...or at least, that's what it looks like!
Friday, May 08, 2009
Childrens Museum!
Driving in the semi.
Counting!
Making things...
Pushing the boats down the river...
Making water-music!
Making Friends.
It seems my children have a proclivity to make friends with statues. This is the girl who will be 'shy' with grandparents and close friends for the first 10 minutes or so...but stone people? No problem. She'll hold their hands and smile right off the bat!:)
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
As we roll into summer...
I just thought I'd give you all a quick update! It seems like I go longer and longer in between factual updates, and then I can't remember what I left off with! Ahh well, signs of age and mommyhood I suppose.
I will try to be brief, and stick to the facts:
Bray finished his first 'year' contract with Seattle Opera on April 16th. They asked him to return next year (beginning again in October) and so we decided to stay here till then. Due to limited finances, we did not enter a summer program, but thought we would try to both get 'normal' jobs, and work as much as possible. This proved much harder than we thought (due to the economy and our crazy schedules) and so it has been 4 weeks since we have had any work at all! We have been applying for everything under the sun, and as of a few days ago, we both finally got something!
I will be working at a Ross clothing store right down the street, and Bray will be venturing into the sales world, being a representative for Cutco knives! (so if you need any, let us know!)
Bray still has several vocal things going this summer, as well, so we will do our best to manage around them, and enjoy not moving for the first time since we have been married!!
Bray's vocal schedule is as follows:
May 15-18th, travel to Birmingham, AL for a vocal competition, get to stay with his Grandmother and see his Mom!
August 1-5th, travel to Chicago, IL to perform as a paid artist at the Ravinia Festival, working under James Conlon (major conductor)!
August 16th, perform at a dinner event in Spokane, WA, which I also get to attend-at a lovely home!
August 25th, compete in the Sun Valley Competition, here in Seattle (one of 6 finalists chosen!) and sing in front of several major directors.
August 29th-October 4th, travel to Santa Barbara to begin work on the premiere of Stephen Schwartz's first opera, Seance on A Wet Afternoon.
Needless to say, he has a lot of music to learn, and we still need to work out the details of the weeks in Santa Barbara (I will try to go down for a few of them!), so do pray that we can get all the kinks out of it! God has been good to us, and Bray reminds me daily to thank Him for our situation, no matter how crazy it gets!:) We love you all, and hope you will keep us in your prayers!
God bless,
-Kajsa
I will try to be brief, and stick to the facts:
Bray finished his first 'year' contract with Seattle Opera on April 16th. They asked him to return next year (beginning again in October) and so we decided to stay here till then. Due to limited finances, we did not enter a summer program, but thought we would try to both get 'normal' jobs, and work as much as possible. This proved much harder than we thought (due to the economy and our crazy schedules) and so it has been 4 weeks since we have had any work at all! We have been applying for everything under the sun, and as of a few days ago, we both finally got something!
I will be working at a Ross clothing store right down the street, and Bray will be venturing into the sales world, being a representative for Cutco knives! (so if you need any, let us know!)
Bray still has several vocal things going this summer, as well, so we will do our best to manage around them, and enjoy not moving for the first time since we have been married!!
Bray's vocal schedule is as follows:
May 15-18th, travel to Birmingham, AL for a vocal competition, get to stay with his Grandmother and see his Mom!
August 1-5th, travel to Chicago, IL to perform as a paid artist at the Ravinia Festival, working under James Conlon (major conductor)!
August 16th, perform at a dinner event in Spokane, WA, which I also get to attend-at a lovely home!
August 25th, compete in the Sun Valley Competition, here in Seattle (one of 6 finalists chosen!) and sing in front of several major directors.
August 29th-October 4th, travel to Santa Barbara to begin work on the premiere of Stephen Schwartz's first opera, Seance on A Wet Afternoon.
Needless to say, he has a lot of music to learn, and we still need to work out the details of the weeks in Santa Barbara (I will try to go down for a few of them!), so do pray that we can get all the kinks out of it! God has been good to us, and Bray reminds me daily to thank Him for our situation, no matter how crazy it gets!:) We love you all, and hope you will keep us in your prayers!
God bless,
-Kajsa
Monday, May 04, 2009
Retro-Monday!
Several of my friends often do 'retro-day' on their blogs. I love this idea, as it shows how much the kids have grown and changed in such a relatively short period of time. So here is my all-time favorite picture of Hobbes, he was about 3 months old here. In fact, I have this picture framed, and it sits on my bedside table-I get to wake up and see this sweet baby-face!
And...for a more humorous picture, this one is Madeline at 2 months, doing one of her favorite faces-one she still does, when trying not to smile! What a funny girl!
And...for a more humorous picture, this one is Madeline at 2 months, doing one of her favorite faces-one she still does, when trying not to smile! What a funny girl!
Friday, May 01, 2009
Things to be thankful for..
Last night I was getting home from doing errands, and the sun was setting-I had to run inside, grab my camera, and sprint down to the lake to try to grab a few pictures! I am sure I looked like a crazy woman, running all out with camera in-hand, but it was so beautiful! It is easy to forget to be thankful, but sunsets like these remind us how glorious God is!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Swingin'!
Yesterday, we had our community group (from church) out at a lovely home in Snoqualmie. There were 9 kids under the age of 4 there, and it was a great place for them to play! The family had a huge tree swing out in their yard, and all the kiddos took turns on it-and some adults! Altogether, it was a lovely afternoon!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Madeline's 'second' 2nd birthday!
For Madeline's birthday today, we went to the coffee/cupcake shop where Jordan works, in West Seattle. Madeline got her birthday cupcake, Hobbes got a chocolate cupcake, and we all got coffee! Jill came and met all of us, and then we headed down to Alki Beach to walk along the water. Although it was chilly and a little rainy, it was still pretty, and allowed the kids time to run off the sugar. Afterwards, we got lunch at a fabulous little Mexican place, and then headed home for naps. This evening, we had our friends Lily and Jonathan and baby Ryle (and their parents!) over for cake and presents, and the kids were sooo excited! Hobbes kept going to the door to see if they had come to knock on it yet, and Madeline kept singing, "birthhhdayyy, Me! Jonafan, birfday..." and when they finally came, the kids were literally bouncing up and down-and they hadn't even had cake and ice cream yet! Altogether, I would say it was a great birthday, and we hope to have many many more with our darling girl!
Cupcake face!
Jill came and had birthday coffee (well, juice for Madeline!) with us, and we all went down to Alki beach!
Madeline loves playing with her Uncle Jordan!
The crazy parents.:)
The cake was Madeline's hat from the Madeline book series. I thought it fitting, as that is where I found her name!
Had to throw in some polka dots to continue the French theme!
Eating a HUGE glob of ice cream...
opening Lily & Jonathan's present-a purse with pretend makeup and phone!! She loves it!
Cupcake face!
Jill came and had birthday coffee (well, juice for Madeline!) with us, and we all went down to Alki beach!
Madeline loves playing with her Uncle Jordan!
The crazy parents.:)
The cake was Madeline's hat from the Madeline book series. I thought it fitting, as that is where I found her name!
Had to throw in some polka dots to continue the French theme!
Eating a HUGE glob of ice cream...
opening Lily & Jonathan's present-a purse with pretend makeup and phone!! She loves it!
Happy 2nd Birthday, Madeline!
Happy Birthday to my crazy, tender-hearted, sweet, boisterous, fun, beautiful, little girl!! We love you!!
Monday, April 20, 2009
3-D Date
Although I enjoy posting all the pics and stories about our adorable, crazy children, once in awhile, I like to throw in a little 'parent-fun time,' too. On Saturday, we picked up my sister, Carolyn (on her way back from spring break in England!) and had her stay the night at our place before heading back Sunday. Carolyn was kind enough to let us go out after the kiddos were in bed, for our 1st 'real' date in well, years! We decided to go downtown, get a drink and then see a movie. The movie we really wanted to see (State of Play) was showing really late, so Bray thought we should go see Monsters vs. Aliens in 3-D. I agreed, as I had never seen a 3-D movie before, and hey, kid-movies are what I usually watch, so why veer off the beaten path? :)
We found a fun little bar/cafe right near the theatre where we grabbed a drink before the movie. The 3-D glasses they gave us for the movie were not the cheapo little paper kind, but actual plastic glasses! We decided to have some fun (we had a little time to kill before the movie began) and this is what resulted:
right before the movie started, in the theater-I am sure everyone else was not thrilled about the flash from the camera!
My delicious Seattle Starbucks martini!
contents: Starbucks coffee liqueur, Godiva White Chocolate, and Absolut Vanilla.
The James Bond, 3-D glasses.
3-D changes the colors! well, not really, but it's still fun!
Bray's turn to have a 'creative' pose...
My 3-D James Bond.:)
We found a fun little bar/cafe right near the theatre where we grabbed a drink before the movie. The 3-D glasses they gave us for the movie were not the cheapo little paper kind, but actual plastic glasses! We decided to have some fun (we had a little time to kill before the movie began) and this is what resulted:
right before the movie started, in the theater-I am sure everyone else was not thrilled about the flash from the camera!
My delicious Seattle Starbucks martini!contents: Starbucks coffee liqueur, Godiva White Chocolate, and Absolut Vanilla.
The James Bond, 3-D glasses.
3-D changes the colors! well, not really, but it's still fun!
Bray's turn to have a 'creative' pose...
My 3-D James Bond.:)
Daddy's home!
Bray got home from Yakima on Wednesday-and since it was such a gorgeous, sunny day, we decided to head down to Pike St Market and the Piers-one of our favorite activities!
Jumping around the fish fountain at Pier 66.
Taking turns poking the mini fountain...
Me and my girl.:)
Going down the ramp to the piers-swinging a very happy boy!
Looking out over the water.
Future Conductor!
Sorry for the fuzziness of these pictures, but we were in a very dark hall! When we dropped Bray back off in Yakima, he wanted to show us the Capitol Theatre, where they were performing. I forgot to take a picture of the outside, but it is a beautiful old theatre! High ceilings, gorgeous moldings, old-fashioned seating-the works! The stage manager was working on the lighting for the evening, and they let the kids run around on the stage-Hobbes was fascinated by the conductor's box, and the colors on the back screen! He would raise his arms, say a color and the very nice tech workers changed it to what he said-so fun!
For Uncle Caleb.
Not my best shot, she was in 'busy mode,' but this was Uncle Caleb's Christmas present to Madeline...he is the president of this community college, and she loves her new shirt! Thanks Uncle Caleb!! We love you!
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