I have a confession. Last Christmas season, I purchased every single gift online. 90% of those gifts came from Amazon. Not only did I save money, but I saved time and effort as well. It's not easy to load up three kids and go shopping and it's dang near impossible to get away from said kids to go ...
Lyon Family Farms Pumpkin Patch 2016
Every fall, we make a visit to an area pumpkin patch. We've visited every one within a two-hour drive from our home. This year, we chose Lyon Family Farms in Taft, Tennessee. We have been there once before and loved it, and this year was no exception. On Friday afternoon, we checked the girls ...
Forever Home Friday Update
We have been moving along quite well with our forever home. I thought sharing a short update would be a great way to keep you informed of all the little things that have been happening--the things that don't quite deserve a full blog post. In my last home post, I told you that all our framing ...
Building A House | Framing, Part 2
You guys, building our forever home is so surreal. I have dreamed about this for years, and to see it coming to life is nothing short of mind-blowing. When I last left you, the entire downstairs of our home had been framed up. Parts were covered by tech-shield; bracing boards were scattered ...
Happening Lately
From the looks of my recent posts, it's been all house, all the time. And while this is very close to the truth, we have been doing other real-life things. I figured it was high-time for a 'from the camera roll' post in which I share some of the recent happenings in our lives, straight from my ...
Building A House | Framing, First Floor
Confession: I have taken no fewer than 16 million photos of our house building process, and we are still only beginning. Building a house is SO MUCH FUN and the process of framing has my excitement level through the roof. We have walls--we have rooms. We have stairs, for goodness sake. I can ...
