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  • DIY NUMBER PLAQUE

    Never before has the number 4 seemed so much larger than the number 3. Since Leah joined our family unit just over a month ago, I have learned that little projects (or…

  • HOLIDAY CARD WREATH

    Mya and I love getting snail mail during the week. And since the holiday cards are already starting to come in, it has added even more excitement to her Christmas spirit.…

  • GROWN-UP GIRLY GIFT GUIDE

    I was going to compile a list of maternity items that’ve helped me through this pregnancy. And then I realized that they’re not maternity items at all because I was too cheap…

  • BUTTERFLY SNACKS

    Truth: Mya’s napping and I should totally be making food for her birthday party tomorrow or cleaning the house… or sleeping. But I’d rather blog about the silly butterfly snacks we…

  • BASEMENT BUILDOUT : DRYWALL

    It’s been a month since we finished framing and hung the drywall for our basement project. We had hoped to be sharing the final outcome with you by now, but the finishing touches…

  • MYA’S ROOM

    Welcome to Mya’s room. As she is growing up way too fast and her room will also be ever-changing, it’s fun to document her little space. It’s difficult for me to pinpoint a specific “theme”…

  • OUR ITALIAN EASTER

    Sure hope you’re not sick of Easter-related posts quite yet. Because I have one more for you this year! We drove up to Omaha to spend the holiday weekend with my…

  • LIVING ON THE EDGE

    Over the past two years, we have explored a few landscape edging options and have become proponents of the approach that “less is more!” First, we tried an easy-to-install, no-dig plastic…

  • BASEMENT BUILDOUT : FRAME OF REFERENCE

    With every home project, we’re learning that having the right tools makes things a lot easier. Ashley jokingly claims that I married her for her power tools because she owned more than…

  • BASEMENT BUILDOUT : THE PLAN

    Teaming up for a home construction project probably isn’t the way most couples envision celebrating an anniversary together, but we have never been too concerned about doing things the conventional way. Life is pretty…

  • HOLIDAY TREATS

    We finally took the Pinterest plunge. “What is that?” you may ask. We got with the times and joined Pinterest. I thought it would totally be a time-sucker. And it was initially. But…

  • HOLIDAY DECOR TIPS + TRICKS

    As Derek’s mentioned, I thoroughly enjoy decorating for the holidays. But what I don’t enjoy is having a bunch of stuff in storage that is only used for one month out…