Mary Price joined me on the renovation crew today. It was great to have someone to chat with, as well as an extra set of hands to pull of wallpaper, scrape paint, and pull weeds. Here are some pictures of our destructive deeds: One of Mary’s first requests was that she be able to strip…

As per your request I have included some pictures. I hesitated to post the after pictures yet, because the flower beds are far from being done, but at least you can see there is progress. (Notice the large piles of weeds in the foreground in the “after” pictures). We are waiting until we have water…

We used this theme a few months ago on our regular blog and I just had to bring it back for our home blog. I love the sentiments it represents. Tom suggested yesterday that we refer to our new house as our “playhouse” as that would make all the renovations and projects seem more fun.…

Tom and I have started a blog that will contain only reports on the house. We have included a link on the top of the sidebar where you can easily access it.

This blog will be dedicated to all things home. It may feature before and after pictures,  my weekly goals, paint colors, ideas from pictures I liked, questions for you, crys for inspiration, and general updates. I have decided to separate it from our regular blog, just as I hope to learn to separate the renovation…

Today was our last Sunday with the Elyria ward, after several trial runs of the “goodbye” Sunday. We have decided this will be the last one. If we don’t get into the house this week, Tom will just go to our new ward anyway (I’ll be in Utah). As a thoughtful send off we were…

Congratulations Trevor and Lauren on the arrival of your little one!

    Today my favorite news source, the BBC Global News, had a section on the current food crisis. The current British prime minister said that he felt too many of his countrymen were wasting food. As a result the news broadcaster interviewed several Brits. He asked, “Do you think you waste food?” and “What are…

    Tom and I spent Independence day weekend in New York with Cassie and Doug, and Adi and Jeremy. We drove out Thursday evening after a wonderful dinner with the Lee’s (the most adorable and loving elderly couple you have ever met). We decided to break up the drive by stopping half way at a…

A lot of people have asked me to put up a video from our wedding. Micah Brown made a gorgeous video for us, better than we could have ever expected. And lucky for you guys, it’s only about 3 minutes long.