Instagram Friday: Our Christmas Break

We have been ice-skating twice with the cousins at our local outdoor ice-skating rink!

This last time, I actually skated and had a blast asking each niece and nephew {even the 15 year old nephew} to take a spin around the rink hand-in-hand with me. It was a cat and mouse chase {literally} around the rink for awhile to win the 15 year old over. Actually, I think he was just tired of me chasing him and finally agreed to one lap hand-in-hand with his crazy Aunt. My sister took pictures...I'll have to get them from her. It was actually hilarious!

This is the only full-length picture I have of our tree this year!

Even with no ornaments I thought it was so pretty.
Maybe next year we will add white lights and handmade ornaments.

Kaia gave all of us a scare at the hospital on New Years Day while we were visiting Dave's mom. She had a heart valve replacement surgery and hopefully Grandma will be coming home from the hospital on Saturday. We were barely there 5 minutes to visit when Kaia went down. She collapsed falling into Dave's arm. While we all thought she probably just passed out, her actions looked more like a seizure {which she had regularly when she was little} so the nurses decided that she HAD to go the ER at Kaiser. We don't have Kaiser. She ended up fine. Hello New Year. Hello deductible met first day of the year....I'm sure. AWESOME.

Well the next day, Blake felt so bad for his sister, he and daddy whipped up breakfast in bed for her as a surprise. So SWEET.

I've joined the movement on Instagram #JanPhotoADay where you take a picture a day based off of the prompt for the day. This day was 'Something You Adore'.

Really there were so many people and things I adored around me...

but I am really smitten with my mason jar soap dispenser with the star in the middle!

And Day 4's prompt was: Your Letterbox.

Those of us in the US wondered what a letterbox might be. We guessed mailbox and I've decided I like letterbox better. I mean getting 'letters' is way better than getting regular 'mail' which usually includes bills. So please, Mr. Postman, only put letters in my letterbox from now on!

Thanks!

Linking up with my friend, Jeannett for InstaFriday!

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We have made changes to our home this past month to make room for babies.

I've decided next week to share those projects....

'MAKING ROOM FOR BABIES: SMALL SPACES'

It will be a three part series....starting Tuesday.

Because these babies are not permanent in our home...

each change has been planned out carefully so when there isn't a baby in our home

it doesn't make our heart break every time we turn around.

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Happy Weekend.

This weekend our walls are being painted WHITE.

I'm so excited.