My baby girl is officially a big girl now (even though she’s promised to always be my baby girl ).  Turning 7 has been a big milestone for her.  Ellie Kate has always been a sweet ray of sunshine.  She wakes up every single morning with a smile on her face, ready for whatever the [...]

Oh, snizzle-snazzle.  I’m still on such a crazy high from all that God did at the Living Proof Live w/Beth Moore the past two days.  Like seriously.  I can hardly write.  I can hardly speak it out loud yet.  I wonder how in the world I will ever take when I see Him face to [...]

I know (snicker) you're jealous because I wake up with this awesomely perfectly-messy-in-just-the-right-places hair, right?

I just say things like, "I want it schushhzzier," or "Let's make it more chika-chika" this time and she knows what I mean

Want a really quick, inexpensive update?  Changing out the fabric on your chairs is an amazingly fast, easy, cheap update that completely changes  and refreshes the look of your room.  All you need is a staple gun, a fun trip to the fabric store, and a drill.  Our breakfast room (like every room) is still a work [...]

So, I told you the other week about my “project.”  You’ve seen sneak peeks of my grandmother’s dining furniture many times before.  It’s a beautiful solid cherry dining table, buffet, and china cabinet (quite frankly, they just don’t make things like it anymore).  I really wanted to use it in the new “formal” dining room but let’s face [...]

The tiny details pull it all together and yet set it apart from all the rest.

A Friday night spent organizing shoes makes me happy David noting how many metallic (well, shiny, in his words), animal print, and blue pair I have…Not so much. (Do I dare tell him I just ordred an animal print pair and a matte gold pair from Nine West yesterday? No, better just leave them a little [...]

  So July began at, oh about 6:30 with Lily startlingly asking, “Mom, where are the scissors?”  Umm, I roll over and peek my eye open to see if David will answer her.  (If I pretend to not hear her, he’ll have to answer her.  Right?)  He’s not there.  That means he’s gone to the Y, or to ride [...]