Spring Holidays

The spring roundup of holidays: 

❤ St Patrick's Day: traditional Irish food with the boys, and yes the leprechaun still brings gold chocolate coins to the front door :)

❤ Easter: Maddie home for the weekend, church together and a yummy lunch of mussells

❤ Our 26th wedding anniversary: Kyle took the day off, and we had a lovely day together playing pickleball, lunch on the Vancouver waterfront, and some shopping

❤ Mother's Day: Maddie home again, lucky me! I got to see 3/4 of my kiddos on this special day. The whole family spoiled me with breakfast, lunch and dinner, many flowers, a hike, and the sweetest cards.

And, when my parents were in town visiting, I gave my mom a cup of coffee in this sassy little mug that sits on the naughty shelf in my cupboard :) My sister and I were both shocked our proper mother consented to this! She is a good sport!

 

This N That

I had tons of fun at our yearly womens' retreat at church (I was in charge of raffles this year, not my strong suit but it turned out great!). We went to the beach for three days, and I had an amazing time with my church besties (new and old) leaning into the theme "Breathe Joy". Much needed time to spiritually renew, and appreciate all the amazing women in my community. 

Also, Winnie knows when someone is leaving :)

Fun with teens

We had some fun adventures so far this year - we have been working on a bucket list with the boys. Top of the list was snowboarding, then a Winterhawks hockey game, bouncing around different restaurants in town, and finally TACO BELL (can you believe these boys have NEVER had Taco Bell... it's probably from being raised by parents who talked about living during the era of Taco Bell giving you the runs, which did NOT happen in case you were worried). Anyhoo - we are having lots of fun together :)

AND, we also got to visit our best girl Maddie at UO, go walk all her classes around campus, and her college roomie even joined us for dinner. I told Kennedy she would definitely make it on the family blog (hi Kennedy!!! You are delightful, hilarious and smart, and I'm glad Maddie found such a great friend).

Favorite things

For our two boys, I'd like to make a little shoutout to their favorite things in this season. For Max, it's soccer - playing 5-7 days a week, rain or shine (it's the PacNW Winter season after all) and still loves it! Marcus took on the financial and tactical venture of building his own computer. Kyle was a good guide, and they troubleshooted (is that a word? quick, someone ask ChatGPT) their way to success. He is enjoying the gaming and satisfaction of all that hard work.