Graham's Room Update

I decided to start transforming Graham's room into more a big boy look. We painted, removed some "babyish" items, got a new bed spread and added new things to the wall. 

This was my inspiration picture. My room is not as great, but we're getting there.

Here it is before- Bad phone pics, sorry. (And messy room)

And here it is after--

This picture is a little blurry, but we found this cool clock at IKEA and also added a bulletin board for things Graham likes to keep in his room. 

Ok, this picture might not seem like much but I am very proud of this part. I found this inspiration picture on a design blog which I loved.

She paid $20 for each of her prints and about $50 for her white animal head. 

Well, I made all of my prints and found a less expensive animal head for about $20 so I am pretty stoked with the results and the price. 

I wanted a giant G on the wall and after debating how to do it I finally just free handed it. I got a large platter to draw the circle and then just measured out the rest. Don't look too hard, I know it's not perfect. 

His bed spread is something else I was super excited about. I had been lusting after a duvet cover from West Elm. It was about $60 and then there was tax and shipping on top of that equaling around $75. I had Zach's blessing but I just couldn't bring myself to spend that much on a duvet cover for a 3 year old that would most likely get ruined in a year or so. 

Here is the West Elm duvet:

THEN, I found this from Target:

Basically the exact same thing for so much less! $20- BAM. 

Here are Graham and Campbell enjoying the new pad.

I had to keep this photo in here, I can't get enough of Graham's face, he was laughing so hard :)

We still need to get a headboard. My inspiration picture used a pallet but I'm thinking pallets may be too trendy right now. I'll have to think about it. Also, as he gets older we'll continue to phase out the babyish things (ie the polka dot curtains) and replace them with new, more mature things. 

Seattle Trip

On November 10, Zach and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary! We wanted to take a trip to celebrate and we wanted to go somewhere where we had never been before so we chose Seattle. We were only there 3 days and 2 nights so it was a quick trip, but it was fun to experience new things. 

We of course went to the space needle. We ate at the restaurant at the top which was so amazing! It slowly rotates, so over about an hour you get a full rotation and get to enjoy the view while eating fresh seafood. 

Seattle has a very interesting history. When the city was first built it had a lot of drainage issues and other things so after a fire occurred they decided to rebuild the city right on top of the old city. There are parts that you can take an underground tour of the old city. Some spots have been renovated and are in use today. It was a really interesting tour. I recommend it if you are ever in Seattle. 

Another MUST in Seattle was the Chihuly glass museum. SO AMAZING! These pictures are NOTHING compared to the real thing.

 

 We also hopped on the Washington State ferry and took a little ride across the bay. It was freezing! But beautiful!

Zach enjoying some potstickers at the market. 

Food was a major highlight of our trip. We had A LOT of really good food. There is nothing like FRESH fresh seafood. YUM.

For some reason, theater ticket prices are majorly inflated in Salt Lake City. When we saw that Wicked would be in Seattle at the same time as us, and at a MUCH cheaper price, we couldn't pass it up. We ate at Morton's Steakhouse before the show and let me just say, it was hands down the best meal I have ever eaten in my life. The staff there was amazing as well. They knew we were celebrating our anniversary and printed us our own menu with our name and anniversary date on the front. They also took our picture and gave it to us in a frame, we got a complimentary souffle for dessert, and we had multiple staff members come to ask if we needed help with parking or directions to the show. It was a definite splurge but totally worth it once every five years. :)

It was our first time seeing Wicked and we LOVED it! We had heard so much hype about it that we thought it wouldn't live up to expectations but, it did. :)

Five years went really fast! And yet we look back at how much has happened and we can't believe it's only been five years!

I love you Zach. You are my best friend and the love of my life. I couldn't ask to be married to a better person. Happy 5 years!