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Kevin and I worked on a pumpkin project the other day, and when it came time to photograph the finished products on our front porch, we immediately thought of our friend Evan. Why Evan? Because he has an amazing prop locker closet warehouse, complete with beautiful old barrels of course!
Evan (a.k.a- Evan G. Cooper)...
Happy April! I hope you had an awesome Easter weekend!
Kevin played guitar at our church's Pike Road location, and we had a really great lunch with his family yesterday afternoon. His mom sent us home with a whole tub of Watergate salad, so I will be enjoying more of that this week, too. #ICouldEatItEveryDay
Last...
Afternoons are my favorite time of day here in the new house. Sun spots dance across the walls and floors, and seeing birds swooping in and through the front porch makes me feel eight years old again.
Yesterday, Kevin and I spent the afternoon working on Halloween projects for articles scheduled to come out later this...
We've got light in our half bath again!
If you've been reading our blog for a while, you'll probably recognize the light fixture. It came with us from our old house, and I'm really diggin' the way it plays with the birds on the walls in there. We used one of those silver-crowned light bulbs so that "visitors" don't...
Fun news! After four paper-filled months, we finished our last home study interview at the Lifeline office on Friday morning! So other than turning in a few remaining pieces of info, we're all set to move on to the immigration part of our process. What that entails, we're not really sure right now (we're guessing more paperwork!)-...
Kevin and I drove up to Birmingham this afternoon.
We've got our last two home study interviews at the Lifeline office here tomorrow morning, and then we'll be attending a 2-day Lifeline-sponsored seminar called Crossings.
Crossings was created "to prepare and equip families for the joys and challenges that...
Meet Keith:
He plays drums on the worship team at our church, and although we just met him last year, he's one of those guys you just feel like you've known forever- ya know what I mean? One of the things I noticed about him early on, is that he smiles a lot. And like Buddy the Elf, I'm a HUGE fan of that!
In...
I finished up the my part of the traveling art project this weekend, so I'm sending it on to the next blogger that's participating. If you're a DIY blog reader- you'll probably recognize her name:
And speaking of the Petersiks...
Have you seen the book they released last Fall? Like their blog, it's called...
My ankle is still swollen, but it's been so pretty outside this week. I needed to get out and about. Do you feel that craving when you haven't been outside enough? That craving for vitamin D on your skin? I stuck my hand out the window as Kevin and I drove down a new road yesterday. We've been here in Pike Road for six...
Tracie, from Cleverly Inspired, contacted me about participating in a traveling art project recently. I loved the idea of collaborating on something like this, so I wrote her right back and told her that I was definitely up for the fun.
She sent me a tube full of supplies and inspiration, and when I'm done...
Our half bathroom redo is almost complete, but I'm not gonna lie- last week was tough in there. Blood, sweat and tears? Check. Check. Double check. Who knew the littlest room in the place would whoop my booty so bad?
That said, everything's coming together slowly but surely, and I'm head-over-heels for the wallpaper-...
Did I tell you Kevin started playing with the worship team at our church last Fall?
Yep. He usually plays at church every other Sunday, and I can't tell you how full I feel for him as he grows his relationship with God through music every day.
We were invited to a casual dinner for worship team members at our...
I'm up to my eyeballs in primer today, but I wanted to publish a quick post about Kev and Josh's latest ShootFlyShoot class!
It's called Photoshop Touch Up, and it's all about re-touching photos of people in Photoshop. This is something the two of them did for years and years before they started photography businesses...
Hello! I thought I'd share some photos of where we're at in our half bath renovation today. (PS- We're putting together a short video about some of the key steps in our process, and I look forward to sharing that whenever we wrap things up!)
The floor and walls are starting to look much different than they used to,...
Remember that Simple With A Hearty Side Of Significant post I published last month? If so, you probably remember that cute little boy that found the notepad I hid over by the gazebo.
His name is Mikey, and Kevin and I had the opportunity to visit him and his house the other day.
He and his mom and dad, Traci...
Can you see them out there?
It's Kevin and our friend (and avid fisherman), Tommy. Apparently misty mornings like the one we had today make for the best fishing, so Kev bundled up and met him by the dock as soon as he arrived.
I rushed out there to snap that photo of them as they made their way across the lake...
We completed the 'physicals' step in our adoption home study last week. I made a comment about being freaked out by needles in my last home study-related post, and I wish I could say that the experience went easy-breezy, but it didn't. It was more queasy-MEasy.
After a short wait in the waiting room, the door to our...
We're still working on personalizing the half bath at our place this week...
...so I thought I'd blog about my friend Shannan's house today. She and her family have had tons of fun adding color, personal touches, and character galore to their recently-built home.
She created this little vignette in her entry,...
I surprised my Valentine with a Foldable Me yesterday, then I surprised him with a Foldable He, too!
The paper pair starred in our very first Vine video yesterday. If you'd like to check it out just click on the photo below:
If you listen closely, you can hear the non-paper version of my Valentine working...
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