Things Heard Around Here

Last night I was in the kitchen mopping the floor when Kellyn came in and said, "This is my beach house and my baby is in the closet."

It made me feel like I was "the help".  For the record she did not learn about keeping babies in the closet from me.

Colorado

At the beginning of the month, Ryan and I went on a trip to Colorado.  My parents stayed at our house to take care of our kids, giving us four nights away just to ourselves.  It was our first trip away without kids, a weird, but wonderful experience.

We have had this trip in the planning stages for two years.  It was a big celebration for our tenth anniversary.  We headed to Breckenridge, CO, where we had honeymooned ten years ago, for a week of skiing.  Unfortunately the week before, I aggravated my knee and was having enough problems with it that I questioned the wisdom of skiing.  Thankfully there are other things to do besides skiing.

We spent time walking around the shops in downtown Breckenridge, we did some outlet shopping, saw a few movies, went snowmobiling, and snowboarding.  Yes, I said snowboarding.  In a moment of pure wisdom I decided after doing research, of course, that snowboarding would be easier on my knees than skiing. 

I've snowboarded before, but it was twelve years ago.  I stink at it, which I conveniently forgot just how bad I am at it.  I was reminded all too well.  We had fun, even went down some green runs a few times.  On our last run of the day I fell hard on my butt.  Really hard.  I remember sitting there for a moment or two trying to gather myself together and get back up.  It turns out that I actually fractured my tail bone in that fall, a souvenir from our trip that I could have done without.

In spite of that it was a wonderful trip.  Ryan and I were able to sit and talk, reconnect, and have meaningful conversations without a million interruptions from the kids.  I think it was a trip that we both will cherish.  And next time... I'll just go skiing.

Things Heard Around Here

Me: Kellyn it's not 7 yet, you need to go back to bed.

Kellyn: I'm just pretending it's 7.

I'm glad that Kellyn has a fantastic imagination and likes to pretend.  I'm not sure how much I enjoy her imagination at 6:30 when I'm trying to enjoy my first cup of coffee in peace.  I guess you can't have everything.

The Quilt

I have spent the New Year enjoying my family, catching up on housework, preparing for a K-State Bowl game watching party, getting ready for an anniversary trip to Colorado, and sewing.  After a year, I finally made and finished Aric a quilt. 

It went from this:

To this:

 

It started out as a dinosaur quilt, but over the past six months I wondered if maybe the dinosaurs would be quickly outgrown.  Star Wars seemed like a better, longer-lasting choice.  I previously decided my first quilt top was not going well.  It was an ambitious pattern for a first time quilt.  After research, I decided a rag quilt might be a better project for me.  It was.

I even like how the all red back turned out.

Now all we have to do is turn the play room back into Aric's bedroom.  But that is a project for another day...