Keeping it Real {Sunday}

I hope you all are having a relaxing and uplifting Sunday!

Remember I told you my husband didn't like our new mattress?  Well, they came and picked it up yesterday, so last night  we slept on our air mattress, buuuuut unfortunately when we woke up (at 3 in the morning), the air had all gone out of it!

Needless to say, I had a crappy nights sleep.  The nice thing was when we woke up it looked like this outside:

Are you saying to yourself, WHAT?  Can't you see the little dusting of snow out there on the tree?  Ok, there really is a very small amount of snow out there, but my kids were very EXCITED!  

We would have been ecstatic if it looked like this instead:

But we can't be picky, can we?  After all we live in Oregon, where it rains about 99.8% of time.

What I would really like is enough snow that I could build one of these with my kids:

{isn't he cute?}

I guess we can't have everything we want.....oh. my. gosh. the sun is coming out.  NO!  I WANT SNOW.  

We may get some more snow tomorrow.  I'll keep you posted....

Have a FABULOUS day!

Winter Craft ideas

Yes, Christmas is over, and I really do love this time of year, but it's always kind of a relief when it is over!

I am not quite ready to go full on into Valentines Day yet, so I found some really cute Snowman ideas for crafts.  Here they are:

This is such a simple, but very cute idea for a card.  Kids can easily make these!  You can find the directions HERE.

I think these little guys are so adorable!  Find out how to make them HERE.

This is one of my favorites!  I love the cute little mittens and hat with scarf.  Easy to make. Find out HERE.

Cute little Pom Pom Snowmen!  Love THIS idea.

I hope these inspire you to make some Winter crafts!  I don't want Winter to be over quite yet, even though we have gotten nothing but this:

 I would really like to see some of this:

According to the latest forecast, we may get a little (fingers crossed!).

Leavenworth, Washington

My DH and I took a little get away last weekend to Leavenworth, WA. We had not gone away together for at least 2 years! I was dying to go somewhere! No kids, just us alone!!
It took us about 5 1/2 hours to get there, but it was so nice and sunny on the way there. We really enjoyed it! We stopped at a hole in the wall Mexican Restaurant in Hood River, OR. The food was yummy!
On the way to Leavenworth we stopped at a replica of Stonehenge. It was actually pretty cool. We walked around a bit, I took a few pictures, then we were off to Leavenworth. If you have never been to Leavenworth or heard of it, let me tell you it is the cutest little Bavarian town in Washington! A long time ago the town was going to pot and the community gathered together and decided to redo the whole town. Everything is in Bavarian decor. It is so adorable! I am including a picture of our hotel, and the mountains. They were beautiful, just like the Alps.....Snow and everything!
The weather was gorgeous. Sunshine the whole time. It was pretty cold, but not so bad that we couldn't walk around and shop, etc.
I was pretty disappointed though to not see someone in Lederhosen! Those are the cute little suspenders, with the shorts and long socks. I was really hoping to see someone dressed like that. Oh well....the closest I got was a magnet.
I highly recommend this town for a weekend getaway. You will love it!