Snowday Craftyness

Since we were snowed in on Thursday (3 inches that melted by noon). I decided what better to do with our time then CRAFT!!! Oh yes, we love to craft!

Here is an apron that I made for a custom order. Turned out pretty cute. I did not make it on Thursday, but found the pic on my camera and thought what the heck, I'll blog it!

Pink sparkly skulls!

 I had bought some canvas on one of my craft store outings just for a day like this! The kids really enjoy painting and it makes for great art for their rooms.

Caymus decided to paint some long neck dinos. He did the one on the left first. Really cute job!  Little did I know he actually made them to match up and go together! So creative!!!

Caymus' art work.

Lucy had bought her canvas from the school store. It came with a little easel to set it up for display. She used it to hold her canvas while she painted and is now saving it for future painting. Its hard to tell from the picture, but this canvas is about 5"x7" and now hanging on her bedroom wall. She is really into quotes (as am I). And has been finding them and pinning them to my Pintrest wall.

Lucy's creative quote.

 I had mentioned in my last post about Moms Craft Night Out. I will explain further now...My friend and co-PTC mom and I put together a craft night for moms as a fundraiser for our school (we need paper and ink and the school has put in a freeze on all purchases). So we made soup, salad, bread sticks and dessert, set up tables, provided child care and a crafting we went! 5 hours of un-interupted crafting time. And others to share with! Most of the ladies are scrapbookers (I borrowed their tools!), one worked on some really cool clay sculpture, one painted, one worked on her lesson plans, and I made cards. I don't scrapbook, I know that if I started I would want to start at the beginning of the kids lives and well, that was a long time ago now and I would never be caught up. So prior to the craft night I gathered my supplies, bought some paper and stamps, and a tote to carry it all in. I ended up using some paper punches and stocked up quite a bit. Then I produced 24 cards! I impressed my self!!

I wanted a signature stamp, or some way of marking them showing that they were home made, so I made myself a "M" stamp from a cork.

Here is a sample of my work.

And here is what I made on our snow day! I saw this quote and loved it! So now I have a custom canvas with a quote I love hanging on my living room wall!

Happy Crafting!!!

On a roll!

Well February just flew by like crazy. Hard to believe actually.

We did lots of stuff....I think....
Valentines day, my birthday, break from wrestling, school carnival work parties every week, Moms Craft Night Out, school, work.....

Last weekend Bob went crabbing with some friends and came home with crab! It was DELICIOUS!!!

The boys cooking up the crab!

Hmmmmm so good!

March 1st and we get a snow day. Super! It is pretty, I'll give it that.

4 inches of snow in the front yard.

This week is read across America, Dr Seuss' birthday. So every day this week was a different dress up day. Monday was crazy feet, Tuesday was PJ day, Wednesday was Whacky dress and hair, Thursday Dress your best (picture day) - and now a snow day -  Friday dress like Dr Seuss....

Caymus is Whacky!!!

So now to entertain 2 kids....and try to work....YAY!!! Happy Thursday!

Lummi Retreat

Since it was presidents day weekend we decided to take a quick trip up to Lummi. Awww what a great plan that was!!!
My dad had been in Houston part of the week and flew in Friday. We took off after everyone got out of school....ugh Friday afternoon traffic on a long weekend....needless to say we didn't get to the ferry dock till 10:30pm.....and the next ferry was at 11:10pm. But we were greeted with open arms!

We headed right down to beach first thing in the morning to look for glass. It was pouring down rain.....that didnt stop us!

Bob and I on the beach looking for glass. We were hoping that after a few big winter storms the beach would be full of glass....it wasn't as full as we had hoped.

Saturday night was the February birthday party at my aunt and uncles house. It was so good to see everyone! And celebrate my birthday......I share mine with 3 others in the family! Its the only day all year that there are multiple birthdays on one date and there are 4 of us that share the 8th!!!

The February Birthday Bunch (minus Paige). Brett, Me, Gord, Lynne and Rick.

Sunday had some better weather, thank goodness! But we were missing my mother....dang it, she had to work. So we had some fun with out her.....Not to much, we saved the real fun for when she got home!

I think this is when he is the happiest and most calm.....I am so glad I could share my love of beach combing with him!

Us heading out after a fun filled weekend.

Caymus and his cousin Luke...believe it or not Caymus is 4 months older....They sure are cute in their camo hats and shaggy hair!

My girl and I.

Grandma and her babies in the morning. Its their favorite time with her!

Grandpa telling stories at the beach. What great memories these kids are going to have of the adventures on Lummi!!!

Picture Perfect!!!

Grandpa built the kids a see saw on the beach! SO FUN!!!

Now we are counting down the days till the next trip....who knows when it will be....but soon we all hope!!!

And we are CAUGHT UP!!!

Meet Claire. We adopted her last week. She is 2 years old. Sweetheart! Short and boxy with half a tail. She has adjusted very well here in our crazy busy home! Although Jezebel will always have a place in our hearts.....

This Saturday was the Oregon Classic in Redmond. It is the biggest tournament in the state and they have a woman's division we have taken girls to every year for the last 6 years. This year we had 3 girls wrestle. Lucy, Avery and Lily.

Lucy took first place!!! She is very proud and so are we! She has worked very hard the last few years and it really shows! Congratulations Lucy!!!

It snowed!!! So the kids made mini snowmen. I think they used all the snow we had....

Awww I feel much better now!!! I love blogging about our life and the happenings in it...sometimes its hard to keep up cause we are so busy!!! But I do know I have a few faithful followers who look forward to reading this, and for that, I thank you and will continue to do my best to keep it up!!!

Spontaneity

It was just a chill Sunday here in Atown, when along came a guy and an idea.
Lets head up to Silver Falls for a little walk around! Great idea Bob, great idea!!!

My Family, I do love them soooo much! Even the goofy kid in the front!!!

This trip got Lucy all psyched up for summer and lots of promised hiking trips!!

Mom, come in this cave with me, its so cool! Look up, it never ends!

And this guy, well he is always running ahead and exploring everything!

This place never gets old!!! Breath taking!

Awwww :-)

Magical!

Moose taking a break....

Self portrait.....

Lucy captured this beautiful shot. She has a good eye!

A great little trip. We do not go up there enough. And the funny thing is, its only about 30 min away! We HAVE to make a point of going a lot this year. Silver Falls State Park, Oregon.

Christmas....Better late than never!

 Ok so I am a few weeks off, but really its been a busy time and I got behind and then didn't want to take the time to catch up. Now I have a night to myself and this is what I am doing with it....

 Our Christmas was good. We enjoyed ourselves fully. We had fondue for xmas eve dinner, homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast on xmas morning....I let the kids open one gift every hour after 2pm on xmas eve. They had a lot of fun with that and it really spread out the gift opening. It also gave them time to enjoy each item they opened.

The first gift of the season! These were presents from my grandma, their Great Grandma Toots. Wonderful, cozy blankets. Caymus said that if this was the only thing he got all xmas, he would be happy because he loves it so much!!!

Both kids in their new blankets. They literally live in them. I don't blame them, they are wonderful!!!

This year we made new stockings. I had some cool fabric I had bought the kids last year and they thought it would make the perfect stockings. So they helped me draw up the pattern, cut and sew them.

Bob and Caymus new stockings! Or you could say Red Sox and Moose!

Lucy's with horses and Mine with wine labels.

Working on some bead key chains with a kit she got. She is my crafty girl!

Enjoying their "wine" out of fancy glasses. Always a special treat for them.

Caymus was so excited for Bob to open his gift that he made him. A hand painted picture frame with his school pic in it.

Tio Reid did not disappoint! Awesome kid sized Dakine Backpacks!!!

THANKS TIO!!!!!

The after-math!!!

Caymus grew a beard!!!

We headed to the coast to spend some time with Bob's family also!

John Bob's Dad, Bob, and John Bob's oldest brother. There are a lot of laughs in this house.

Judy and Caymus opening up some goods.

After our trip to the coast, my folks came down for a few days. There were many more meals, many more gifts and many more memories....unfortunately I did not use my camera to capture any of it...so I will have to get some pics from the folks and have a whole separate post about that visit!

And last but not least....Moka turned 11 this year!!!