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James made us a "hipster badge" on the reverse of the scary tiki man boogie board. I wanted something with our name and year, and he took it from there! I absolutely love what he did! He created a stencil, cut it out, and spray...

Matt spent half of his spring break with us, and boy, were we thankful! He took care of some handyman projects around the house with laser-focus. As in, he was only two days in and done with them all! Sooo I asked him if he...

What a long road this has been. We lost use of our basement as a regular living space February 2014 due to leaky walls, found it flooding again due to a sewer back up (twice in three days!), and discovered our water heater flushing itself...

Walk down the stairs To throw in another load Splash! go the slippers What do my eyes behold?! Another inch of water When we thought our work was done Tears drop in the puddle As I stand a minute, stunned Race up the stairs To grab a pair of boots Call James home For cleanup in his...

On January 1, James declared that plunger-ing our toilet once and twice a day would not be welcome in the new year. So with YouTube in front of him and an elated wife behind, we marched off to Lowe's with confidence and determination. James has really upped...

The kids and I spent a weekend with my family last month. My intention was to help my mom with her basement or scrapbook or anything to be a good firstborn and help out during her time off this summer. Unfortunately, we made those plans...

 Thankfully, our basement once looked like this with very little effort. Sadly, it no longer does. Thankfully, last Thursday we had a giant rainstorm, signifying the coming end of a long winter. Sadly, much of the rain and melting snow found its way in our basement. Thankfully, James had...

1. Projects: Plenty of spaces to organize and arrange We have more space than we need in this blessing of a house, so we're trying to figure out how best to live in it. Now that we've lived a whole year in it, it's coming more...

I got my window!!!!!!! So excited to see it hanging safely. Love our makeshift marker holders (holes in the window). I may have been so excited that I wrote "Hallelujah!" That's what finished projects do to me--make me sing! Glad to have a place for James' spontaneous art work. Matt also...

Missionary friend Ben Miller built and stained our beautiful farmhouse table and buffet shelf for us. (Plans found at www.ana-white.com.) We love it so so so so much! Whoa. Two kids live here. We finally found some baskets to fit our shelf at Hobby Lobby. Who knew finding more than one of the same basket...