Spring Break

Of course I went into education to touch a life, educate our future, yadda, yadda, yadda... But, I have to admit one of its biggest draws for me is the academic schedule. I LOVE my breaks: Summer, Winter, Spring, and National Holidays. This past week I had Spring Break! Instead of heading to Vegas for drinks by the yard or somewhere hot with margaritas on a sandy beach, I opted for a staycation. It was great. Wade also took some time off and we got some much needed family bonding time and work done around the house. Wade and I also got a day at Mt. Baker and enjoyed powder in April !?

Amelia is jumping from a toddler to a teen. Forget toys, she wants a Blackberry.

Hello, Daddy!

Digging in her toy box looking for her "phone".

To anyone who skis/snowboards, you know that this year has been no good in the snow department. Leave it to the last month of the season for it to be hit hard with powder. Lets keep our fingers crossed that Wade and I can make it up one last time before the mountain shuts down.

Only 48 work days until SUMMER vacation (and yes, I am counting)!!!!

Easter

Wade was out of town until Sunday night, so Amelia and I headed to my parents for the weekend and Easter. We had a relaxing weekend with my family and towards the end of Sunday Amelia started to get the whole Easter Basket concept and egg hunt (we had a couple practice runs in the meantime). Being the bad picture taker that I am, I handed the camera over to my nieces. To my surprise and everyone else, they did a good job of capturing the day.

Practice Run : Egg Hunt with Cousins: Pictures through the lens of a 3 and 6 year old: I got my camera back:

March Madness

No, I am not talking about college basketball when I refer to "March Madness". I am referring to life. March has been pretty "mad" (as in crazy) and has left me to neglect my blog and other "extra curricular" activities. Well, I am starting to take the steps back to sanity and decided it was time to do a post. Even though March was crazy busy with work, sicknesses (please note the plural. We have had it ALL. Amelia's new nickname is "petri dish" and no one wants us around), and Wade traveling, we have manage to have some highlights. I am going to focus on those:

I call this picture AWESOME DAD/BAD MOM. After a week of Wade playing Doctor and nursing Amelia back to health, I take off for a girls night with these two hooligans. We had a GREAT time exploring Friday Harbor and all there is to eat and drink.

Wade went to Africa and Amelia and I went to Kirkland. We had a great time spending our weekend with family and the cousins. I love the matching PJs my Aunt Kathy sent them all!

I told you to mark you calendars and I am glad some of you did. Poor Man's Whiskey did it again with yet another good show. It was funny, I walked in and there was all these "old" people. I turned to my sister and asked "What's up?" Her reply, "Mom did some good recruiting :)". Don't worry, once the band got going the age limit got lower.

Rask, Kelsey and me towards the end of the night.

My Mom, Bro, Kaitlin and me before we got ready to leave. Blurry for a reason :).

Mark Your Calendars!!

Saturday, March 20th, at 8:30pm, my cousin and his band, Poor Man's Whiskey, are coming to Seattle. Ballard to be exact. They will be playing at the Tractor Tavern (5213 Ballard Ave NW) after hitting up Oregon. So, if you are looking for a good time, want to hear a new band, or just hang with me and some cool people this is the place to be. Not to brag too much, but they are pretty good.

Just check out their site, listen to some songs, make them your Facebook/Myspace fan and do a little jig.

Vancouver 2010

Because we are only a hop, skip and a jump away, I talked Wade into taking a family day trip up to Vancouver to check out all the Winter (felt like Spring) Olympic festivities. We had both kept hearing about how easy it was to cross the border and use the public transit to get around. For the most part, people were right. But, I think we went up on the wrong day (Sunday of the USA vs Canadian Men's Hockey game day) and met 100,000s of other who also had the same thought.

I cannot say that Wade enjoyed the day as much as Amelia and I did, but I can say we did get to experience something that will most likely be a once in a lifetime opportunity. If we ever do go to the Olympics again we are making sure we have tickets to events and Amelia will be in one or tw0 of them:). The Olympic Torch

Family Shot: BC Place and Hockey Stadium behind

Just getting off the Sky Train onto Granville Street. Amelia said "hi" to everyone!!

The Athletes Village. It was so cool to see all the flags from around the world.

One Year Photos

Over Amelia's birthday weekend, Erin took pictures of not just Amelia, but our family. We have been trying to get these done for a while (Erin also took her 1 month and 6 month pictures). But, because of schedules and such, it took us a year to do so.The shoot was done at Pier 70 in Seattle. It turned out to be a great place to take pictures because you got both nature and industrial shots. I even ran into some people from high school who just happened to be running by. I am excited about what she was able to get. I am running out of wall space because I want to display them ALL!

I hope you enjoyed them Anna :)

Happy Valentine's Day

Dada/Wade: We hope you have a great day. We miss you and love you!
xoLovexo, Karli and Amelia

Amelia and I were watching Winning the Pooh this morning. Instead of them saying Valentine's Day, they called it I Love You Day. It melted my heart! Therefore, I am now referring to this day as that.