Ryan & Zoe with play with her camera.
I found these silly pictures while I was uploading this morning.
They must be from the past week or so.
I love the the bed head and the "flash" smile.
I love my little family.

I do apologize for the lack of posting. The past 2 weeks we've been settling into a new routine, leaving less time and energy for things like blogging :) I changed my hours at work so I could get home a little earlier, so my morning looks a little something like this now.
4:30-5:30 Get up and drag myself to the gym.
5:30-6:30 Get Ready
6:30-6:45 Get Zoe up,dressed, & breakfast
6:45- Out the door
I'd like to lie and tell you I get up every morning at 4:30 and make the most of my gym time, but that's not always the case. I usually miss one morning a week, sometimes that 4 o'clock hour is just a little too early. Then I end up, half-sleeping and thinking that I should have just gotten up at 4:30 and worked out, because I still have to get up at 5:30.

Ryan's school schedule is full. He's taking 2 math classes, so his homework level is way up this semester. Which means we are cherishing the time the Daddy isn't busy doing homework.

I've been crafting but not taking pictures, because usually when I'm done it's late and there's just crappy apartment lighting. I'll take some pictures of my recent projects this weekend.

They include, embroidary, reverse applique, scrapbooking, glitter, baking, aprons and t-shirt makeovers....

As someone who love Valentine's day for the candy....I've been extremely disappointed in the Sweethearts Conversation Hearts....they changed the flavors! They are terrible, and they added the color blue. I was so sad. I thought my Valentine's Day would be ruined this year. Until, I was in Target today. Brach's saved Valentine's Day! They only had them in the individual packs, but they had the REAL conversation hearts.

I broke out my Cricut and my American Crafts valentine's papers to create this little banner for the kitchen:

I made a heart garland too...kinda like this....{heart garland tutorial}

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

On most weekends, it seems like we end up in Roseville.
There's just more to do there (and better places to eat :)

Saturday we visited the Fountains shopping center, which houses our favorite place. We opted to try a new restaurany instead. We went to The Counter. It was small with urban decor. The door to the patio, which was closed, is a full size clear garage door. (very cool) The menu is a clipboard with a checklist for "build your own burger". They have other menu items too, like the grilled cheese trifecta (which is what I got) Zoe got the mini burgers and they brought her food out first and way fast (we love that) Everything was great. Not healthy, but yummy! Zoe even ate the onion strings....as long as she could ,"dip it".

We ended the visit with a trip to Whole Foods, to get stuff for guacomole and homemade chips. The guac turned out great and the chips were yummy but too thick, next time we'll get thin tortillas.

I also watched the movie, Whip it.  It was funny and heartwarming "coming of age" tale as Jamie put it :)

It was nice to get out this weekend, because last weekend we were in the house the whole time, we all got anxious.

Sunday, we went to church, where nursery was a chore but Zoe managed to stay in the whole 3rd hour so Ryan and I could attend our combined meeting together. Then we ended the evening with a yummy dinner at the Humbert's.

I know life around here has been a little boring lately, not a ton new to post. Hopefully this week will hold something more exciting to post about. We are planning a trip to the zoo, provided the weather warms up soon.

XOXO,
Holly & Co.