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Painting Pumpkins 2009

October 17, 2009 in Chance, Crafts, Faith, Family, Home, Motherhood, Personal Entries with 2 Comments

We painted our very first pumpkins last year. This year, we decided to follow the tradition.

Here’s Chance painting his pumpkin WHITE… Apparently, the WHOLE base of the pumpkin needed to be white “because Daddy’s white.” — seriously… that’s what he said.

I think the whites of the eyes are always a bit freaky looking before I add the pupils.

I dunno what you think… but I think that’s a pretty happy looking pumpkin.

I was letting this dry and tending to Paxton for a couple minutes. When I got back…

… I found THIS painted to the side. I left it cuz it was so cute.

My sons are happy. My husband is happy. My family is happy. This makes ME happy.

You see… we’re painting more than just pumpkins over here. We’re painting our future… one brushstroke at a time. However, I can tell you I don’t paint so well, so I’m letting God guide my strokes.

Of course, I still fight for control over the paintbrush sometimes… but He is faithful and constant, ready to step back in whenever I invite Him to.

I can’t wait to see what the final product of our family is going to look like.

Re-Arranging

September 21, 2009 in Family, Home, Organization with 8 Comments

Brian and I had decided to re-arrange our living room and office a while back.

We finally got it done today in less than two hours.

Here’s the BEFORE:

And now… the AFTER:

We just swapped the rooms. Before, when you came in the house, the first thing you saw was our home office. Not all that welcoming. Now, the first thing you see when you come in is the living room… comfort. HOME.

It’s just a little change for us. A small change… but it was change we decided on together. Every little thing like this feels good now… because Brian and I are doing it TOGETHER.

Sometimes you just gotta re-arrange stuff to make it YOURS.

Labor Day in La Grande Photos

September 14, 2009 in Chance, Family, Home, Marriage, Motherhood, Paxton, Travel with 0 Comments

I just realized I didn’t post the rest of our La Grande photos. So… here they are.

Most of them are from our trip to the playground.

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Chance’s Drawings

July 26, 2009 in Chance, Crafts, Home, Motherhood with 7 Comments

I came home from my beach vacation and found this on my desk from Chance.

Don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

So cute!

Our New Home

July 21, 2009 in Family, Home, Motherhood, Organization with 3 Comments

Finally… I took pictures of our new home. Here’s your virtual tour. Welcome to our home!

The house is at the end of a cul-de-sac. Perfect for our kiddos:

What you see when you first open the front door. We made the “dining room” into our home office. Paxton is a nice decoration in the photo… it’s like “Where’s Waldo”:

When you walk into the office and turn 180* to your right, you see the “formal living room”:

But if you walk straight back, you enter into our kitchen and family room:

Chance was jumping all over the couch when I took that last picture. Seriously… not only are you getting a tour of my home, but you’re seeing my family life too! Hahaha!

Ok… moving upstairs… Master Bedroom:

Chance’s room (with the new quilt I got from Laura just yesterday. You gotta love hand-me-downs):

Paxton’s room:

Guest room (it’s pretty much the flip-flop of Chance’s room, but we haven’t painted it yet) where all our AWESOME guests stay:

And there you have it.

Come visit us soon

Chance & Paxton’s Rooms

July 19, 2009 in Chance, Family, Home, Motherhood, Organization, Paxton with 6 Comments

I know I’m a bit behind. I’ve always been pretty quick at taking pictures of our new home and stuff.

What’s weird is we’ve been pretty settled for the last few weeks now. The garage was really the last thing we’ve worked on. I’ve taken pictures of the kids’ rooms, but I haven’t taken pictures of the rest of the house yet. Instead of waiting till I got around to all of that, I thought I’d post pictures of their rooms first… so here they are:

Chance’s Room:

Yeah… that’s the LARGEST humidifier I’ve ever seen too. It was a gift from my Mom a few years ago. The good news is you don’t have to refill it everyday. The bad news is we have no idea where to store it when our kiddos aren’t sick.

That comforter on Chance’s bed was the comforter I grew up with. The one I originally bought for Chance shrunk in the wash and I haven’t found the “perfect” new quilt for him yet. That’s why the walls don’t match with anything else. The paint was originally chosen to go with the old comforter. *sigh* Oh well… Chance really likes my comforter, so it works for now.

Oh, and Chance is pretty good at keeping his room looking like this pretty often. If it gets messy for too long, he says, “My room is a mess… I think it’s time to pick up.” Looks like I transferred over the good genes!

Paxton’s Room:

I LOVE Paxton’s room. I think the green on the walls is soothing. I finally got to nest. Better late than never, right?

By the way… for those of you who are questioning why in the world I would take pictures of every room in the house, I say this: it’s ALWAYS a good idea to take pictures of every room of your house. If not for memory sake, it’s good in case anything ever happens to your house (theft, fire, etc) and you need proof of what was actually in your house. That’s my $.02.

Go ahead and tell me how cute their rooms are!