Decorating

We've been working on a few things, so I thought I'd update with some of the latest projects we've done. 

This is our entry table. I love it! It's the perfect size for the space and has the black that I wanted to match the rug and the piano in the living room. We finally got our Christ picture hung up, which I painted last summer to match a black table. The light and flowers may or may not stay, but it's so nice to have something in the entry way now!

We bought pots to plant flowers in for our entry on the outside. It took some looking, but I finally found some that I like (and didn't cost an arm and a leg!).

And drumroll please....

A new bedroom set! We finally picked one out on Costco.com and we love it. Also, here is the comforter I picked out in Utah while we were on our 2 month stay, and I found these accent pillows to pull in the blues and black. Love it!

Finally, we got an outdoor patio set. The best part?? It was on sale at Target, and it folds up so that we can put in away in the garage during the winter! We absolutely love it. The kids go outside to eat and color on the table all the time.

We love making our house our own!

Weekend fun

We took the kids swimming on Saturday and it was so much fun for them.

At first Katelyn only wanted to watch from the side

But then she warmed up to the water with a little help from Daddy

Here are a few more pics of the kids around the house

Love Dylan's cheeks!

Dylan has started to chew on his hands quite a bit

Here are the girls dancing

Brandon doing the dishes :)

 And Dylan wrapped up all warm in this fuzzy outfit. It's a bit big, but it sure works!

Katelyn turns 3!

I can't believe it's been another year! Katelyn is such a funny little lady and we love her so much.

She got really close to blow out the candles one by one.

Trying to put up 3 fingers

She got lots of fun gifts to open

Happy, happy birthday to our sweet Katelyn!

Happenings

Mother's Day Tea at Lindsey's preschool

An attempt at an indoor camp out since Justin and Brandon went on the stake fathers and sons camp out. It lasted about 40 minutes at which point I put them to bed in their own beds. We tried!

We had a reunion with our friends the Andersons from Seattle. The kids were definitely fans of the ice cream cones!

Brandon is becoming quite the reader. Here he is reading out of Curious George.

And finally, proof that we are adapting to Seattle weather. We took a family walk between spurts of rain. It was 55 degrees outside. But it was beautiful!

We brought lots of umbrellas just in case and Katelyn held one the whole time even though it wasn't raining.  

Columbia Center Tower

Today we went up to Seattle to eat lunch with Justin, finally see his office and meet all of his co-workers. Brandon didn't have school, and I figured it would be good to go before Dylan's surgery. (It's almost been a year since he started this job! How time flies.) It was a fun trip, and we finished it up with going up to the 73rd floor where the viewing area is. If any of you come to visit Seattle and want to go up there for free, just let us know. Justin can hook you up! :)

Dylan's Baby Blessing

This weekend we enjoyed Mother's Day, Dylan's baby blessing and lots of family! We're so glad that we got to see so many people, even though their time here was pretty short. The kids had fun playing with their cousins and the adults enjoyed lots of talking, eating and playing games.

 We took most of the crew to Snoqualmie Falls on Saturday. It was a gorgeous day and we enjoyed doing the hike. (Well, most of us enjoyed it! The kids weren't huge fans of the uphill part.)

Katelyn was happy to have Daddy hold her at the end. She was tuckered out.

There was lots of playing out back, and we got the rest of our garden in:

And on Sunday we did Dylan's blessing. Justin's cousins came out for it as well. Afterwards we enjoyed some good eatin' and lots of talking with everyone. And of course the kids did lots of playing with everyone.

What a good weekend!