LIFESTYLE
Welcome to the lifestyle section. All the things that help me live a life recovered from anxiety, depression and being captive to negativity. Let’s carve out some space for your mind to breathe.
Clever and Quick Jewelry Organizers
Tonight I went out for some dessert with my friends from Bible study. I've been practically living in my gym attire, so when I get a chance to wear regular clothes, slap on some mascara and be seen in public...I jump. Tonight I even wore {gasp} a necklace. Which...
100 Years in the Making {a family sneak peek}
One hundred years. Can you even fathom that? I certainly can't. I can't imagine what it would be like to have seen and remember when telephones became commonplace. Then to see them transform into something cordless...and something that we now carry everywhere with...
Meet Evolet {a SUPER sneak peek}
You remember Lauren and Ricky {oh, and Samson of course}?! Well their beautiful baby has made her debut and I had the grand pleasure of taking sweet baby Evolet's first set of portraits. Just like her parents, she is great in front of the camera. So photogenic, so...
How to make a patio and impress your friends.
Okay folks. Today is the day I show you how I made my outdoor room dreams come true. I'll tell you what I did, what I bought and where I got it. Heck, I'll even tell you things that I got wrong so you can get them right. Now, I know you've seen this photo a...
Mele Kalikimaka, baby {Patio Reveal}
A month or so I told you about my Mele Kalikimaka moment. If you have no idea what that means...read the post here. When I started with the patio I really wasn't sure how it would all come together. But it's done now, and I think it turned out pretty nice. At very...
Entertaining the Neighbors
I wish I took more self portraits. That way I could show you just how ridiculous the things going on at my house really look. But alas...I'm much too busy with my projects and hurting myself...and doing things in weird, awkward, one-man-show type ways to stop and...
10 Ways to Plan a Quirky Trip
I've been gone a long time. I know. I have this goal of "writing out" so that even when I'm away and unable to post I'd have content coming up every day or so. But, as you can tell...that goal keeps getting shoved underneath a bunch of other more...
Just Two Bros: Vacation Edition
I know I've been absent. If I was really a good friend to you, I'd be writing every single day of all the adventures I've been having in Indiana. But here's the thing. I'm having so many, many, many adventures that are lasting late into the night I'm just too...
Salvaged Lumber Picnic Table {Build It}
Today I'll show you how I {yes, me...all by myself} built this table and benches for my patio. Are you impressed, or what?! I have to say, this is one of my greatest before and afters. After my shed came down from the space that I wanted to lay the patio, I was left...
DIY Patio Seating
Let me start by telling you that...the patio is done! It's been done for about a week...but things have been pretty busy around here so I haven't had the time to sit down and really show it off to you the right way. I even had my very first dinner gathering on it on...
A Cord of Three Strands {Kate + Jacob}
This is Kate and Jacob. Aren't they precious? They are getting married in October and I am so very excited for them!! Kate and I have gotten to know each other over the past year through our women's Bible study at church. This is what marriage is about...
Vintage Fair for Vintage Flair
I was incredibly and pleasantly surprised recently when I attended Minot's second annual Vintage Fair. When I heard it advertised I was excited, but I never expected it to be such a wonderful and inspiring event. When I drove up to the rustic family farm on which it...
