A get-away and a birthday party and a LOT of pictures...

Valentine's Day at the Rice's:

(Heart-shaped food)

(Balloon from Daddy and plenty of chocolate and sugar cookies)

(Flowers- and Jeff and I getting each other the same card...again. Ha.)

(Logan's friend Luke from Nursery gave Logan his first Valentine. Logan bit it.

Mmm, Yoda.)

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That weekend Jeff had signed up to play an exibition match in Olympia so we left the Mr. with Grammy and Grandpa Rice and made it an overnight getaway. 

I always love the opportunity to sit in a crowd of people and listen to them ooh and aah over Jeff.

Makes me proud to be the one leaving with him. ;)

After the match and dinner at the club we checked into our hotel, went to see the Lego movie, used the hot tub, then did what married people who have a night away do- ya know, sleeeep. ;)

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This week Logan and I had a playdate with cousins Oliver and Miles. We had a dance party, played with hot wheels and with the sweet new kitty, Lucy. And Nik and I get to bond and laugh and eat a really yummy dinner:

Yesterday cousin Miles turned TWO! He had a super fun birthday party at Hart's Gym and someone fell in love with gymnastics:

He ran the long trampoline and then would get excited and do a one-armed jig thing. Funny kiddo!

Logan had a crush on the teacher there who taught him some tricks...

And Grandma Woodhouse is so fun! She took a break from tumbling on the bouncy floor to show Logan the balance beam. ;) 

Boys are SO. MUCH. FUN!

Photography Fun

A few months ago I attended my sister's first photography workshop she taught. Me Ra Koh, An amazingly talented photographer and Nik's mentor, has taken her on to her team of teachers that run Confidence Workshops, which teach women how to take their camera off the auto setting and use their creativity to take better photos.

I am so proud of her and how far she has come with her business. What an example of chasing your dreams and working your butt off to make them come true.

Shout out to you sis- a supermom, wife, photographer and now...teacher!

I learned a lot about settings and composition, but the thing I have had so much fun with is the idea of refusing to say cheese. Nik shared with us this idea of capturing the story of your child by shooting them in action and capturing the details- before you just ask them to look at you and smile. I took Dad's camera home from the workshop and started experimenting right away. 

I have A LOT of learning and practicing to do- but here is one of my first "stories"...

(Which Logan appreciated)

Those little lips just kill me!

Before the workshop I watched one of Me Ra's videos that gave us the assignment to write down your child's 5 favorite toys/activities, then capture it in action. The first that came to my mind...

light. 

Logan loves any type of light, loves to find them above, point to them, turn the switch on and off...

I love watching his sweet little face study it. Sometimes so serious-like he is trying to figure it out, sometimes SO full of joy. They just make him happy.

Aaaand moving on... 

And a few other random fun ones...

xo

-Linds