Project Blog: Question 2

My friend Katie, over at being 5 has started her own little blog project and I like it. See this post for her explanation of the "project" and then see this post for her "rule" changes.
Here it is.

Project Blog: Question Two.



What is your favorite part of your home and why? Interpret as you may- it could be your favorite room or a piece of furniture or a feature of your actual house. Bonus points for including a picture.

My answer:

I love my entire house. I couldn't be more thankful for all of it. But if I have to choose my favorites there would be two. And the reason these two places in my home are my favorite is because I didn't have either in my previous home and so I appreciate them every day, even after two and a half years, just as much as the day we moved in. They are wonderful.

#1 The Pantry.
We are cabinet people around here if you didn't know. We live and breath cabinets. They consume our lives. (Cabinets are what Casey does for a living). We even had beautiful luxurious cabinets at our last home but no walk in pantry or even pantry closet. How does one store canned goods or bags and bags of chips, crackers, cookies, and other junk food? It can be done and I did it but I prefer the option a closet. And I am blessed to have one.

#2 The Play Room.
Don't get me wrong. There are toys in every nook and cranny of this place but a big room to send it all to when all is said and done- a room, that doesn't have to be picked up for me to feel okay about relaxing- a room with where we can keep our abounding supply of dress up clothes. It's heaven and I love it.

So there you have it folks. Those are my favorite features of this house we live in. These places are truly appreciated for their features.

feelin' like fall

Today truly feels like fall. Back in the routine of things after a fun end of summer trip, foggy cloudy fall weather, fun crafts and snacks.

Halloween is my least favorite holiday. But since I've been following the eighteen25 blog and the entire month has been about Halloween decorations and crafts, I decided to try one out. This one was cheap, easy and fun. Here is my version. Click here to see theirs.

Tonight is also the start of Homegroup. It's at our house and so I thought I treat everyone to some Pumpkin Cookies. They are so yummy. Kyla posed for this picture and then left the scene. She was not interested in helping or eating them?!?



You should really treat yourself to these.

PUMPKIN COOKIES!!!

Heat oven to 350 degrees

Combine:

2 1/2 c. flour

1 t. baking powder

1 t. baking soda

1/2 t. salt

1/2 t. nutmeg

Combine in a separate bowl:

1 1/2c. sugar

1/2 c. butter

Add:

1 c. Libby's Pumpkin

1 egg

1 t. vanilla

Combine two bowls.

Bake for 15-18 minutes.

Cool 2 minutes and then glaze.

Glaze:

2c. powdered sugar

3 tbsp. milk

1 tbsp. melted butter

1 t. vanilla

ENJOY!

{when you wish upon a star}

How to even begin... we had a perfect time in Disneyland. It was so much fun and we loved it! A great way to spend our seventh anniversary, in the Happiest Place on Earth. Or as Kyla would say, "Dreams really do come true!" The excitement from Kyla and Heidi when they saw the Castle, or Minnie, or a princess, or a parade for the first time was so much fun. They could barely believe their eyes sometimes.

These two were ready to go after a long morning of traveling, in great moods and loving each other.

The highlights for both girls:

{Small World} we rode it 4+ times and each time was just as exciting as the last.

{Toon Town} the Go Coaster, Mickey's House, and meeting Minnie Mouse twice.

{The Main Street Parade} the girls got to participate and dance in the street, needless to say it was pretty thrilling.

{Princess Lunch} beyond meeting the princesses in the park we got to have lunch with Ariel, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Cinderella, and Belle.

{Snacks} cotton candy, suckers, popcorn

AND having two grandmas there to spoil them...

Kyla was always willing to pose for pictures...she found this quite fun.

Kyla & Ursala

 She LOVED Toon Town and all that it had to offer.

She kept wanting to go back for more.

Heidi looked like this the entire trip. She was in heaven and each experience was magical to her.

She wanted to meet all the characters. And when we would finish with one she would say, "let's find more characters!!" She did not mind a line or a wait.

Her number one thrill though, I would have to say, was the evening Grandma purchased her this Tinker Bell outfit and I permitted her to wear it and "fly" all over Disneyland in it. She was a different person. No more stroller for her. And this was after an eight hour shift at Disney.

Of course we had our fair share of tense moments, one being the wait in line to ride on this ride where you travel through the mouth of Monstro the whale into what is probably the most tame ride in Disney. Oh man, several other things made the scary list but these girls were brave. Kyla ventured Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain and Heidi the Matterhorn. Although, no make no mistake, she "didn't like it at all." 

I am so thankful for this trip and all its memories.

I think I will be posting the rest of my pictures on facebook because it was so hard to choose for this post. Not that they are the most amazing pictures or anything but just that they are so much fun. 

Flag Football

Today marked the first official game of the fourth season of Maple Valley Park & Rec Flag Football (last week was a pre-season Jamboree for those of you following Chelsea's posts). It's serious business. After all, these boys have a title to defend. They are three time league Champions! They didn't disappoint today. Final Score 49-7. "Surgery was performed on the field," said Casey.

This is our guy, always #11, the QB, probably running through the next play in his head.

The regular fans came out, even this new regular girly.

My favorite was when Mike L. rowed up to the shores of Lk Wilderness, barefoot.

He's a die hard and only Chelsea could describe it and do it justice.

Here are the girls before the game began.

Here they are afterwards. Needless to say they weren't watching the game and weren't

being watched. Instead, they made mud pies behind the trees and emerged like this.



It was a good afternoon after a rough evening last night. Heidi caught a bug and was sicky...leaving me to worry about our upcoming travels. I think we are in the clear...I hope so.

GO BNK!!

We're kinda excited...

Not a whole lot else to say.

I love this picture.

picture found on Disneyland's Facebook profile

If you know me you know that I LOVE Disneyland. I am SO excited to take the girls in a week and a half. They will love it and I will love every second too. Of course I have it all mapped out in my head.

No Ten on Ten for me today. I'm a lameo. Its too crazy of a day and I have already done it on a Arizona travel day. I'll post a link to Amy's Ten on Ten since I will be with her for a good portion of today. Hooray for fun trips!

Preschool Bound

It's super quit in here right now. Both girls are at preschool. I'm sure they are loving it and I can't wait for the full report. This morning we had a photo shoot to commemorate the event. Kyla said that God didn't give her a smile on this day- I'm glad she found it mid-session.

She told me this is all she could do...

 ...but suddenly she found it.

I hope you are having fun girls. I miss you but I'm thankful for the short break and I am happy that you are learning and playing with your friends. I think you guys are the cutest. I love you.

Ferrying to Seabeck

Saturday we went to Seabeck for sweet Samantha Jane's 3rd birthday party. It was a ton of fun and a fun family day. We took the long way...driving downtown, walking along the waterfront, eating lunch in the truck, and taking the sixty minute ferry ride to Bremerton and then the thirty minute drive to Seabeck. (The drive home took only an hour). The ferry was a fun new experience for the girls. Heidi insisted the entire time that we were not on a boat but that in fact a giant duck had swallowed us and that we were inside his belly.

Posing together just wasn't happening this time.

From the Ferry deck-no one would turn around.

Highlights of the party: this hammock, Samantha's Cinderella cake, and hanging out and catching up with the Raney and Harris families.

Other highlights from this Labor Day weekend: Going to the Rock and Baskin Robbins, getting lots of chores and projects done, Pioneer Woman jalapeno poppers with friends, YaYa taking the girls to Nanny McPhee and hearing Heidi talk about it, and watching the old Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with the girls for their first time.

So many things to look forward to: Tomorrow's first day of Preschool, Arizona with girls, and Disneyland!!!!!! And only four weeks and four days until we know if this babe is a boy or girl.

Little Monkeys and other stuff

Last night I let the girls wear a pair of their new fall pajamas (it is September). They have two sets of matching monkey jammas. These girls can get really excited about any piece of clothing. They posed for pictures, made a video of themselves singing "5 little monkey jumping on the bed," and then they were "so sweaty" that they had to resort back to summer jammas.

That is the jist of what we have been up to lately.

Kyla's been playing a lot by herself, which isn't really like her. Heidi has been trying on all her new fall clothes. We just went to preschool orientation and that's about it.

Here is a picture of last weekend's wedding. The reception was at the Seattle aquarium, of course I had to get my picture with the shark and Jennie and Jen too. (I cannot get my pictures centered on this post...it's driving me crazy...I got them centered but now if I delete this sentence its all messed up.)

 

Oh, and Kyla's been asking me to put this picture of her an her cats on the blog, so here it is.