family walk

these pictures are from thanksgiving. thanksgiving! i know. but they are too cute to not share. :)

the other day, when the kiddos were entertaining themselves (!), i had a moment where i thought "what should i do." pause. breathe. "i dont have anything to do right now." i dont think that has happened for a year, literally. having two kids is alot of work, well having kids is alot of work. so i have been crafting and reading and playing guitar. the product of this is, i have some new posts in the works. i have lots of diys coming and i have an etsy shop that will be opening the first weekend of march! i'm more than a mom again! i have hopes and dreams and time, oh beautiful time!

ps i know that i have always been more than a mom, its just easy to forget sometimes.

pps. thank you all for your feedback concerning my blog, it was appreciated.

spring break

for spring break our family went to "the farm" a.k.a. oma and opa's. since the husby had two weeks off from school, we stayed for awhile and enjoyed relaxing at the farm. it is so nice to have grandparents/in-laws that love to take care of your kids! we slept in, stayed up late and squeezed in a few dates. for one of our dates we went to breakfast and then to an antique store in Monroe WA. Luckily i have a man that likes to browse those sorts of stores with me:)

we went to The Hitching Post, a tiny breakfast place that has murals all over the walls.

the food and coffee was delicious, of course, especially since we got to have an adult conversation.

effi slept most of the time, as a good baby should when her parents are on a date.

this was the wall behind the cash register at the antique store. i'm kicking myself for not remembering its name! isn't this cool! it makes me want (even) more suitcases.

someday, when my kids are grown, i will have pretty drinking glasses. but for now we will stick with jars that i dont cry about if they get broken.

we also scored a big wooden "E" from the antique store. it was 4 DOLLARS!!!!! i know right?! it's the one in yesterday's post if you wanna see it:)

what did you do for spring break?

puddles at the farm

zula got new boots the last time we went to the farm (aka oma and opa's house). we tried them out and took some pictures. she had lots of fun. since it doesn't rain too much in yakima whenever we go west over the mountains we enjoy the gray clouds.

poor effi sat this one out and stayed inside with oma where it was nice and warm :)