A glimpse to the future?

When we were in San Diego this summer, Bekah asked if I would take a few shots of her and Chris at the beach (with Mr. Cash still cooking in her belly). When we were about finished the kids had started to gather round and I couldn't help but snap a shot of the motley crew!

Maybe it's a glimpse into their future.......though I think the look on Chris' face says it all.

The perpetual smile.

That's Ryder, the boy with the constant smile.  I love it.  He can make me smile....even when I don't feel like it.  It's so bright, so inviting, so cheerful, so blissful.  How can it not make your day?

The redo.

There is this slight tendency I have to bite off more than I can chew, so I've been told anyway. Well, here is a project that I started and actually finished within days....rare, I know.

This hutch was gifted to us when we first moved to Kansas from Randy's Fire Chief. He and his wife knew we didn't own much furniture at the time and offered the hutch to us since they were buying a new set. That hutch has served us faithfully all these years and I always wanted to paint it, but with each move, pregnancy, baby, etc, it just didn't make it to the top of the "to-do list". Finally, with the chance at having my dining room actually utilized as such, I put it on the list and have now crossed it off. Yay!

Here it was before (I had started to sand it when I remember to take a pic of it):

And after:

(Pardon the shadows at the bottom, I would have had to clear out the dining room table & chairs otherwise)

This was my first attempt at making a piece look vintage and it was super fun! Alchemy Fine Living has awesome tutorials on You Tube that gave me the confidence to complete the project. I've even finished another piece since, woohoo!

My silly little girl.

The kids were playing out back the other day and Addie decided to ham it up for the camera. How do you like her "throwback" pink jammies and snow boots?

Such a bundle of energy......maybe I could borrow some......

Dreams do come true.

Remember this post from a while back?  Well, the kids were able to maintain there memorization of the Lord's Prayer from The City Harmonic's song, "Manifesto", and we talked about how cool it would be if we could see them in concert one day.

That day happened in September.  Yep, they came to our city.  And even crazier, the event was at our church!  The kids were soooo excited to see these guys "in real life" and the live version of Manifesto was nothing short of electrifying!

After the show, the kids were able to get the autograph of each band member and meet them personally.  Here they are (totally forgot my camera, so my apologies for the fuzzy shot!):

To add to night was an artist we had not heard before named AJ Cheek.  We all enjoyed his acoustic set and were able to buy his album after the show.  Ashlynn and I play it constantly around the house and in the car now.  Check him out on itunes, the album is titled "The Art of Letting Go", it's inexpensive and you will love it!  What really stood out to us about him, was his intentional, authentic spirit.  You could tell his heart was truly in his music and it was all for the glory of God.


Good show, great artists, awesome time!

Movin' on up.....

Just a taste of what's been going on around here these past few months....

Remember the dining room used to "double" as our school room?

Well, it's back to a dining room!

Detailed before and after pictures to follow.....including the furniture!  We had our first meal in it tonight, it was just glorious.....

Vintage Dress Redo.

Check it out HERE.