Asparagus Tamales at Los Hernandez Tamales

This past weekend we loaded up the kids and dogs into the ol’ family truckster and headed east toward Union Gap and the land of sunny skies and desert vistas in search of asparagus tamales. Union Gap is in the Yakima Valley in Eastern…

Thrift Store Thursday

Today was a special day for me. My 3-year old let me leave him at school without any fuss! He goes to a co-op preschool where parents participate in the program one day per week but up until now he hasn’t been comfortable with…

Creation Station

I went to such a fun place today – my daughter went to a friend’s birthday party at Creation Station. It’s a crafts store meets junk shop meets art studio. The party was in the back studio room, and the kids (and grownups) had…

50 Things To Make And Do

Vivi got a book for her birthday called “50 Things to Make and Do” and it seems like a pretty fun book. She spent the morning looking through it and picking out projects to try. She originally had a list of six things she…