Rainy Weekending ~

This weekend was 

rain 

rain

and 

more rain!

We did get to have Powell home for the weekend...which always makes me happy

when my whole family is together!

Saturday was my Mom's birthday so we headed out for a little girls day.

 We went to Ikea along with every other person in western WA :)

I picked up some french linen inspired towels for 79 cents :)

and

 tea lights because can you really ever have enough?

I made this REALLY delicious 

Pumpkin Bundt Cake from here

for my Mom and Stepdad's birthdays...

truly the moistest (is that a word?) cake I have ever had

I added a maple glaze which was delicious!

Sunday was a lazy rainy football game kind of day

Powell had to head back to school (a 5 hour drive)

I finished this book

which was great and need to follow up with the movie!

and I have started this one which I am already 

halfway through...love it!

I made this soup which is a family favorite!

the recipe is here

(I dont usually add chicken, instead I put in sweet potatoes)

It really is delicious!

and here we are back at Monday!

Have a great week!

xo

Weekending through my phone!

Wow, it's been awhile since I posted!

I ended up with bronchitis after Thanksgiving

which really s l o w e d me down

and it is taking awhile for me to feel 

normal.

I celebrated my birthday last week

and was blessed beyond measure

by SO many wonderful friends and 

family♥

So...here is a quick up date of the weekend 

with pictures from my phone

Friday night Lucy and I went to craft night at her school, the

girls who put this on outdid themselves...Lucy made sugar scrub

snowflake feather ornament, snowman ornament, 

magnetic picture frame, and a candle holder!

Saturday was Lucy's lesson at SANCA

She has been working SO hard on her trampoline seat drop

which does not come easy with her hemiplegia, but 

she has got it!!!

You've come a long way Baby!!

My favorite is to watch her on the tight wire

and the confidence she feels as we walks

across

and I am a little bit in love with this 

machine!

Buddy the Elf was feeling a little 

mischievous this weekend :) 

I spent the weekend getting our Christmas decorations out

my chalkboard walls are decked for the holiday!!

and Sunday we got our Christmas tree!!

There you have our weekend

in a handful of pictures!

xo

Thanksgiving Weekending 2012

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving...

I love love love when Powell comes home, and my family is "whole"

Before we headed to the Brooks' for dinner, I tried to get my Christmas card photo :)

here are a few of the other shots...we had so much fun taking these!!

I really do have the best boys in the world...seriously 

THE BEST!

We love spending Thanksgiving at the Brooks'...Powell, Sam and Rachel

all attend WSU together and are the same age, Lucy has missed Rachel, and Uncle Peter 

joined us this year!

I think I am finally on my way to feeling a little normal.,.I have been sick for 10 days!!

I have not had a cough like this in years...it has really knocked me down!

Powell headed back to school today...he will return home in 3 weeks for Christmas break

Blake has some college applications to fill out :)

and I am reading for a little holiday cheer!!

xoxo

fall weekending~

we kicked off our weekend friday night

with some football!

our high school was the channel 4 

high school team of the week

so the team did a cool chant in the tunnel

before heading out to the field

grammy, papa, aunt deanna, uncle peter 

and camryn came to the game with us

which made it SO fun! 

lucy and camryn got to cheer 

with the cheerleaders....we had

2

very happy girls!

powell made it home in time to go to the 

game with us!!

and I got a family picture!!!

on saturday we walked a 5k in support of jensen and his eagle

scout project...he raised $2500 for International China Concern!

the rest of our weekend was party prep central :)

lucy's Little Red Riding Hood birthday party is next 

weekend at my mom's house...toby spent time working in their yard 

making all the final preparations...and I was able to get some projects completed

here is a sneak peak...

oh...

and i never got that pumpkin spice latte!

friday.fall.family.football.fun

home football game tonight

this guy comes home for the weekend

we are walking for a wonderful cause

read about it here

i'm thinking a little fall decorating 

this weekend

(both photos via pinterest)

 lots of party prep is on the agenda

(inspiration photo from amy atlas)

and definitely my first one of these!!

happy fall weekending!

 

Weekending~

circus school

lazy day

cleaning

yard work

resume writing

birthday party planning

photoshoot

reading 

football

stirfry

a new week ahead!

President's Weekending~

no school friday

playdate

reading

cleaning 

rain

organizing

grammy and papa

library

hot pink nails

rain

breaking dawn part 1

kung fu panda 2

rain

hot baths

lots of tea

midnight in paris

no school monday

wildlife refuge

shooting in manual

pizza

cabella's

New Years Weekending~

Happy New Year!

Saturday Lucy and I were gifted with tickets to Cinderella at the 5th Avenue theatre...we were SO excited!

(Sadly, these were the only two pictures I took...but it was just too crowded to try and get any more)

It happened to be that the FCC (Families with Children from China) were at the theatre that day, so there were so many darling Chinese girls with their families.  

We loved the show, and I can officially say I have a theatre buddy :)

We had a quiet New Year's Eve at home, Toby, Bennett, Lucy and I...Powell and Blake spent the night with friends.

New Year's Day we went bowling as a family...Powell has been bowling LOTS at college and Lucy has only been one other time and LOVES it!!

Toby gets things started

It takes awhile for Lucy's ball to get down to the pins :)...but she patiently waits

Powell is SO smooth when he bowls...you cannot even hear the ball hit the lane...we could tell he has been bowling alot :)

Bl

Blake is our "Randy Johnson" of bowling...he shot his ball down the lane at 22mph...we kept reminding him he wasn't pitching a baseball!!

Bennett is still getting comfortable in his pose...he informed us we have only taken him bowling ONE other time!! LOL!

I LOVE bowling shoes!!

 Powell and Toby were not happy with their scores...they usually bowl better than this...Lucy on the other hand was thrilled with her 71!!

We ended our night with hombows...our favorite!!

We are looking forward to 2012!!