she's one!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

you are my sunshine, my only sunshine......


this party was so much fun to plan. i could not have done it without my sis and our friend lisa!
i borrowed a lot, ash made a lot, and i made some.

homemade play dough as party favors











e had the time of his life sneaking sweets all night! yes, he might have been a bit hyper.











she destroyed the entire cake





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planting flowers

Monday, July 25, 2011

patrick surprised elijah with a new lightning mcqueen water pail and a cute little flower kit, needless to say he was excited.





this was over a week ago and no signs of any growth yet, you don't think our clearance aisle seeds were bad do ya?

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major progress

i haven't been blogging because patrick and i have seriously been working day and night on the house, things are really moving along. here's an update on the kitchen/ living/ dining area.


both of these walls are out now, they separated the kitchen and dining room from the living room


we took down a major support wall, so we decided to support it with a steal beam for a more interesting modern/ industrial look. we now have new primed drywall and recessed lighting.


now it's completely open. patrick is currently working on getting all of the floors in and i am painting my heart out.


the space in the back will soon be a bright white kitchen

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happy fourth of july

Tuesday, July 5, 2011


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let the demo begin

Monday, June 13, 2011



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the new casa

so here it is in all of it's "before" 1970's glory

this courtyard is one of our favorite things about this house, it's going to be a very cozy place to relax someday

right now it's a bit of a rock garden

the entry- kitchen to the left bedrooms to the right living room straight away



the kitchen came with avocado green appliances and a pink soffit



the living and dining room


the family room and sliding doors to the back yard

very dark and green half bath, just off garage and laundry room

another very dark but this time very yellow hall bath

master bedroom- that's my sewing room in the back

master bath

sewing room

it's going to be an amazing family home.

stay tuned for all of the demo and before and afters


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washatopia

Friday, June 3, 2011

so in our rental we don't have a washer or dryer hooked up for a couple of different reasons so we have been forced to visit our local laundry mat.

washatopia- their slogan is

making laundry heavenly.....if that's possible

well i would never say laundry is heavenly but when you bring the entire family and manage to get 12 loads of laundry washed, dried, & folded in only a couple of hours and everyone is smiling, that's pretty close.












they have free cianfranni coffee, tv, and a play area for the kiddos, this just might become our summer hang out


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boy in a basket

Wednesday, June 1, 2011


E, you just make life fun



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dedication day

i am super behind on blogging....


we dedicated our sweet baby girl on mother's day, what a beautiful memory.

we promise to raise you up in a Christ centered home in hopes that you will come to know our most precious saviour at an early age.






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