HelloMornings!!! :) Winter Challenge

So, one thing that i am a huge supporter of is called the HelloMornings Challenge.

It was begun in response to an eBook written by Kat called Maximize Your Mornings. 

It is all about getting up for your kids instead of to your kids. i don't know about you, but waking up to my kids waking me up is not the best way to start my day...and usually puts me in a not so great mood. Their emphasis is on three things: spending time with God, exercise, and planning your day. It has helped me out a LOT (when i am consistent about doing it!!) and i haven't been doing so well since the holidays and such. Their winter challenge is beginning January 28th and you can sign up to join me here. I can't promise it will be easy (most new things aren't) but i can guarantee that if you stay with it, it will greatly bless and encourage you. I have signed up to be an Accountability Captain (AC) this time around, so feel free to join my group when you sign up. 

Want to find out more? 

Bathrooms, before and after (and the guest room)

Here are 2 of our bathrooms before and after. Hopefully one day I will be able to post pictures of our master bath before and after...right now it basically needs to be gutted and redone because the shower leaks into our foyer. :( We have only used to hall bath upstairs since we moved in.

Speaking of the hall bath...

here is the before...

and after...

(yeah, i made that... :)

Then the downstairs bath...

Before...

and after...

And here is our guest room, that doubles as my sewing/craft room. 

Before...

After...

I won't show you the side where all my craft stuff is...at least until I get it a little more organized and then it will probably have a post of its own! :) 

Fall Happenings

So....I am WAAAY behind on writing on here. I will blame it on the fact that I got an iPad for my birthday and rarely get on the actual computer anymore. :) Just thought I would post a few pictures of things we have done this fall.

We have...

...climbed inflatables...

...practiced our building skills...

...had our faces painted...

...gone to the pumpkin farm...

...climbed trees (cause that is what we do around here)...

...gone hiking on Green Mountain...

...and fed the ducks...

...camped and hiked some more...

...thrown leaves...

...and fed our friends donuts...

...attended and participated in a friend's wedding...

(taken at the rehearsal)

...and a few other things here and there. :) 

I promised to post some more before/after pics of the house soon!

Lillianna's Room - After

Here was Lillianna's room before...

(with the awesome purple color) 

and...

the after...