The past few days have been gray and rainy. The poor girls have been cooped up inside stuck watching WAY TOO MUCH TV while Brian and I clean, organize, and pack. That means it was time for a crafting break! 

When I was younger I loved making melting bead creations! Now it is fun getting to share that with Kenley!  My mom saved of our bin of melting bead supplies and creations. Kenley loves going through it to see what Auntie Kimbe and I made. In my day they only had square, circle, heart, star, and octagon peg boards. Now they have all different shaped peg boards to make creating even more fun! We headed to the craft store to pick up more beads and we also picked up the Horse and the Butterfly peg boards. 

Another new thing since my day is the biggie beads! I love them for this age. Kenley likes to do the little ones but gets easily frustrated with them. We don't have that problem with the biggie beads and Claire can even do them if she decides to cooperate :) 

These beads are great for working on fine motor skills too! 

Washi Tape Labels

 It's all organizing and packing over here... I'm trying not to get overwhelmed by the crazy everywhere! 

These washi tape labels are making organizing just a little bit more fun! 

I had been pining for this Washi Tape Label Maker but it is a bit spendy and requires specialized washi tape. We already had this Dymo label maker so I decided to make due with what I already have! Bonus, this way I can use up some of my ridiculous washi tape (obsession) collection! 

Alrighty! It's back to packing for me! 

Murder at the Mansion

On the 10th we hosted a Murder Mystery Dinner Party! 

(We used this party kit!)

It was so much fun! I want to do another one!

The Group...

The Gents...

The Ladies...

The photobomber...

Our friends are so fun! I love that everyone dressed the part and got into character! 

I think he rocks the top hat...

The other photobomber... 

So.Much.Fun.

I love our friends! 

The Day the Seahawks won the Superbowl and I took a lot of Selfies :)

The Seahawks won the Superbowl!! 

The 12th Man fans were going crazy this year! Everyone and everything has been decked out with Seahawks stuff for the whole season! Seattle definitely knows how to support it's team! 

I follow our Quarterback on Instagram :) You should too. 

He is awesome. This is him and Sean Alexander the morning of the Superbowl at church.

Go Hawks! 

Conviction, Refinement, and Thankfulness

Here is a little thought that I posted on Instagram this past Thursday. 

43 weeks ago and today. Notice the change in attitude in the pictures. In the first picture they had been yelled at. In the second picture she had been laughed at. I am so thankful for God's forgiveness of my sins. Motherhood is constantly humbling me. The first picture was also taken at the height of my imbalanced hormones. The second picture is taken after #whole30 has helped to balance my hormones. #thankfulforforgiveness #thankfulforwhole30 #thankfulforJesus

P Day and Valentines Party!

Wednesday was P Day and our Valentine's Day Party! 

We played a little Simon Says... 

This is their new thing during prayer...

These 2 were hilarious. I wish I had audio of them singing the weather and days of the week songs.... 

I was the craft mom this week so we did painting on canvas for P! 

After we were finished painting the canvases we made Valentines for the Daddies! 

Claire's Valentines

Kenley's Valentines

(We used these printable Valentines)

The Big 4 

Our finished canvases! I think they all turned out so cool! 

Passing out their Valentines... 

I made some Name Crayons for the Kiddos :) 

I've been on a big crayon making kick lately! I just love how they turned out!! 

Happy Valentines Day! 

Valentines Decorating!

We did a little Valentines decorating last week! 

I cut a bunch of hearts with my Silhouette and then we did red shaving cream marbling on them! 

Once they were dry we strung them up! 

I love how festive it is! I don't want to take it down! 

I also bought some heart lights from the Target (3) Dollar Spot! The girls had a fun time in the bath with only the hearts lit! Fun and Festive! 

Happy Almost Valentines Day! 

(I used to dislike Valentines Day... Since ya know, it can steal my birthday thunder... but it is so fun to see how excited the girls get for each holiday! I love it now!)

Avocado Chicken Salad

Today I have a great recipe for you to add to your lunch rotation! 

Avocado Chicken Salad! 

Not only do I love avocados because of how they taste, I also love avocados because of their many health benefits! Avocados are high in the good fats that we need for our hair and skin, they are high in fiber, and they are rich in B, K, and E Vitamins! As you know, I've been doing Whole30, which is all about eating protein, vegetables, and good fats all at each meal. With this Avocado Chicken Salad, I have all those bases covered and it is delicious! It is so hard to tell that I swapped the mayonnaise out for avocado! Even my chicken salad and avocado hating husband told me that he really liked this dish and would gladly eat it anytime!

Avocado Chicken Salad

Ingredients:

1 lb cold cooked chicken (I bought mine pre-cooked from Trader Joes)

1 ½ medium avocados

½ cup chopped raw pecans

½ cup diced celery

½ cup quartered red grapes

½ cup quartered green grapes

¼ cup pomegranate seeds

Salt & Pepper to taste

Spinach for serving

Directions:

1.     Add cold chicken to the bowl of a stand mixer. Turn to the slowest setting and let chicken shred into desired size pieces.

2.     While continuing to mix, add avocado to the bowl.

3.     Once the avocado and chicken are well mixed, gently stir in pecans, celery, grapes, and pomegranate seeds.

4.     Season with lots of salt and pepper.

5.     Serve on a bed of spinach.

Enjoy!

Kenley is learning to read!

Kenley and Brian were playing her Super Why game last night and she started sounding out the letters to short words and blending them to say the word! It caught Brian and I totally off guard! Then Brian and Kenley went on to sound out some Bob books! We are so excited!

Playing Catch-up! Frozen!

Before Christmas Brian and I took the girls to see Frozen. We all loved it! For Christmas the girls got Anna and Elsa dolls and dresses and a little after Christmas we bought the Frozen soundtrack. We were all having fun loving Frozen so Brian and I thought it would be fun to take the girls to go see Frozen again! This time was so fun! They loved it! It was so fun to listen to Kenley sing along to the songs!