We've knocked out some pretty awesome end tables (like this, this, and this) that I reeeeeeeeally wanted to keep for my own living room. But for the greater good we sold them. I don't regret that decision at all. But I still dream of fixing up my living room to be awesome. I want to love it the same way I love my kitchen and nursery!Well... over the weekend, we acquired a new end table for our ... [ Read More ]

Well here we are back at Monday. The weeks are flying by, and my girls are getting so big. Everyone says "they grow so fast" ...ain't it the truth! Soon they'll be teenagers wearing excessive makeup and sneaking out at night. I guess that would be the least of my worries.My little bro Josh went home yesterday. We had a great week hanging out with him. He and Nick spent some quality time under the ... [ Read More ]

Oh yeah... I have a blog!My daddy moved to China on Monday... and apparently the Chinese government BLOCKS ALL BLOGS and Facebook from their internet. Isn't that ridiculous? And how is that even possible? Isn't the world wide web the world wide web??? So not only is he unable to view my blog and that of my siblings, he also can't have his own blog to keep us all updated on his international ... [ Read More ]

Notice anything different about our little bloggy-blog? We needed a serious change of scenery. And while the last blog design was ok... I really hated that there was so much wasted space on the sides, and the pictures were so small and crammed in that center column. See?Not to mention, it was such a froofy lacy design that didn't really fit quite right.You might be thinking that Adelyn could feel ... [ Read More ]

The girls and I are all feeling better and getting back into the swing of things. It's been a rough few days on many levels, but life is finding it's balance again. During the day when the girls are snoozing, I've been busy working on an upholstered headboard using leftover fabric from the nursery curtains. It's not quite done yet, but when it is... I'm going to bust out a tutorial for ... [ Read More ]

We have an exciting announcement to make! Our backsplash painting has become inexplicably successful, and we have requests from all over the country from people begging us to take a trip to their respective city to revive their drab kitchen situations. And while we've taken a couple tours mini vacations to St. Louis and Minneapolis (where we painted a few backsplashes), traveling around the ... [ Read More ]

At the risk of being the only messy gal in the kitchen, I'm a self-proclaimed dirty chef. And my recipe suffers the most... floating around in my egg yolks, cocoa powder and other unidentifiable nastiness.I just got back from the kitchen whipping me up some No-Bake Cookies, where I remembered I hadn't blogged about my recipe holder my sweetie fashioned for me! After making projects such as this ... [ Read More ]

I'm excited because my college friend and fellow mom-of-twin-girls, Crystal, is coming from afar to stay for a few days and rescue me from my inexperience. We've been friends for 10 years. *Oh my gosh, I was in college 10 years ago. And likely had smaller pores, perkier boobs, and took time to shave my armpits.*A moment of silence.Crystal and I have maintained our friendship despite going our ... [ Read More ]

Paisley and Adelyn aren't the only newborns on our homestead. We came home from the hospital to find THIS:Our girl Blanche done birthed 6 (YES 6) little baby kittens. On our farm, when we procreate, we do it up BIG! Remember when Blanche and Lucille were only tiny kittens themselves?Blanche and I know how it feels to carry an uncommon number of offspring in this summer heat.Anyone wanting a new ... [ Read More ]

I've been thinking a lot about the immediate and future fate of our little blog. I don't know what to expect with having two newborns, so I really can't predict. But I do know that blogging is a great mental and emotional release for me. I blog for myself. I blog for my family. I blog to encourage women struggling with infertility. I blog as a creative outlet.I hope that you all can be ... [ Read More ]