:: Chair Redo :: Leo :: Highchair

This project took me awhile, but I was VERY determined to get it done before my April 21st baby shower & before baby arrived. 

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. THANKFULLY. 

 :: Chairs BEFORE ::

   

 :: Chairs AFTER :: 

The chairs brighten up the room a lot. Which I love. :)

:: Leonidas & the Highchair  ::

Since I had our nice camera out - I was having fun taking a few shots of Leo & Kev putting the highchair together :)

Anyone have this highchair? If so, do you like it? 

Fall in love with Fall

It is always bitter sweet for me when Fall arrives. I LOVE summer, so saying goodbye is hard, but welcoming the beauty and crispness of the Fall makes it all the more easier. 

I've never decorated our fire mantel for the Fall, but this year is different. 

Seeing all the cute mantel's my friends have decorated has been inspiring. 

I found some cute free Fall printables online for my decorations. 

[pictures below]

Here is the website I found mine at & a few other websites you can choose from!

:: The two printables I used ::

Autumn-paint-chip-fall-printable

We-are-like-pumpkins-free-fall-printable

:: Some others to use ::

12 Free Fall Printables

Free Fall Printables

And this one I thought was extra neat. 

This blogger used linen on card stock to print her Fall printable.

Printing-on-linen-tutorial-free-fall

Here's a tour of the Fall decor sprinkled around our house this year. 

 

Mantel BEFORE : So boring!

  

Mantel AFTER : So much more cheery!  

Found this guy at Michael's, along with some of the other Fall decor on the mantel.  

Frames from Ikea

  

I added this fabric that I found at a yard sale & hot glued the gourd to the frame.  

Pumpkin candelabra from Wal-Mart. 

 

Fall hand towels from Wal-Mart.

HAPPY FALL! 

DIY Sunday

[grainy pictures due to iphone] 

I decided this wall needed some color splash. 

I've been trying to add yellow into the kitchen area, since it's only black, white, and grey. 

This wall previously only had three white frames on it. 

 

Painted this frame yellow. 

This frame was a gift from my friend Shelby. 

Love it. :)

 

Painted the outer frame grey and scratched it up a bit. 

 

I found this "Billy" frame at a yard sale. 

Painted it white. 

 

Painted this frame grey. 

Hot glued some fabric and lace to it. 

Painted the lace a little yellow and added the word "love". 

Painted this mirror white.

It feels good to get these DIY projects done. 

I'm trying to crank them out before class starts this fall. 

Happy Sunday!

My Saturday

 

Well here I am, up bright and early about to try something I've never tried before. 

:: 10 Miles :: 

The longest run I had done up to this point was 6.2 miles. 

I've been running consistently since February. 4 miles most runs. 

Kevin has caught the bug and has begun running more. 

He recently did his first 10 mile run and inspired me to go for 10 too.  

It was time. Time that I pushed myself to another level. 

 

Dunks, driving us to our running destination. 

:: Downtown L-burg ::

Here we are at the start of the run. 

The trails were beautiful which allowed for some good distractions.  

I really had no idea what I was actually getting myself into. 

I just knew I needed to try. 

 

:: 10 Mile Recap ::

My breathing was good the whole run. 

I never really felt out of breath. 

It was my legs that were feeling it the most. 

Dunks ran slightly ahead of me most of the time, which for him I'm sure felt good, 

because I've been running faster then him lately.

[tee-hee, sorry babe, just had to put that out there] ;-P

If I recall correctly, miles 5 to 7.5 were the toughest for some reason. 

I'm used to stopping at 4ish, so I think at the 5 mile mark

my body began to wonder what in the world I was doing. 

It felt SO GOOD to hear my phone call out mile 8! 

After 8 I knew I could finish. 

Although mile 9 started to get a little rough, I couldn't even imagine not finishing at this point. 

Ironically, the worst part of the run was when we finished.

My legs were jello, my head was delirious, and about 30mins after, 

I started to feel extremely nauseous. 

I ended up feeling nauseous for at least two hrs after the run. 

The breakfast I tried eating after the run did not help my sickness.

I ended up throwing up three times [not fun].  

I couldn't get over the nauseousness so I took a nap

and thankfully when I woke up, I was back to normal again! ;)

 

After our nap we headed straight to Starbucks. 

I needed my coffee fix. asap. 

We sat at the bucks, and read our Bibles 

and talked about some stuff currently happening in our lives. 

I love when I get the chance to really connect with my Dunks. 

Apart from "marital" intimacy, 

there's a very intimate secret place that we experience together.

I'm sure we aren't the only couple with this secret place. 

What I mean by this is that we share conversations that I feel no one else on earth 

could really appreciate and connect with like we do together.  

When I was reading today the passages above really caught my attention.

God has that secret place with us. 

A place that is like none other.

Just Him and I. Our secret place. 

He has one for you too. :)

Some days I feel like I'm searching for this secret place 

and just can't find it [just like in marriage too].

Other days I feel like I couldn't be more hidden in there. 

I've found it, and it is good. Bringing peace to my soul.

Here's a creation I created today. 

The lines aren't perfect, but that's OK. :)

:: What's for DINNER ::

This meal is a new favorite of ours. 

It's delicious in so many ways. It's super cheesy, which we like A LOT. 

It's been a great weekend. 

Full of good challenges, good conversation, 

good creativity, and good food!