WOW - Long time, No post!

Oh goodness! I can't believe its been since the beginning of April since our last post!! Obviously we've been busy since that's generally what keeps me from updating the blog. A lot has gone on since then - Jared and I have each had business trips, we got a puppy, made several trips to Moses Lake, and generally spent more time outside since the weather has finally gotten warm. I'll be posting a few of these stories to show you what we're up to!

It looks like a busy summer, so probably fair to say you'll see a lot of these massive posts with gaps in between!

Pinterest Activity

I'm so thankful for Pinterest - it provides endless ideas for home, wardrobe, and kids! I've found some great ideas for the kids and this was one of them! Ellie had a blast. Its simply a pan of baking soda and some colored vinegar. Jared told her she was making unicorn poop.

Crazy Ellie

Ellie is such a girl - its obvious by the way she loves to dress up in play clothes, shoes,  and jewelry. Sometimes those clothes aren't play clothes and their mine. In this case, they were Nana's. We were getting dressed while there for her birthday and Ellie started with Nana's pink pants, then those came off and the running shoes and socks got put on. Then those got taken off and Nana's hat and necklace got put on. Finally this....

Looks pretty akward, but that is a sports bra. Somehow Ellie managed to make it look like some sort of swimsuit out of a Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition. What a crazy little girl.

Big Horn Outdoor Show

Gotta love the random 'shows' that come through town. It provided something for us to do since the weather had not quite gotten warm enough yet. Ellie loved it! She got to dig for treasures, fish - which we donated to the food bank, and we even saw Joel since he was there with work stuff!

Random Pics

Here's a couple of pics from my phone as of recent.

 

Ryan loved helping with the laundry. And ever since this morning below, he's loved playing in the basket.

 

Some sibling love!

 

This is the beginning of a warm streak of weather we had. Both kids cried leaving daycare since they had been playing outside. Ryan loved the dirt in the back yard - what a boy.

Nana's Birthday Bowling

Back at the beginning of March we were in Moses Lake to celebrate Nana's birthday. We took her bowling - and that made it Ellie's first time bowling. Even Case and Carter came bowling with us! We had lots of fun!

Spring Break Vacation

Last week was spring break in Spokane and that meant our day care was closed. Tough spot to be in when both of us work and can't really afford to take all our PTO on days that our day care is closed. Lucky for us we have some great family and that the Moses Lake spring break is the same as ours here. We left the kids in Moses Lake after Easter and headed back to Spokane...childless. This is the first time since having Ellie that we have been apart from her more than just a day and a half. And moreover that means that Jared and I haven't spent any substancial amount of time together since then either. So this was exciting stuff in our house!

Jared and I started our week by going to happy hour and dinner downtown. It was 75ish degrees that day so we got to walk across the Spokane Falls bridges. Then we went to the Womens NCAA basketball tournament. Can't beat free tickets! We headed home early from the game to watch the Mariner's season opener - in quiet. Tuesday we had dinner with Joel and Cailin at at restaurant and had nice adult centered conversation. Wednesday and Thursday were quiet at home, but we watched movies and relaxed. By Thursday night though, the quietness had set in....we missed the kiddos.

The kids had a blast too! They got to spend Monday and Tuesday with Grandma and PopPop. Ellie even got a sleepover at Case & Carters. I understand there were lots of powerwheel rides for all (2 batteries a day worth)! Ryan and Carter were best buds and Ellie and Case were connected at the hip as usual (even though the pic below is of Ellie and Carter).

Wednesday they headed to Nana and Papa's house. Nana had all sorts of activities for them. Ellie loved playing a marble race game that Nana made for her. I also heard (from both Grandma and Nana) that they were amazing eaters, as proven below. This is especially remarkable for Ellie who is such a pill when it comes to meal time. Not that she's picky about what she eats, just how much she has to eat, if at all.

My parents brought them back to us in Spokane - we took them to the children's museum and went to dinner. All to realize that we were back in reality with two kids at a restaurant, who wern't all that happy to be there.