Aug 18, 2009 | Home Projects, Hospitality & Entertaining
(explanation of the DIY coffee bar below) I am quite sure that one of my love languages comes in a hot, brown liquid form. So when my niece had an amazingly creative party idea, and offered not only a coffee bar, but a Create Your Own Blend coffee bar, at her wedding...
Aug 5, 2009 | Home Decor, Home Projects
When I threw out my “30 days of intentional living” idea, many of you said, “Count me in.” As I ponder and think through what my goals are for that month, I am the first to understand that encouraging you on a “ten minute a day...
May 19, 2009 | Home Management, Homemaking, Hospitality & Entertaining
One of the homemaking skills I am working on with our daughters is the ability to set a nice table – both functionally and beautifully. In the day and age where dinner is done in a dash, and paper plates are the name of the game, there is just something about...
Mar 31, 2009 | Large Groups
I love an impromptu troop full of “terrible teens” filling our home. (Terrible teens? I beg to differ…”) And with that troop came so much beauty and bedlam…. We love to open our home, but it doesn’t happen nearly enough during our...
Oct 27, 2008 | Bedlam Moments
I sincerely believe in the spirit of a “Welcome Home” mentality.I want every single one of you to feel as if you could “make yourself at home” on our home stead, and come away refreshed and renewed from your stay.I desire our home to be a...