{Prettying Up a Ceiling Fan}

I was on Pinterest a few weeks ago & found this project by Thrifty Decor Chick. 

I've pinned a lot of stuff. 

2,448 pins to be exact. 

Anyway, when I saw this

I knew I wanted to give it a shot.

Sarah, gives an amazing & easy tutorial. 

I had some extra drum shades laying around the house so I used one of those.

I had to buy the two pieces needed {see Sarah's tutorial} but they were super cheap. 

I love the jute trim on Sarah's shade.

So here's my version. 

I LOVE it!

I need longer string pully things. 

And I might add some jute trim too.

I seriously want to take down our daughter's chandelier & do this treatment in her room!  I'll have to check the height as our ceilings are only 8 feet.  My husband is 6' 3" & will need clearance to walk underneath. 

I'm hoping to get to work on some more projects this week.

I'm trying to photograph our house so I can actually share it with y'all. 

Hope everyone has a great Sunday!

{Happy St. Patrick's Day}

Here's a little green to get you through the day!

{All images via Pinterest}

Do you have any special plans?

We'll be staying home & working in the yard.

Happy St. Patty's Day!



{Prayers are Powerful}

Today my sister called me crying. 

My sister NEVER cries. 

She's 15 months older than me & has always been a mother hen. 

She's a protector.

She's a fighter. 

She's one tough cookie. 

She doesn't know this but she's the one I look up to the most. 

Anyway, the minute I heard her crying I knew it wasn't good.  The last time she called me crying was this time last year to tell me that our grandfather had suffered a massive heartache. 

My heart sunk. 

I immediately thought something had happened to my niece or nephew. 

It was about the last person I would ever think it was about. 

My brother-in-law.

He's been having some pains in his lower abdomen. 

He went in for some test & they initially thought it was kidney stones.  They found 3 masses & assumed from the symptoms that it was definitely kidney stones. 

Well, it's not. 

He found out today that his lymph nodes are swollen.

The doctor said that it is one of two things.

Infection.

Or cancer.

We wait 2 weeks for the biopsy results.

My sister and him are high school sweethearts.

They met when they were 16.

Married when they were 19.

Have 2 kids.

Survived 7 deployments.

He's the older brother I never had.

He's an amazing guy who's served his country for 18 years.

A great dad.

An awesome uncle.

I've been trying to keep it together for my sister.

She's always been the strong one and I know that right now she needs me to be the strong one. 

I'm asking for prayers for him.

For her. 

For their kids. 

He's an important part of our family. 

No matter what the results we have laid our faith in the Lord. 

Nothing will stray us from that.

Nothing. 



{Vacation Is Over}

Via The Wheatfield

Our vacation is over. 

We were gone from February 1st-25th. 

It was so good to be home with my family.

It's definitely taken some time to get back into the swing of things. 

My mom came home with us & got to spend 10 days here. 

We had an amazing time in Texas. 

We toured the new Cowboy Stadium.  It was awesome!  And big.  Really big.  We shopped.  We ate.  And we laughed a lot.  There's something about being with family that brings your soul back to life. 

We got to hang out with these two beautiful girls.

Our niece Hailey feeding Landry.

Our niece Avery.

I didn't want to come back but we had to.  So now that we are here we have a list of things to get done.  I have been working like a mad woman on Landry's 1st birthday party.  I'm trying to keep it low key but it's hard. 

In a couple of months we'll celebrate our daughter, Parker's, 6th birthday.  We miss her so much & there isn't a day that goes by that we don't think of her.  I wish Parker & Landry could know each other the way sisters should. 

So before I ramble on too much I hope everyone has a great week! 

I'm excited to share some projects with y'all that we finished before we left & that we are working on now. 

Happy Monday!