Spring break simple moments

Spring break has come to an end.

Tomorrow the kids go back to school.

I tried to make the most of everyday.

I planned activities we have never done or

I have been wanting to do for a while.

It was kind of like we had a little staycation.

Here are some of my favorite simple moments from the week.

Monday we went to a local field full of daffodils to pick some

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Tuesday Jordan had baseball camp for the day and

I took Michelle and friends to divergent and menchies

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Wednesday Jordan has his friend/class mate over for his first friend sleepover.

We went to a local bouncy house place where they bounced the day away.

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Thursday we road our city bus to go get lunch and play around at the mall.

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Friday we had younger nephews over and went for donuts

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Saturday Michelle and I  returned to Bellingham again to go shopping at Costco

and Walmart. Jordan got to hang out at my parents house. Josh was down south for an 

all day softball tournament. He left at five in the morning and didn't return until after midnight.

We decided not to go along because it was supposed to pour all day.

That evening we watched movies. Michelle and I had picked up birthday cake pops and

then we saw that DQ had birthday cake blizzards so got two mini blizzards too.

Today we slept in, had a big brunch, played outside, went to an one year old birthday party

and now everyone is vegging out. The kids are playing minecraft together {that is amazing}, 

Josh is taking a late cat nap and I am writing up this post. It was a super busy week but also a lot of fun.

linking up to simple things

to the mountain

Winter is a hard season for me to find lots of joyous activities to do with the family.

Last year we took the kids sledding for the first time and it was a lot of fun.

It has become a new tradition for us to do or I would like it to be.

This past Saturday we finally made up to the mountain for an afternoon of sledding!

This year my brother and his family came along too.

We also brought up chili to eat afterwards.

There wasn't nearly as much snow as last year so there were a few sore bums

but other then that lots of fun!

weekend birthday getaway

Again for my birthday Josh and I got to take a little getaway just the two of us!

Last year we got to go Whistler and this year we went to Leavenworth.

It is always so nice to get away just us and have that time to reconnect.

We did a lot of walking around the village, wine tasting, cheese tasting

and of course trying out different meats. Our room was nice and cozy

with a fire place and a jetted tub! It was so wonderful to relax.

Josh also gave me my birthday present while we were there.

My very first gun.

On Saturday we found a place in the woods to go shoot.

We woke up to snow Sunday but it mostly melted.

We then woke up to snow Monday and it continued to snow most of our way back!

I hope to continue this yearly birthday weekend getaway.

It is a fun way to explore new places while get to spend time with my love.