The Light

 

I am just so grateful for all this! 

I leave for work a little later in the day on Wednesday's and because we are gaining light so fast right now, it was fully up by the time I left.

I was making breakfast in the kitchen and turned around to see the walls bathed in light and I just had to smile and snap this picture.

I am so glad we did big windows.

I love this house and am so grateful for it. 

Pillows

 

Marissa has this habit of buying me the weirdest gifts and most of them have her face on them. 

This time she upped her game and included my face. 

These are two pillows.

One for the couch and one for travel, she said. 

Sigh.

The picture on them was taken while we were in Maryland about 7 years ago and we are definitely judging the lady that was talking to us. 

I don't remember the conversation but I remember this moment when Tracie snapped the picture of us. 

I don't actually know what to do with these...

or her! 

Mushroom Collection

 

I don't have a lot of time to paint lately, but it's Spring Break this week and I found that I had lots of time. 

So I started my mushroom collection. 

I have 7 pieces done and I really like how they turned out. 

I have no idea what I am doing with them though. 

Matt thinks I should open an etsy shop or sell them in some way. 

I am willing to do that, I just don't know how to go about it. 

He also thinks I should turn them into stickers. 

That would be fun and do I know how to do that. 

We'll see what I end up doing. 

I really enjoy painting.

It has been VERY therapeutic for me. 

First Function

 

Several of my seminary kids asked to come out to the farm this week since it is Spring Break. 

I said that they definitely could. 

They drove the hour and 45 minutes to come hang out. 

Ammon, Ransom, Kylie, Owen, Bella and Shannon all came.

We made cookies, played games and painted. 

It was fun to hang out with them. 

I seriously love these youth. 

They are just the best of the best! 

Favorite Spots in the House

 

There are several spots in our house that I absolutely LOVE!

I just wanted to share them here. 

I have gathered the ideas and the items for these spots over that last year and love how they have turned out. 

The framed pictures on the fridge might be my favorite though. 

 

First Night in the House

 

Life has been very, very busy for us as we have tried to get the house to the point that we could move in and I have been working a lot.

Blogging has taken a back seat. 

But tonight is the first night that we are sleeping on our new house and it feels so, so good. 

I walked around and snapped a few pictures.

We still do not have flooring. 

Nothing is put away because the cabinets are not totally done.

But we have our couch and bed in here and the heat, water and lights all work. 

It's been a crazy journey and felt like a long,long time, but I am so grateful to be in here tonight and look forward to the progress we will make as we try and complete this project over the next many months.