Well friends, it’s been a hot minute. The fireplace is done and I’m hoping to post about that soon. Somehow we managed to finish it up after Thanksgiving and we were able to enjoy a beautiful fireplace during the Christmas season. The girls were home from college and it was really nice to just hang […]
2020 Year in Review
With the new year upon us and January almost gone, I thought it would be good to reflect on all that 2020 served up, the good the bad and the ugly. Looking back on social media and blog posts from January of 2020 is like watching a car crash about to happen but the people […]
Five Simple Ways to Connect as a Family without Screens
Happy Thursday friends. As we enter into a hunker down season here in Minnesota and now with more restrictions during this pandemic, I thought it would be the perfect time to share a few ways we have family time. Especially now with two kids off to college, a pre-teen and a teen, gone are the […]
Peace & the flex room
A few weeks ago, I had a dream about the Buffalo room in our last home. I woke up a bit sad and maybe even shed a few tears. I shared on instagram how it wasn’t even necessarily the physical room I was missing but the feeling you had when sitting in that room. Peace. […]
How to love your home
We’ve officially been in our home for a little over four months now. It feels like longer than that but I think that’s part of the overall feeling of 2020. Which is weird because we always want time to slow down and then when it feels like it has, we want it to go faster. […]
Pond House – Fireplace Inspiration
Fall is here! And with that, especially in Minnesota, comes fireplace season. Time to cozy up inside by the fire, watch the leaves and eventually snow fall outside the window while you’re snug inside by a crackling fire. Well except my gas insert doesn’t really crackle or smell like burning wood but I also don’t […]
Seasons of Change
Last August on almost the same date, I wrote a post called Walking. We were entering a new season with sending our oldest baby off to college and just trying to figure out what life was going to look like in many areas. We are slowly standing up, testing out our legs, wobbling, taking a […]
Projects and Paint
Happy Monday! The fall feeling is creeping in the air and we are clinging to the last bits of summer while we can! Next week we move two girls into their dorms. So thankful that their colleges are open and praying they stay that way! We’ve been working on some fun things around here lately. […]
House Goals 2020
Although the year is half over, I figured there’s still a few months left and why not have some goals for our new home? We’ve officially been in our home two months and honestly, it feels like it’s been longer than that. We’ve made some great friends in our new neighborhood, visited some great churches, […]
Island Dreams vs Reality
A few weeks ago I decided to paint the island. Before we moved in, I envisioned a green island. Something fun and a little different than what I would normally pick. Still in line with my modern grandma cottage feel I am going for. I even had some beautiful inspiration. I had Magnolia Green on […]
