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My new mid century office

I solved the problem and I now have a NEW office at home and I am really thrilled with the outcome. I really wanted something cool for my new office, but everything I saw looked so boring. Since my new office is the old dinning room, you can see the space from both the kitchen and the front living room. I really wanted something that looked nice, organized and was compact.

Trent and I went on a hunt to different vintage shops in Portland, (Portland has the BEST mid century vintage stores). We had an idea of what we wanted, so when I saw this at the FIRST store we went in, I knew it would be perfect....after some wheeling and dealing it was mine!

The best part is that we can still fit a cool modern Danish dining set in here if we want. And I almost forgot, the other best part is the cabinet with a key....I can lock the kids out! Nice eh?

My cute elf

Otto's team pictures came in today, and I decided that I have a cute little elf for a son.

Eat in Kitchen

This is our next project........... Trent is going to build the seating area in our eat in kitchen (minus the fancy molding), and I will be searching Craigs list for the table and chairs. The color won't be green, we are going for more grey's and oranges. I hope to post pictures sooner than later!  Whatcha think??

Tweet with me

I have no idea what I am doing....but Tweet with me here

Otto plays T-ball

There is one thing that Trent has been waiting and waiting for since the day Otto was born;
Little league..........
and that time has finally come. Otto is on the Devil Rays, #10. It is quite entertaining to watch him play...he sings and does the robot on the field and you have to remind him to run with JEDI speed to the bases vs slow trotting run. Trent is happy as a clam with a mouth full of sunflower seeds watching from the side lines.

Spokane + Easter = quick trip

We had a great time in Spokane with family over the weekend. We made the 6 hr drive to see my nephew Riley get baptized, we drove on friday afternoon, and came back home sunday morning. Like I said, it was really fast.

The highlight of the trip was the Easter basket hunt that we did for my younger brothers. They had no idea that they were going to have a scavenger hunt. We left them clue after clue ,some of the best ones were, "You are a dork, and eat Pork with a ........." {fork drawer} and What time is it? {look for a clock} LOL.

In the end, the boys found their High School Musical and Hannah Montanta baskets!

The little kids got an Easter egg hunt....Ruby was so excited. The kids loved seeing Poppy, aunts, uncles and cousins. It is always hard to leave.

Snowboarding at Mt. Hood- OR

We finally got a chance to take the kids up snowboarding this year. We dug out the snow clothing, gathered up the boards, boots, mittens, goggles and headed up the mountain.

One hour later up the mountain we realized that the weather was getting worse and worse. By the time we got out of the car the wind had picked up and blowing snow so hard we could hardly walk. We asked the kids if we should just turn around, but they begged and said that they wanted a few runs down the mountain.

So, we bundled them up and headed to the slopes, I must admit that I am a fair weathered snowboarder and I did not see the fun in snowboarding in crappy weather and sleet for snow.

Despite the wind and sleet coming down, they all loved it and couldn't get enough. By the end of the day both Brooklyn and Lily were going up the lift themselves, getting off, buckling back up and carving down the mountain. Otto was flying down the mountain with Trent running behind him trying to slow him down.

Ruby was pretty upset and wanted to "slide" with the kids and screamed until Grandpa who was there with ski's decided that he would ski her down the mountain, she laughed the whole way down and wanted "more, more".

4 hrs later, while the rest of us were cozy and warm in the lodge,  Lily was still out snowboarding and couldn't get enough, Trent had to drag her off the mountain kicking and screaming! (Ok, maybe I exaggerated a bit......)

Trent couldn't have been more proud of his kids today. Hopefully this will turn into more snowboarding trips with the family.

Homemade kites make a great spring break

We headed to Long Beach Washington to our home away from home for spring break. I always look forward to going to our beach house. It is clutter free and work free. We keep the house very minimal and only keep things there that we love and especially picked out for that house. I like the simplicity there, and breathing the fresh ocean air is so nice and relaxing, even when it rains. 

During our stay there, the kids got to make homemade kid friendly kites. We have a neighbor that used to own kite stores, so he invited the kids over to make their own (out of colored trash bags). It was such an easy project and was the perfect way to spend the afternoon.

We watched a lot of movies, played the wii, had an Easter egg hunt on the beach with cousins, and we ate..a lot!  Lily and I even ate some raw osters, not too bad!

I didn't want to come home, but I can't be on vacation for ever....so we came home. I am counting the days till we go back again.