Stylin'

Allison absolutely adores her buddy, Bekah. So it wasn't surprising that when Bekah asked if she could do her own hair Allison followed her behind the closed bathroom door. Allison was absolutely enthralled with watching Bekah do her own hair. For some reason she doesn't find me this exciting. I can't imagine why not? Eventually Bekah asked to do Allison's hair, too. Allison sat very quietly while Bekah combed her hair. It was pretty cute to watch these two!

And for anyone who is curious, within 10 minutes of getting home Allison was asking if she could do her hair. Thankfully her skills are no where near those of Bekah so she loses interest pretty quick!

Spring Sledding

Our good friends, the Wagners, invited us to join them for a weekend in Sun River. We were pretty excited to go and see all of the snow which had been coming down in recent weeks. The snow conditions were less than perfect on the day we went sledding but we still had fun. And we enjoyed a snowy drive home (or at least I did, since I wasn't driving). Here are some of my favorite fun in the snow pictures.

Allison liked trying to pull people in sleds....it started with Bekah...

We found a fun little snow tunnel Allison liked to slide down and then climb back up again. It took her awhile to get into the sledding so we spent a bit of time here.

Allison started getting into the sledding - she wanted to ride with Miss Jodi & Mr Nate for starters! Jodi is quickly becoming one of Allison's favorite people. Especially after this weekend where they were car buddies.

Ah yes, and then Allison tried to pull Jodi up the mountain. They didn't get far....

So Bekah tried to help!

Eventually Allison started sledding on her own. Face first. Then backwards. Our girl is quite the dare devil!

Happy sledding girl!

Mr. Brent's Wedding

Saturday was a very special day around here! Not only was it Kroon Day but our dear friend, Brent, got married. We couldn't have been more excited for Brent and his new wife Ronda. Especially a certain 2-year-old girl who was their flower girl. She loved every minute of it, especially the dress (which was made by Ronda's Mom, isn't it perfect?!?).

Here is a behind the scenes look at the glamorous life of a flower girl...killing time between pictures and the ceremony. Do you think she could have gotten any closer to the screen?

Mark was in the wedding as well. I of course had to get a few pictures of the coordinating Father & Daughter. I do love these two. Dearly.

Allison was thrilled to have her cousin Logan in the wedding with her. He was the ring bearer. I'm pretty sure they helped each other get down the aisle. They walked up together so well. Logan was Mr. Responsible and took his job very seriously. He managed to stay up on stage a bit longer than Allison and was definitely less distracting.

At the end of the day Allison took it as a personal responsibility to wave goodbye to all the guests while we waited for Mark & the other guys to gather up their rented vests & ties. Yeah, she won just a few hearts this way!

And when cars & people were not coming by she took ever opportunity to twirl - nothing like a perfect twirling dress to make a 2-year-old happy!

All in all it was a wonderful day celebrating some beautiful people. And chasing a crazy 2-year-old who thought she owned the place and loved every ounce of attention she got!

Happy Kroon Day!!!

From our donut loving family to yours! Don't know what Kroon Day is? Read all about it here.

February Snow Day

We finally had a free weekend over President's Day weekend. I was determined to find some snow just incase it was our last chance for awhile. We drove to the top of Mary's Peak and found a few measly inches....not much to get excited about....unless you are 2 or 4 like Allison & Logan. The kids had a great time and we enjoyed getting out of the house & rain for a bit!

Logan loves snowball fights...until his Mom and / or Aunt peg him in the face. But he was a good sport about it all!

At the top of our (very) small sledding hill).

Cousins riding together!

Allison loved it!

Mark going for a ride!

He made the best of it!

Mark eventually ran up and down with Logan a few times to let him go 'faster' - much to his delight!

Finished in 2012 no. 4

I finished another quilt in 2012! I'm 10 months 'early' too. I knew if I waited until November or December to start on this it would not be done in time for Christmas so I decided to finish it in February. It is a card holder, I'm planning to hang it on the back of our door during December to collect all the Christmas cards we'll get. This means lots of you will send cards, right? To go in this nifty card holder?!

This is the first time I've done my by way of applique on a project. My friend, Leslie, and I started these last January, working on the applique. We then pieced them back on October...and I finally quilted it. I really like how the finished project turned out and can't wait for next year. For any inquiring and creative minds out there - it is made with a Nancy Halvorsen pattern, using almost exclusively Nancy Halvorsen fabric.

Oregon Winter Sunshine!

I'm a bit behind on blogging. Partially because I haven't been taking many pictures. I haven't been taking many pictures because life around these parts have been very grey! Grey clouds, grey drizzle, you get the idea. But a few weeks ago the sun did peak out we had a spontaneous trip to a really cool park. Mark had never been there before...and all of my hype lived up to itself the moment he saw this big dig!

Oh, and this particular park has the awesome mega swings Allison loves. She also loves the sun more than it looks like in this picture....she just isn't used to it!