Month: February 2014

Finding My Voice!

Finding My Voice!

Good morning! I am so tired this morning! I feel a little like I am just spinning my wheels and not really getting very far. Actually, now that I’ve said that out loud, that may not be so very true. I am almost out of 

Just Checking In!

Just Checking In!

Good morning! I am running behind this morning, as it seems I am most mornings nowadays!! So, this is going to be a quick post! This morning, I am being fiscally responsible, paying bills, getting organized, etc. etc. Last night I filed our taxes and 

Getting Snowed In!

Getting Snowed In!

Good morning!

I am not sure if you know this, but a good portion of the Pacific Northwest was snowed in this past weekend. Snow, in and of itself here is quite the novelty because it happens so rarely, and when it does it never lasts more than 24 hours at a time. Not this time however! YEAH!

1Our city was having such a difficult time keeping up with the snow coming in and clearing the roads that they put a ban on driving unless you had chains or studded tires, which we have neither. So we decided that it would be fun to go for a walk and see what was going on outside, and boy am I glad we did! 🙂

2Everything was just covered, and it somehow made everything extra especially beautiful! 🙂

3My sweetie and I instantly reverted back to our five-year-old selves and couldn’t help but play in the snow.

4Unfortunately the snow was very powdery and would not form a snowball if our lives depended on it, but we still managed to end up COVERED in snow!! 🙂

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6Snow angels anyone???

7This snow was so deep and soft that when I fell back to start my snow angel it literally felt like a cold pillow – it was AWESOME!! I couldn’t get Jason to join me – he has such a hard time getting warmed up after being cold that he wasn’t willing to risk it!!

8This is a view of the creek by our place! 🙂

9It was so quiet out here, besides the random car that would come by maybe once every 5 or 10 minutes, it was just so peaceful to listed to the wind, and the creek burble by as the snow just continued to fall.

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12I think I love the snow covered trees the best! 🙂

13This weekend actually saw two snow storms come through, one right after the other. This walk and all of these pictures were taken after snow storm number 1, so it even got much MUCH deeper than this the very next day!!! 🙂

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15To keep warm, Jason and I had to put an obnoxious amounts of layers on, as neither one of us have proper snow attire!

16I am not sure how many layers Jason had, but in this picture I am wearing, leggings,  jeans (ones that are 5 sizes too large), a belt to hold all of this up, a tank top, t-shirt, long pajamas, sweater, jacket, scarf, another jacket (again 5 sizes too large), winter socks, galoshes, and two pairs of gloves! I felt a little like the kid on the Christmas Story – heaven forbid if I should fall down – I would NEVER have been able to get back up without some serious help!! 🙂

17Catching the falling snow on my tongue! (NO, not pulling a Miley!!) 😉

18Jason was getting some much needed movement, AKA running, in the snow! Between the two of us, he was the one who was getting the most stir-crazy!! There were moments I thought he was going to just pop right out of his skin!! Me being a homebody, I was in COMPLETE HEAVEN!!! 🙂

19Don’t we look happy???

We were pretty much not allowed to drive all weekend, which equaled 3 days in total, so we made due by trying to do as many fun activities as possible. We played Phase 10, Yahtzee, read books, competed against each other on Wii Sports, caught up on some Hulu, raced to see who could put an extremely colorful 500 piece puzzle together fastest, baked some goodies, made a big pot of chili – my sweetie’s favorite! I took a short nap – which is something that I NEVER get to do!! 🙂

All in all, this was a pretty AMAZING weekend, one that I am sure will not happen again for quite some time – the last weekend like that for us was in 2008, so I am going to have to revisit these pictures often and just remember what an ABSOLUTELY PERFECT stay-at-home weekend this was! 🙂

Here is to looking for the MAGICAL MOMENTS in every day life! 🙂

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California Vacation, Day 3!

California Vacation, Day 3!

Good morning! Here are the pictures from the third day of our California vacation! I had planned on sharing these with you last week, but I have had a bit of a crazy past few days – I am sure you can understand!! 🙂 We 

California Vacation, Day 2!

California Vacation, Day 2!

Good morning! If you missed day’s one post, you can find it here! Today I am going to share some pictures with you from day 2 of our California vacation. This was the day that we spent the entire day at Disneyland! Jason had only 

California Vacation, Day 1!

California Vacation, Day 1!

Good morning!

We have all made it back from our California vacation in one piece and in all honesty had an ABSOLUTE BLAST!!! 🙂

As I was sorting through all of the pictures that I had taken, I realized that I was going to have to split this post into three, one for our day in Hollywood, one for our Day in Disneyland, and finally one for our day in California Adventures! 🙂

Our first day in California we decided that it would be fun to go to Hollywood, California, since most all of us had never been there – I think I was the only one who had! So we decided to go get some walking in and see the sights! 🙂

All of Us in Hollywood with Marilyn MonroeWe decided that this wax statue of Marilyn Monroe was probably the coolest thing we say! She was so lifelike that Megan kept thinking that she was going to move and freak her out! 🙂

4We spent quite a bit of time looking at all of the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! As soon as the kids found someone they liked, they immediately dropped to the ground, around the star, and yelled, take my picture, take my picture!! 🙂 This is Megan and Morgan with Godzilla’s star! 🙂

3Morgan and Christopher with Slash’s star! 🙂

14Megan and Lynette with Tinkerbell’s star (of course!!) 🙂

Leonard Nemoy Look AlikeWhen the kids saw Leonard Nemoy’s look-a-like, they couldn’t believe it!!! He was SPOT ON!!! All the way down to his voice and accent! It was really REALLY cool!! 🙂

Jason Making New FriendsAnd of course, this happens WHEREVER Jason goes! He makes new friends!! 😉 These two girls were so cute, and sooooo very professional! I appreciated that they were just way cool and didn’t make any of us feel skeevy! Jason didn’t even know her leg was where it was until I pointed it out in the picture!! It sure made him blush though!! TOO CUTE!!! 😉

10Once we made it over to Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Jason had to geek out with the gang from Star Wars!! 🙂

8Here are the rest of us kids geeking out with the Twilight cast! 🙂 That is me, Morgan, Christopher, and Megan! 🙂

15Now, for the life of me I can’t remember what these guys were called – I am sorry Morgan, I know Auntie Chrissie is SOOOOO OLD!! 🙂 But the kids had fun taking pictures with them! 🙂

Lynette with Jonny DeppWho couldn’t resist taking a picture with Johnny Depp??? Check out Lynette’s smile – mischievous!!! 🙂

9It is a good thing that Morgan had gotten this balloon sword to protect us from the fierce lions that was at Grauman’s Chinese Theater! 🙂

The Girls with ShrekHere are the girls with a HUGE life-sized Shrek!! 🙂

The Kids with ShrekNot to be outdone, we then got a picture with all of the “children” with Shrek!! 🙂

Christina Saying Goodbye with her New FriendsAnd that is all I have for today’s post! We really did have fun! More to come tomorrow!!! See you then! 🙂

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