My Birthentines Day Recap!

Sunday, February 24, 2013

 It's about time that I post about my Birthentines Day! It was such a great day! Brian really outdid himself and made every detail of my birthday and Valentines Day awesome! 

When I woke up there was a Venti Vanilla Spice Latte and a Chocolate Frosted Old-Fashioned Donut on my nightstand. Two of my favorite things and the perfect way to wake up! 

Brian was busy that morning way before we woke up! The night before I had laid out a Valentines table cloth with stickers and some treats in the girls mail boxes, a fun surprise for them to wake up to! Brian took it over the top and had a balloon, heart shaped donut, and a long stemmed rose for each girl! He also had a dozen roses laid out for me! 

Obviously my child. She LOVED that donut and ate most of Kenley's! 

I made strawberry milk heart shaped ice cubes for their milk that morning and picked up some cute paper straws for them to drink it with! 

Lip Pops! They loved these! It's rare for them to get candy so I wasn't surprised that they loved it! They looked so cute with the big lips! 



Rose sword fighting :)

When I pulled back the shower curtain to take a shower, I saw that Brian had drawn hearts and written notes all over the shower walls with the girls bathtub crayons! I LOVED it and had a goofy grin on my face for the rest of the day because of this! 

This made me laugh even more... 

While I was in the shower C.Lo took the liberty to decorate the living room with her rose. :) 

I also caught her running through the house chasing the cat with her "stick" and lip pop in her mouth. 

Silly Girl! 

My Mom, the girls, and I met my Grandma and My Aunt Kim for lunch at PF Changs!


It was so good to catch up with them! 

Riding on Great Grandma Marcy's walker

After lunch my mom took the girls and I to World Market in search of a cake pedestal. I didn't find quite what I was looking for but I did find some cute measuring cups and spoons! I could spend hours looking at everything in that store! 

When we got home Brian was just finishing wrapping my presents! He made me two sizes of wooden glue gun holders from this tutorial, bought me a new glue gun to go with the bigger size, and built me a light box for taking pictures at night! 

Then while I was getting ready I put on a different earring in each ear and asked him which ones he thought looked better since he likes when I wear earrings. He pulled a little blue Saxon's box out of one of his drawers and said "how about you wear these"... YAY!!!! I LOVE them! 

We went to Aqua by El Gaucho on the Seattle waterfront for dinner. My spicy crab bisque was awesome! I definitely want to try recreating it at home! 

He is the best! 

My sister came home from WSU that night and her and I went on a shopping spree the next day while my awesome Mother-in-law watched the girls! I had been saving money for a while now and had a very specific list of the things that I wanted... navy gingham shirt, chambray shirt, wide brown belt, black 3/4 length cardigan, jeans, etc. I'm excited to say that I found everything on my list! It was a great day hanging out with my sister! 

We stopped for Menchies on the way home! I LOVE that marshmallow sauce! 

My friend April is a VERY talented potter and she gave me this beautiful fruit bowl for my birthday! I absolutely love it and I also love that it will remind me of her for years and years to come! 

What an awesome Birthday! God has blessed me so much more than I deserve! I have so many amazing people in my life and SO MUCH to be grateful for! 

26 is going to be awesome! 

Valentines from Kenley and Claire

Tuesday, February 19, 2013


{Vinyl names added with my Silhouette machine}






2013 Calendar

Saturday, February 16, 2013

It seems a little late in the year to be talking about calendars but I just love my wall calendar this year! In December, I found this kids art calendar at Michaels for $2. The style is great because the top part is just a blank space for kids to draw a picture. What I am doing with that blank space is a different handprint or footprint craft each month! So far it is turning out so cute! 

January Penguins:


February Butterflies:


I've created a Pinterest board with all of my plans for the following months!  

When the year is over I plan to cut the calendar apart and place the pages in a 12x12 scrapbook. It will be a fun way for me to watch their hands and feet grow through 2013! 

It's My Birthday!

Thursday, February 14, 2013


It has been an awesome day! Brian out did himself this year! I'll post more pictures soon! 

BBQ and Caramelized Onion Grilled Cheese

Monday, February 11, 2013

I tend to go through food phases, I find a combination that I like and then I eat it over and over until something else catches my fancy. A month ago it was plain Greek yogurt with honey, then homemade peppermint hot cocoa, then I moved on to brie and water crackers, and now I am all about this sandwich! 

You guys, this sandwich is out of this world good! 

{I got the idea for this sandwich from pinterest, but the original blog contains lots of crude language so I'm not linking to that post. My version of the sandwich is a bit different than their version as well.}


BBQ and Caramelized Onion Grilled Cheese

Ingredients:
Sliced Sourdough Bread
Cheddar Cheese (Sliced) 
Onion (about 1/4 of a large onion per person)
BBQ Sauce (I prefer Bullseye) 
1 T Butter + More for spreading on bread

Directions:
  1. In a large saute pan over medium heat add onions and 1 T butter. Stir often and cook until caramelized. 
  2. Preheat the griddle or pan that you will use to cook your grilled cheese. 
  3. Spread a layer of BBQ sauce on one of your bread pieces, top with caramelized onions, a layer of cheese and then remaining piece of bread. 
  4. Spread top piece of bread with butter and then place sandwich buttered side down on your griddle.
  5. Spread butter on the now top side of your bread. 
  6. Loosely cover sandwich with foil to help cheese melt. 
  7. Flip once bottom side is golden brown and continue to cook until other side is golden brown. 
  8. Enjoy! 

Yay!

Sunday, February 10, 2013


Craft of the Week

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Claire has been battling the stomach flu so thinking up fun crafts hasn't been high on my priority list this week. It was mostly just crayons and paper for Kenley. One day I gave her a box of plain thank you notes and envelopes and let her draw whatever she wanted on them. She loved making mail for her friends! 

Claire took a good nap today so Kenley and I were able to make Valentines decorations! I cut card stock hearts with my Silhouette machine and then we did melting crayon drawing on the hearts. 


They look super cute taped up in our kitchen windows! 


Crafts for Shepherd's Baby Shower

Friday, February 8, 2013

Last Saturday was my friend April's baby shower to celebrate the arrival of baby Shepherd! 


His "colors" are gray, blue and lime green so that is the theme we went with for the shower decorations. I cut his name out with my Silhouette using Doctor Soos font in gray card stock. I also made a tassel garland following this tutorial. It was a quick project and surprisingly only 1 piece of tissue paper makes 4 tassels. I will definitely do this project for more parties in the future! 


I made his pennant banner with my Silhouette as well! 


Isaiah 40:11
He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
he will gather the lambs in his arms;
he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.

February Meal Plan

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Last month's meal plan seemed to go smoothly so I am going to stick with it again for February!

Monday the 4th- Leftovers
Tuesday the 5th- Black Bean and Sweet Potato Burritos
Wednesday the 6th- Tortellini Soup (without the sausage)
Thursday the 7th- Crockpot Chicken Tacos
Friday the 8th- Paleo Waffles with Strawberries and Coconut Whipped Cream

Monday the 11th- Bacon and Egg Breakfast Chili
Tuesday the 12th- Salmon and Sauteed Carrots
Wednesday the 13th- Brown Butter Sage Chicken with Sweet Potatoes
Thursday the 14th- MY BIRTHDAY DINNER OUT!!
Friday the 15th- Pizza Night

Monday the 18th- Chicken Chili
Tuesday the 19th- Chicken Tetrazzini with Steamed Carrots
Wednesday the 20th- Crockpot Teriyaki Chicken with Green Beans
Thursday the 21st- Salmon with Broccoli
Friday the 22nd- Tacos

Monday the 25th- Lasagna Soup
Tuesday the 26th- Roast Chicken with Veggies
Wednesday the 27th- Rosemary Honey Chicken with Quinoa and Green Beans
Thursday the 28th- Salmon with Roast Potatoes
Friday the 1st- Paula Deen's White Calzones and Caesar Salads

Crafts of Last Week!

Monday, February 4, 2013

We had so much fun with last Monday's craft! I absolutely loved doing it and I think it is something that I would just do on my own without a kiddo too! We will definitely do this one again soon! My recommendation would be to peel the wrappers off the crayons before starting because the crayons melt down quickly! 





Kenley's finished drawing...

The rainbow we did together...

The melted crayon wax kind of has a stained glass effect when held up to light! We thought that was pretty neat! 

 Tuesday was a free for all with stickers, crayons, and scissors...

I found these scissors at the Dollar Tree and we LOVE them. They have a little clip that pops out so that the scissors will pop back open once they are snipped. Great for teaching little hands how to use scissors! 

Wednesday the girls drew cards to give to their Great-Grandparents for their 60th wedding anniversary! 

They also played around with the ring crayons that I scored for a penny! 

Thursday, Kenley painted with Watercolor Wands that I found at Staples. I wasn't super impressed with the wands because I expected the colors to be more concentrated but after a little while Kenley got the hang of it and really enjoyed painting with them. 

Since I hadn't put the Hama beads upstairs yet I decided to try them out again on Friday. This time I only gave her one plastic grid and one tray with pink beads and worked on the heart with her. Those small beads are still tough for her little fingers but she did really well this time and completed about half of it! 

Our finished heart... 

 We also made Valentines for Grandpa and Grandma Ronk but they are a surprise so I will have to post pictures after Valentines day! 

New Blog Name!

Sunday, February 3, 2013


We have changed our blog name! Our blog address is now SchoolhouseRonk.com! KeriandBrian.blogspot.com should redirect you to our new domain! 

We have some fun things in store for this lil ol' blog! 

Bonus points if you still remember the words to Conjunction Junction! :)
 
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