It’s time to share my Florida photos from last month. I’ve actually printed them already too but haven’t remembered to take them anywhere to show family, etc. I did take photos throughout the trip, but I didn’t stress about it too much. I got whatever I got..it was a good feeling to live in the moment!
I believe we left early on a Monday afternoon with plans to drive down to Minneapolis that day. On the way we encountered very icy roads and a lot of this.
A long line of vehicles waiting due to an accident up ahead. There were countless vehicles in the ditch. What should have been a 6 1/2 – 7 hour trip took about 9 hours, but we made it safely…PTL! (praise the Lord! 
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We stayed in Minneapolis for the night, and got shuttled to the airport the next morning. Everything about the airport was new and interesting for this little guy. He was super patient about waiting for the flights.
I think he felt like he was on the set of Mighty Machines. 
I can’t say enough about how good he was the entire trip. From waiting in airports, to waiting in lines at Disney, he did not complain or whine. He was amazing.
He loved the flights…on the first one especially he made us chuckle. After having been strapped into his seatbelt he exclaimed, “3, 2, 1..blast off!!”
On to Friday’s photo since I missed Thursday.
It wasn’t happy circumstances that brought this little girlie over today, but nonetheless, her smile couldn’t help but brighten our home.
She is a sweetheart. Jonas loved having kids over to play with.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
One word: spring.
This warmer weather has caught me somewhat off guard. I wasn’t expecting spring this early. I think being busy with the house until Christmas, and then a winter holiday in February made this winter seem much shorter than usual. A good thing.
Either way, it seems that spring is here…complete with a mucky yard, driveway and road. Be forewarned if you’re headed my way.
Jonas and his cousin Hailey sharing a snack after skating this morning.
It was only his third time on the ice.
I had told him in fall that we’d be getting him skates this year but he wasn’t interested. He was scared he’d fall. So, I kind of left it at that…figured there was plenty of time for him to learn. Then a few weeks ago he got to skate while spending time with his aunties and uncles and they gifted him with a pair of skates. (yup, they spoil him.)
So, that’s how I ended up at the arena this morning.
He’s still very timid on the skates, but I noticed some improvement from last week. He definitely has fun though..that’s what counts. Only half a year of us spending these kind of mornings together before he is off to school!!
Ok, yay for me…I’m two for two this week for taking photos and blogging! Time to get some supper in the oven.
I’m sure by now you might be tired of seeing the inside of my closet. LOL. My good intentions of blogging regularly just don’t seem to happen. Neither do my good intentions of picking up the camera more and capturing our everyday lives. I did pick up my camera today though and I intend to do so every day of this week.
Jonas and I baked monster cookies this afternoon. I can’t remember the last time I baked with him!?!
I did notice that he’d matured since the last time we did this though so it must have been awhile. It was a good counting exercise for him…5 smarties per cookie.
The end result was big, flat, pancake like cookies when they came out of the oven. I think I’m out of practice.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Sometimes it doesn’t take a whole lot to make my heart smile.
Today it’s this closet in our ensuite:
The wire baskets hold our extra supplies. I love the fact that I can see what’s in them.
I do love organized spaces.
I’m enjoying a quiet Saturday at home today. The boys are getting a few things done outside and I’m getting some cleaning (and organizing! ) done inside.
Enjoy your weekend!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Hi everyone!
Sorry for the lack of posts around here. We are home from a somewhat spontaneous trip to Florida. My suitcases and laundry await me. Hopefully be back next week with a real post.
Have a great weekend!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
We bought Jonas what he calls a “snowboard” at Costco the other day, so we’ve been snowboarding around here this week.
John made a snow hill the other day so we’ve been using that, as well as our little creek bank in the back.
Notice his boots?
He had them on backwards almost the entire time. I didn’t notice until it was almost time to go inside. Quite surprisingly he didn’t either. He’s usually pretty quick to tell me when something he’s wearing is “uncomfortable.”
Seriously all smiles when he’s able to do this.
I’m watching the falling snow right as I’m typing. It’s really quite pretty…feels like Christmas. LOL.
Hope you have a great weekend!
Saturday morning thrills at our house.
Hope your weekend was fun too.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
…and I think I like it!
On my mind for awhile has been this dining room wall and what to do with it.
It needed something that would bring life to the room. I wanted something a little fun, but there’s the side of me that likes everything “clean.” After pondering it for a few weeks, I finally decided a collection of frames was the way to go. So, Monday evening (day of the snow storm) we headed to Walmart to check for frames. It wasn’t that I NEEDED the frames that day, but I was more than happy to get out after having been snowed in all day.
I was pleasantly surprised to find frames there that I actually liked! So, I brought home 9 frames of the same size, thinking I would do a symmetrical arrangement of 3 rows of 3 stacked on top of each other. Got them home, played around with them, and realized it didn’t look as great on the wall as in my head. So, after buying some smaller frames and keeping the middle 2 large ones, this is what I came up with.
Frames only:
(excuse the lighting!)
With photos:
(that’s my MCC plant in the corner. )
All photos in the frames by Marcy Penner.
The framed monogram is something I whipped up in photoshop when I was playing around with the photo arrangement. I was thinking a fun art print might be the way to go, but then came up with this and figured “why not?”
You know what the best part of it is? I didn’t put a single nail in the wall to hang these (or anything else in our house so far)! 3M strips are the way to go. (especially for a girl who changes her mind as often as I do.)
Thanks for stopping by…happy Thursday!
by eva
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