**Ive had this post sitting here waiting to be finished and haven't felt like writing, so here is a quick summary of the pictures.**
February has been a pretty good month so far! At the beginning of the month, I went on a little vacation with the kids. We drove to Yakima to see my neice and nephew (twins) get baptized! They were both so excited and I was really glad I got to be there. I haven't been able to see any of my other nieces/nephews get baptized yet, so it was fun. Makella had the best time with her cousins. She got to have a sleep over with them and she slept in the bunk bed with Emery. I was glad she got to spend so much time with them!
Then after that, I drove to my parents house and left the kids at their house while me and Jon spent a couple of days, kids free, in Seattle. He flew in on Monday and left again the next day. Those were his days off and we had a free flight. So it worked out. Everything is pretty expensive in Seattle so we didn't really do a whole lot. But it was fun to just be able to hang out with each other and enjoy some quiet! Seattle is definetaly an interesting place and a great place for people watching!
Wandering around all the different buildings and alleyways was fun too. Around Pikes Place, we found and alley that was covered in gum! Apparently its the gum wall and there was a bunch of people taking pictures. The whole alley smelled like gum, which was pretty gross, but it was funny. Jon hates any/all gum, so he was especially grossed out. But it was fun to see. I wished I had some on me to contribute, but i didn't!
After Jon went home, I spent the rest of the week at my parents house. Its nice to go there and just relax and spend time with family. We had a birthday party for my dad, Ella and Mandy because they all have February birthdays. We made them all their own cakes and there was a lot of presents for everyone. Ella got so much fun stuff and thought it was pretty cool to share a birthday with her aunt and grandpa!
Danika and Ella during quiet time watching a movie.
It felt too soon, but then it was time to go home. We celebrated Makella's birthday again when we got home by taking her ice skating. She has always talked about going, so we decided to just go for it. It was pretty hard for her but she was happy to be able to go. We actually got some skates on Noah too. They wouldnt let us take him unless he had skates on, so I dragged him around for awhile and he had fun for about 5 minutes, then me and jon just switched off.
We weren't going to make her another cake, and then I saw this really cool idea to make a Neapolitan cake and I just decided to try it. I seem to have bad luck when baking and it either tastes really good but look bad, or looks great and tastes bad. This time it was the first. It tasted great, but didnt look so good. I tried to cover up the bad frosting job by smothering it sprinkles. Makella is obsessed with sprinkles, so she loved it! Happy birthday Ella!
