Tackling this mess in our room finally.  It is going to take a few quiet times to sort this stuff and put it where it goes. I've just go...

1. I made fresh peach jam and peach Popsicles. The boys road their bikes around the neighborhood and ate Popsicles afterwards.  (A family ph...

I've been wanting to do this since day one. I kept mentioning it to Jared or my Dad, but they are always busy with other projects.  The ...

(The only picture I have from the last week - I took it during lunch break today to prove to Jared that we actually did go to the beach...wh...

God is so much bigger than we can ever comprehend. He is doing big things in our ESL ministry. How do 27 people from 10 churches even want t...

But my workspace was dark over the counter and I decided to fix it.  This makes me so happy!  Also, I painted the cabinet hardware black and...

A month or two ago I tried out Mason jars as sconces.  Here is my latest prototype. I should be cleaning for company or painting something.....

1. We have house guests staying with us this weekend and I've done a few things like paint the kitchen cupboard hardware and reinstall t...

It's that time of year!!  This is the second trip to pick blueberries already! It is shaping to be a much better blueberry than strawber...

We are prototyping some school things this summer.  Bible Our verse is up there on the wall. I'm kind of using fighter verses.  Art stud...

After  (I'm hoping to get below the chair rail painted blue soon - I've finished the chair rail and the top).  I just finished sorti...

1. Hey hey, floors! You make me happy. It is wonderful when a project turns out as good as you had hoped.  Oh, and hello pile of boxes that ...

I have other before and after pictures. But when you flip the leaves over and compare the old finish next to the new finish... Wow!  This is...

(Side note: Those wood floors!! Love love love - also, wood floors in a sewing room are the best! It is so much easier to sweep up threads.)...

Back when I first saw this room, I told Jared, I want to paint the walls white, take the doors off the bookshelves, and paint the back of th...

Okay... Should I leave the bookshelves yellow or paint them red? Maybe I'll photoshop red in and see if I like it.  Also, those white wa...

This will show up again sometime in the future after it fills up more.  Today we started something I've wanted to do for a while. We are...

SAMs club to buy ESL party food. We almost made it through the store without fighting in this cart.  People sometimes ask if they are twins....

This is the only picture I have taken the last three days.  Monday was a normal catch up on groceries and cleaning day.  Yesterday we went h...

Two things happened for the first time in our new house.  1. We baked a yeast bread (I know, how have I gone three months without baking bre...