the first time and he had a blast, at least for the first game. He got to use the rail and he even beat us the first time out. We definitely need more of these weekends in the future!

cold and flu season is here...

The past few months have been tough for sick germs in our house. All of us have been sick at least twice and this past weekend Ethan came down with a fever so hopefully this is the end of it. I had read in the news that they were saying this was the worst cold and flu season and I have to agree. I would hate to think how this sick season would have been if we had not all got our flu shots. Eek!

I do have to say that the one good thing about having pets is when you are sick. They are your immediate cuddle buddy when you are feeling down and plain yucky.

holidays 2012...

The holidays have come and gone and we luckily had a wonderful time enjoying the time off. Both Jeff and I had the week off of work and Ethan had the week off of school. I had a lot of plans in my head going into the break but unfortunately came down ill on Christmas eve and Christmas day so those plans fell out the window. However, we still ended up having a great time just enjoying the time off together and did do a few fun things as well including attending two Seahawks games (they won both, yeah!) and going and hanging with Ethan's cousin's at Elevated Sports in Bothell. 

Jeff also got a new ping pong table for Christmas and we are in the process of training Ethan to be a national ping pong competitor. Well, not really but he does have a mean serve. 

Even though the holidays did not go as initially planned it was such a great holiday and everyone is more relaxed going into 2013.