Lately...

I have been a babysitter. 

This has been my little muffin for past week and a half!  baby Oliver and I have been spending lots of quality time together, and I have been learning just how hard taking care of a baby is.  Lucky for me he is really calm and even tempered... and I am only watching him until his mom and dad are on their spring breaks next week :)  I don't know how full time parents do it!!! I have still been working nights @ Kenny's and I am just about pooped by the time 8 o'clock rolls around hah

He is just cute as can be!  

and tomorrow we will have some company... Jared starts Spring Break! 

yey :)  

Studio peek

Just wanted to share a little studio peek, since I haven't in a while. It's looking a bit messy these days but that's a sign of getting lots accomplished, right? Hah I have been playing with a new slip trailing tool that has inspired some surface experiments on vases! I have been having fun branching out and practicing a new technique 😋

I also created some miniature mr. And mrs. Owl pairs for keepsake wedding gifts! Very excited to see the finished glazed sets - they will be getting fired in the next couple of days, Yey!!

I Spy

With my little eye ....
A pretty girl that LOVES the snow!! We have been so lucky to finally get some moisture and snow! It was a wonderful weekend spent inside cuddling and lounging in our Jammies - the only thing that would have made it better would have been spending the day home from work and getting a legit snow day! No such luck, not even a delayed start. I am still hoping we get a blizzard, I think Beesley is too ;)

Girls basketball

I was super lucky last week and had a game night off!! (It may have been the only game I'll get to see this season other than tournament!) I drove out to Ault which is only 15 min. Away from Severance to see Jared coach his girls. It was really cute to see them take the game so seriously and watch them run their plays! They were much better than Highland and stayed ahead in points the whole game. I was really proud of the girls & Jared, he sure can keep his cool and was calm as a cucumber!!

Birthday shout out

This is a very belated birthday post dedicated to my awesome mom - she turned fifty last week and we got to celebrate her and the big 5-0 birthday! She didn't want anything more than the family together for a dinner out. We went to Maggianos!! So good, but little did she know she would be getting more than a family night out.... My dad organized a very sweet surprise for her and flew out my aunt Linda to spend a long weekend in CO. My mom Had no idea, and no one let the beans spill for over a month haha - pretty good for our family, usually someone lets it slip! It was so great to see my aunt Linda, and fun to spend 2 weekends in a row with my moma. She is the best mom and friend and still wildly young at heart, love you moma!
XOXO

Nugz!

Last weekend was totally amazing, the highlight of it all was getting to see the nuggets vs. Oklahoma thunder on Sunday night! We won 8th row tickets and were so close to the nuggets locker room entrance!!! The game was close and full of excitement, couldn't have been a better win in overtime :) Such a fun night with my man and I went home with a sore throat and hands from all the cheering !

It has been Quiet...

too quiet!  And I am sorry for that.  I try to keep our blog up to date and needless to say I have been slacking!  One thing I love about blogging is how I can share the small bits of our lives, the day-to-day, and it keeps our friends and family in our little loop!  as uneventful as we are sometimes... I am now officially setting a 2013 goal to blog more than twice a month!  yea!  

wich you would think it wouldn't be that hard considering i just bought myself a new setup!!!  I have been dreaming of buying a mac mini for about a year now and finally started a little savings plan collecting all of my extra tipouts from bartending.  It took me 6 months to work up to making this purchase but I am so so so happy to have a new computer :)  It is fast and awesome and huge and pretty.  I love it.  and am really thankful to have put so much consideration into buying it.  Honestly It felt like a real achievement to put my cash down and take this beauty home!!  

 check out my 20" HD screeeeeen!!

my savings plan: stash envelopes :)  

It has been a slow transition for me into the new year, I have literally been thinking about what I want to accomplish in 2013 for the past 2 weeks.. and want to be as specific as possible.  Mostly I am trying to realistically plan out where I want the ceramics business to grow and how I can try and make it a more full time job.  I am always splitting my time and the restaurant gets priority over my studio time.  I want that make that a reverse statement and work from home more than I do at Kenny's.  Making ceramics is my dream job and I am so ready to set higher expectations for myself!!  Get ready for a year of major productivity.  

custom steins for some of the Kenny's kitchen boys; I have so many Kenny's co-workers requesting my pots with the logo on them that I just decided to carve my own stamp!  It makes "logoing" much easier!!

and you know that reaching my goal is going to take lots of owls :)  lots.  

good thing they are just so darn cute!

The past week had the coldest week of winter so far.  It was really warm n cozy in our house which made leaving to go to work at night hard!  not to mention my commute time doubled with the snow and ice on the roads.  I did get to wear my boots and put on cute outfits with lots of layers... but I'm glad it has warmed up a little :) 

I just think our little house is the cutest :)

Jared has been back at school for a few weeks now and is into his girls basketball season.  I can't wait to watch him coach a game - he said it is very different than the boys team.  They work a lot on fundamentals and learning the rules of the game :)  They also officially broke ground on the new middle school that is supposed to be built in time for next school year!!  

not a lot of visible progress has been made but we are staying positive and thinking happy thoughts that they will be on schedule!  Jared can't wait to have his own (brand new) art room!!

and some other exciting news that is making my heart swollen: the arrival of Zach and Nicole's baby boy!  He was born 1-16-13 healthy and adorable.  Jared and I were able to go visit and meet him this morning at the hospital.  

 Oliver Zane

he has stolen my heart <3 p="p">

I am really excited to have one shift left this week before a fun-filled weekend!  I am super excited to be going to arvada to celebrate Lynn's birthday, tour the Van Gough exhibit at the Denver Art Museum, annnnnd 

go to the Nuggets game thanks to Jared being awesome and Winning tickets!!

Fun filled.  I told you.  Can't WAIT!!  

TGIF,

almost :)