headboard

the same day we completed all of our hangings in the kitchen and living room, we also worked on a headboard. we had received this and two other plates as a wedding gift, and at the time we registered, i thought they could be a really cute addition to hang in a kitchen. but, pinterest

a dash of color

you know what adds to productivity? the absence of sports watching. matt and i are guilty of watching a lot of sports, but i have noticed that since the superbowl, our weekends are incredibly more productive. here’s what we worked on a couple weekends ago! yes, more hanging pictures and these cool boards we got

30 day challenge

as you might have noticed, we haven’t been posting about our songs. we left off somewhere around day 19 i think. the sad thing about this is, we have been traveling and haven’t had secure internet access for about the past 12 days. we do want to leave you with a couple songs that have

racine restaurant reviews

monday (2/13): jose’s blue sombrero. i looked up some reviews of restaurants in the area and found this gem. matt and i usually like original/local/not-chain restaurants, so we wanted to find something other than red lobster. jose’s blue sombrero had some great reviews, and we were craving mexican food, so we tried it out. it

lent

the season of lent is here. in fact, it started yesterday. hopefully, you all indulged, binged, whatever you want to call it, and enjoyed those things of life that you’re giving up from yesterday until easter. matt and i have decided to participate in lent, which is something i have not done in the past,

review of racine

things learned from racine: 1) drivers here are also unaware that red means do not enter the intersection and 2) they have weird accents here. we made racine, wi our home since last monday when we could check into the hotel. matt was working on a project up here at the plant, and being “gainfully

seven of 52

even though we’ve been traveling (and i’m sure you’re tired of hearing about it), i was able to maintain my one recipe per week this last weekend. thanks to pinterest again, i made ricotta stuffed chicken. it was delicious, but as you can see from the picture, this chicken was a little full-figured and as

south bend indiana, or, how we survived a snowstorm and visited four museums

in an effort to “get away” from aurora and home, we took a trip to indiana. it was one of those decisions you make when you’re wanting an escape, and frankly we needed one. matt and i throughout dating and engagement “got out of the city” at least once a month. well, that hadn’t happened

we’re back

first of all, let us apologize, dear readers (if you’re still out there) for our lack of posting. we have been traveling, and in the past 11 days have only been home for two. i know that is probably not even that good of an excuse, but i also want you to know that a

lessons learned from challenge…to this point

So Rachel and I wanted to share with you some of the lessons we have learned through the first few weeks of this challenge. It has definitely been an interesting challenge and one that we both agree has been very worthwhile. What we learned hasn’t necessarily come through these brilliant theological discussions or during church,