Kristen's Baby Shower

This past weekend, we threw a lovely little baby shower for our dear friend Kristen. She's having a little girl in just a couple of weeks. We kept it pretty simple and had a delicious brunch. Jenny made great homemade granola for our Yogurt Bar, Taryn made amazing (truly) mini quiches, and I made brown sugar bacon and muffins. It was simple and delicious. We played a few party games but the best part was just talking to everyone. Congratulations Kristen! We're so excited to meet this little baby girl! 

Kristen -The Momma-to-Be (Right) and her mom and sisters

What Can $40 Buy You?

Well, if it's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at Savers and everything is 50% off, it can buy you all of this! Most of the stuff is barely worn and from good stores like Baby Gap and Gymboree. What a major haul! This little girl is going to be very well dressed!

(8 Pairs of Pants, 7 Dresses, 4 Jackets, 2 Tops and 2 Onesies) 

The Dreamer of Oz

It's so weird how random things can trigger memories from your childhood. I was eating a piece of hard candy and it reminded me of one of my favorite movies as a kid, The Dreamer of Oz*. This was a made-for-TV movie that we had recorded on video that I'd watch pretty regularly during my Wizard of Oz phase.

Which, lets face it, was pretty much most of my childhood.

Anyway, I was thinking about the movie and how I had't seen it in forever. Since I'd only seen it on TV, I didn't think it was available anywhere to watch. Oh contraire!  It turns out it's a special feature on the 70th Anniversary Edition of The Wizard of Oz that Dan's Aunt Kris has! So we borrowed it and I instantly traveled down (the yellow brick) memory lane.

I love being all nostalgic and reminiscing about the good ol' days!

*Which for the record, is a totally random nonsignificant part of the movie, but it still it reminded me of it!

May Day! May Day!

Mark your Calendars for May 23rd. 

That's when the Workmans will be adding a little pink bundle of joy to their group.

Hip Hip Hooray! 

Picture from Here. 

A House Tour

Here it is! The House Tour you all have been waiting for! We LOVE our house and it's been really fun fixing it all up. We're nowhere near done, but isn't that one of the joys of being a homeowner? 

When we first looked at the house, it was completely empty. We totally had a blank slate to make what we wanted of the space. 

This is the BEFORE

Looking for a better Television Stand Solutions - I like the idea of an Entertainment Center or Hutch, but that'll be a future project! 

Dining Room: 

Kitchen: 

Done with Kitchen Befores - Time for Afters!

Future Projects include: Curtains and a Kitchen Cart/Cabinet

Dan's Office:

 

Master Bedroom: 

This is the only before picture we had! 

Okay, there are also two bathrooms, two other rooms and a loft. But, they are construction zones or look like bombs went off. So, as those rooms get fixed up we'll post pictures. Hope you liked the tour! 

In October, I was sitting in my living room and there was a knock at the door. I open it to see a random girl - with a camera. She's like "Hi, I'm taking bridal photos and we think your house is so cute and can we take some pictures in front of your house?" I was a little confused as I tried to process everything. I look behind the girls shoulder and see a boy in a suit and a girl in a wedding dress get out of an SUV. Wow. Here are a couple of the photos from that session. I guess we'll need to take some portraits ourselves in front of our house because these pictures turned out really cute! And I promise to post some pictures of the interior soon, I know I've been teasing you all with only exterior photos for too long! 

Photos taken from Here

....And We're Back!

I'm starting my New Year's Resolutions early. I'm going to be a blogger again. I've got plenty of things that I need to post about, namely a new (old) house that we've been working really hard on and is awfully cute! Thanks for still reading this little ol' blog.

A Pinterest Challenge

 First of all, I LOVE Pinterest.  I'm so glad that they invented something like this. I have files and files of pictures saved on my computer that I think are brilliant and want to recreate. But, I feel that the line between inspiration and plagarism is supper hazy. Young House Love (a great blog that I love) instituted the "Pinterest Challenge" where people are challenged to make at least one thing that they pin each season. The catch was to put your own spin on it. That's where my challenge comes in. I don't know how you can spend so much time on Pinterest, feeling so creative, and not really do anything! When it comes to doing something creative myself, I'm out of fresh ideas. Why should I put my spin on things when I like them perfectly well the way they are?! Here are a bunch of ideas that I have recreated - some have more of my own spin than other.

What's a girl to do?! It's really quite a conundrum!