Mud Room

The mud room is heavily used. This is a place where kids come in and take their shoes off and hand up their backpacks after school. The lockers were custom made by Tomahawk Trading Company and the rug is from Butler Furniture. We love the function and look of this room. Until next time…

Laundry Room

With 8 children I spend A LOT of time in the laundry room. I wanted this room to be amazing! We wanted 2 sets of washers and dryers upstairs and 1 set downstairs. These machines are used multiple times a day. There is a laundry shoot from the 3rd floor into the laundry room into a cabinet so that I can choose when to see the pile- haha! We added…

Screened Porch

The screened porch was one of the last items we completed in the house. We are looking forward to using this space more this summer! This was such a fun project to complete! Until next time…

Random Acts of Kindness

These are so fun to do and at after you do a random act of kindness the strangest thing happens- yes, the receiver gets a nice surprise, but you walk away with such a heart of gratitude that your day is made as well…

How do you want your story to read?

How do I want my story to read? What is truly important in this life? We have a way of over complicating things, but when you really think of what is important on this side of heaven it is to love God and love others…

Raising kids near grandparents- the best decision we ever made

We moved to a property with 160 acres and made sure we had homes on the property for both sets of grandparents. Not a day goes by when the kids do not see their grandparents- sometimes for a few minutes, sometimes for a few hours, and sometimes for a whole weekend. They think this is a normal part of childhood to be able to walk to their grandparents house for…