The Children's Museum

We enjoyed going to the Children's Museum with Brenna and Caedan on our quick mid winter break.

They had  a skating party downstairs (flat slides you put on your shoes and kept the room dark with a mirror ball, the kids had fun but it did take some convincing to get them to try it, sorry the pics are terrible.)

Which ramp goes faster, farther...

The girls on a horse

Jaydon helping Kate drive the tractor

Air tunnels and scarves

Catch them!

More in the skating room

Caedan and Papa were busy building

Tree house bridge

Egg drop

Brenna and Lucy on the horse

Putting on a theater show

My load of coats and sweaters around my waist :-)

Happy Valentine's Day

 Time has definitely gotten away from me this winter. I haven't taken nearly as many pictures as I would have liked.  I missed all of the fun we did on Valentime's Day.  Lucy and Jaydon both had a great time at their school parties and they both came home with a ton of loot. I was happy that Jaydon's school was food free so it wasn't as much candy.  I got a couple cute shots of Lucy posing with all her Valentines.

Kid art

 Some of Lucy's art above and Jaydon's below. It is definitely fun to see them grow and learn and develop those fine motor skills.

Alecu Strong

Tia, one of our Aunts in Minnesota, who we stayed with at Christmas time, is in the battle of her life.  She was diagnosed with a very aggressive stage 4b cervical cancer.  She is undergoing Chemo treatments and definitely fighting every day.  We are all supporting her and posted Alecu Strong pictures to her caring bridge site to give her some love.  Prayers, good thoughts and positive vibes are always appreciated.

Mariners FanFest

We enjoyed going to the M's FanFest for our second year in a row.  It was a bit chilly but the kids had a good time.  

Visiting the Hall of Fame area, we are planning to go to a game on the Griffey Jr. induction weekend at Safeco, it should be fun.

Trying to rob a home run!

Lucy was just starting to feel better so she took it easy a lot of the time.

Around the stadium and on the field

Kate got her foot on the base this year

Hanging out in a real major league dug out, pretty cool.  Jaydon is definitely excited for baseball season to start.

My sickies

We have had quite a stretch of kiddos being sick this winter and I decided to take a friends advice and move a mini mattress into our room next to our bed to get through a couple of the hard nights.  It was definitely helpful with Lucy throwing up all night one night.  After they were feeling better they all decided to play on it a bit.

Jaydon plays basketball

We signed Jaydon up for basketball this winter and I volunteered to be a coach.  Both of us had a great time and we look forward to doing it again.  This was his first game and getting pictures of youth basketball players while the game is happening is a challenging feat.  Thanks Grandma for trying to snap a few on my camera.

It is pretty chaotic but still a lot of fun and Jaydon had a great time and learned a lot, just what we were hoping for.