The Coffee Hour

and now for our weekly pre-church reality captured on camera this blessed day…
I hope it gives you a good laugh.

… Annie Sloan that is.  I read the rave reviews on DIY blogs and thought that I would finally get around to making an upcycled door headboard for our bedroom.
Here’s the before:
Here’s the after:

Here is another family milestone-  Joseph’s first trip to the zoo!
Things went south before we even got through the gate. It was crowded, hot, and there was a thick cloud of pollen suspended over the whole place.  Our kids were tired and struggling.  To make a painful story short, we left the zoo after less than an...

When this picture was taken from a hill overlooking my neighborhood, I was huddled in my closet with my five children, listening to a sound like I had never heard before in my life.  Loud pops and cracking sounds all around us.  The interior doors were...