Barn Wood Island

Things are really coming together!!! I cannot wait to be done with minutia. Running around searching for bun feet for my vanity, searching craigslist for newel posts, reviewing 100 grout colors to find the perfect one. Does that sound like complaining? If so, I don't mean to. I am so grateful every day that we are able to build this home. But I mean, the amount of decisions that have to be made is astounding. But we should be moved in ONE MONTH! YAHOO!! A little photo to share: This pile of barn wood looked like this one month ago...

And this week, it's our island, just waiting for a countertop! Have you ever sweated a decision? REALLY sweated it? That was me, waiting for this guy to be completed. I know barn wood isn't everybody's "thing", but I couldn't be more pleased with how it turned out.

I'm not planning to do much posting about our house, but our cabinet maker is awesome. I had to share!!!

My Morning Routine

I begin almost every morning with a bowl of steel cut oats and a cup of coffee. My darling Jewell begins every morning with several bowls of cheerios ("Ree-O's"). And then nearly every morning, my darling Jewell tries to steal what's left of my breakfast. What a little stinker!

Freezing PBJs

All of the sudden, I'm the mama of a large family. In a million years, I never saw it coming. I always thought two seemed like the perfect number of kids. How wrong was I? I'm loving raising 4 little ones, but it is a lot of work to keep everyone clothed, fed, and to school on time! So, I've recently taken to freezing our peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. I make a ton, and wrap them in saran wrap. Yes, not the best for the planet, and I use the cheap stuff (not the healthiest stuff) for the sandwiches. Because frankly, the "healthy" stuff isn't the best for the freezer. Anyway, it saves me tons of time and morning energy. 2 loaves of bread last my family like 3 days. Have you ever tried it? What do you think?

Building a House

Wow - taking another mini-break to update you on our house progress! Have you built a house or remodeled? If so, you know - it's a lot of work! And messy, too! Lance's shoes usually look something like this.

Building a house, plus raising 4 little babies who are home all summer long, even more work! But we're getting closer & closer to finishing up. And it's all starting to come together. All those drawers will be in place soon!

Right now, I really have no business blogging. I have about 4 loads of laundry to fold, 1 load to start, dinner & lunch to think about, paint colors to pick, faucets to buy, and a thousand other little things. So off I go!

Dancing Queens

A taste of what you've been missing. Sassy pants! Jewell is a little copy cat these days, wanting to do everything her big sister (and brother - notice the pj's!) are doing!

Goodbye Facebook, Hello Again, Blogger!

So I'm back! (Hooray!) I can't promise I'll blog regularly, but I've deleted my facebook account and I'm posting at least for today. Over the past few months, we've been hard at work building our house and surviving the summer heat. Are you still here with me?