monday’s musings

Hey guys! Remember us? Yes, it’s been a little while. We’ve had a crazy year. I can’t believe it’s April. In ways the year has been extremely slow and somehow extremely fast. This year has taught us more of the Lord’s steadfastness....

wood stain art, a Christmas gift

It’s been a really busy holiday season for us. My little shop kept me busy working on commissioned pieces as well as adding more work to sell at a little market I participated in. At Thanksgiving my brother-in-law, Brent, asked us if we’d be able to...

the best Christmas ever!

This past week we started something that may become one of our new traditions. I decided early in the month that we would act out the nativity as a family. The boys loved this idea and as the days went by, Oliver faithfully reminded me we still needed to do the...

Monday’s musings

I woke up this morning to the sound of rain pitter pattering on the roof. I had every intention of getting up early, and starting a good pattern for the week. Goals.I had some great goals.But the warmth of our cozy bed, ugh. My first goal went right out the...

Monday’s musings

I woke up to the smell of apples and cinnamon baking in the house. In truth they weren’t baking but simmering into yummy apple butter, thanks to the dedication of my dear husband! He made it his special project to finish off our apple stash from our recent trip...