New Store

This week Dave opened his new store location! They moved just a few blocks down 23rd Ave to 23rd and Raleigh. The new building is beautiful and the store looks great. Me and the kids haven't seen much of Dave in the last few weeks with the move and all that needed to be done, but we are so proud of him.

We went in on Monday for the Grand Opening and I took a few shots of the place.

The proud (and tired) owners, Dave & Robb

Their new store

The checkout counter

Gait analysis stations

Puma retail space

More apparel

Their custom shoe wall

Yes, they have an indoor track in the store. First ones in Portland to do that.

Addie taking a spin on the treadmill

Ethan had to take a turn too.

It really is a nice store. I know that Dave is so happy with the way that it turned out. He put in a lot of work and like I said, hasn't been around much these days, but when I see the store, I know why.

If you get a chance, stop by and see it.

This month's project

This month I decided to redo our master bathroom. It has some weird spaces in it that needed filling.

Here is a picture of the before's:

Dave's side of the counter

The middle space is one of the weird spaces. I hated that there was nothing on the walls in between mirrors (I also hated the mirrors that were installed when the house was built).

The bottom of the counters here really had me stumped. I didn't like that open space where you could see our laundry basket.

And even weirder was that they never put a door in between our bedroom and the bathroom. So, every time Dave gets up early to get ready for work, the light shines right in on me trying to sleep.

So, after thinking long and hard about this room, I came up with some really good ideas.

I started by switching out the mirrors. $30 each at Home Goods. I also picked up some really cute accessories for cheap (Home Goods and Goodwill). Shelves from Ikea for $20, and fabric at Joann's for another $20. A little touch up paint and one night of Dave and I installing everything and this is what we have now:

I LOVE the curtains below the counter. I can't believe that it took me this long to figure out to do this. I love fabric and I just used some hemming tape to hem it the right length.

Dave's side now

My side

The shelves. Like I said, I just got stuff at Goodwill, Home Goods, and then just shopped my house for things that would work in the space.

I recently saw one of these in the Potterybarn catalog for $79 bucks. That's crazy! I found this one at Home Goods for $30. I love how it looks in the bathroom. It's the perfect little country-type accessory!

And here is my doorway solution for now. It still needs to be hemmed, but you get the idea. At 5:00 am when Dave gets up, it helps a little bit.

There you have it. What do you think?

I'm posting it here too, so go check it out!

Home Depot Curtains

This one is for my brother, Jk. You didn't believe me, but yes, these are dropcloth's from Home Depot (at $10 a piece) that I used as curtains! I just hung them from a cheap Ikea curtain rod and rings, and voila...cheap and really cute curtains!!!

I love how heavy and industrial they look. They are the perfect curtains for our bedroom. I might even hang some more in different rooms.

So, Jared, what do you think?

Bryce James Whitbey

My sister, Tiffany, gave birth to my beautiful new nephew on Feb 2. Bryce is just the sweetest, most calm baby ever (which is nice for Tiff since her older son, Garret, is a little bit of a hand full). I got the chance to take the kids over to meet their new cousin a few days after he was born. Ethan and Addie are in LOVE with this guy. And who wouldn't be? Just look at that face!

My beautiful sis

Proud Daddy

Big brother Garret

The twins getting a chance to give him some loves.

Wolf Lodgin' It

Last weekend we headed out to The Great Wolf Lodge for a night away. It was so much fun! I was worried at first that there wouldn't be enough for our kids to do since they are too small to ride down the slides, but I was wrong. There is a huge play pool for little kids their size with little slides, water fountains, and even play jet skis that shoot water. They loved it and we are definitely taking them back soon.

The bunk beds in our room were the perfect size for the kiddos.

This place is huge!