3 Barn Farm

A new painting....

"The 3 Barn Farm"

Linking to:

Feathered Nest Friday @

French Country Cottage

Inspiration Friday @

 AtThe Picket Fence

I've been Tagged!

Allow me to introduce you to my new

friend Jessica over at

Green P B & J's!

Jessica is a fairly new blogger but full

of so many fun projects and great ideas!

For example

 she took these two mini frames...

(Jessica's Photo)

and with some paint and creative innovation 

turned them into...

(Jessica's Photo)

these great decorative frames!

She filled them with personal photos, added a magnet

to the back and now has some great frames for the fridge!

She also took this old cabinet door and...

(Jessica's Photo)

made a great serving tray!

Jessica has been so kind to pass on two fun awards!

The All About You Blog Challenge

consists of 10 questions!

1. What is a secret no one knows about you?

I don't have many secrets... but one thing you might

not know about me is I love to be barefoot!

2. What is one of your greatest loves?

  Graeter's Mocha Chip Icecream

3. What is one of your greatest fears?

To be very honest.... Rejection!

4. What is your deepest wish?

To learn to love others the way God loves us.

5. Where would you live if you could live anywhere?

Close to a warm beach and an average air temperature of 75!

6. What is your favorite food?

I'm a carbs girl....

warm bread

pasta

icecream

you get the point!

7. What is your favorite book?

Besides the Bible,

I would say.... To Kill A Mocking Bird,

Gone-a-way and Return to Gone-a-way.

(The last two are children's books that

I would love to write a screen play for one day!)

8. What is your favorite movie?

Hmmmm....

 maybe Ever After with Drew Barrymore.

I also like Titanic and hope to take 

Madison to see it on the big screen 

while it is back out in theaters.

Wayne told me to also add Sky High!

(we watched that this morning)

9. What is your favorite song?

These are not easy questions... Wayne is over

here laughing at me when I ask him 

 what is my favorite food?

OK... favorite song... it depends on the day.

I love a huge variety of music

some recent favorites include:

The Cave

Somebody I used to Know

Something Beautiful.

10. Post a picture of yourself

Beach dreaming!

I am tagging the following blogs:

Vista Women

Land Of EnCraftment

Rooms for Rent

21 Rosemary Lane

Gold County Cottage

The Little Red House With the White Porch

Harrison Home

If you want to play along simply answer

the ten questions and tag a few of your blog friends!

The Versatile Blogger Award

asks you to state 7 things about yourself.

I'll try to think of seven different things from above.

1. I love food and will eat just about anything except

beets and hotdogs.

2. I hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Taylor University.

3. I'm the Queen of Frugal!

4. I wanted to be an Architect when I was young.

5. I'm my biggest critic.

6. After college I worked in a warehouse driving

forklifts, electric pallet jacks, and cherry pickers.

7. I'm married to my best friend! 

I know that many of you have Award Free Blogs

so if you would like to play along

please consider you awarded!

Once again,  thank you Jessica!

Mission Trips

This has been a very busy week and I am feeling

very behind in visiting all my friends

in blogland.

This year God has opened some wonderful

 missions opportunities for our family.

Wayne and Zac will be going to Monterrey,  Mexico

this summer to serve in orphanages with a 

ministry called Back to Back.

Madison has been selected to serve at

The Happy Church, in Jackson KY.

This is a youth group project that is focused

on building relationships with the youth from the Happy Church.

Our youth kids will be traveling this weekend

to Jackson to learn about the area, youth and local culture.

They will be going back down for a week this summer

to host a VBS and another day to do service projects.

The kids from The Happy Church will also be bused up here

to spend a day out and about here in  Cincinnati!

As it turned out....

I will also be experiencing a mission trip

to the Happy Church.

Instead of the youth, I will be working with

women from my church to host an event

for the women of the Happy Church!

I will go down, along with a dear friend,

to Jackson this weekend.

We will fill a need for the youth trip by doing

the kitchen duty for them.

When we are not knee deep in pancakes

and tacos, we will be working with the 

 women's leadership at the Happy Church

to better understand the needs of the women in the area.

We will then spend the next two months planning

a Women's Event for this summer!

We would love to be lifted up this weekend in prayer...

first- for safe travels for the youth and leadership...

second- that God would open our eyes to the needs

of these sweet women!

I will be back this Sunday

and hope to catch up with all of you... ASAP!

Isn't this the most beautiful flower?

It was a gift from my neighbor!

Chain Saws and Easter Eggs

Chain Saws

When you buy your husband a chain saw....

He will down some dead trees

and when he downs the trees...

He will notice this over grown tree island

and before you know it...

he will clear the undergrowth...

And when he clears the undergrowth...

We will spend 4 hours weeding the ground.

And when we finish weeding...

We will haul the limbs to the curb

And after we haul all the limbs...

We head down to the creek...

And enjoy the bank that we cleared out...

Two weekends ago...

Prior to getting my husband the chain saw!

Easter Eggs

Mr. and Mrs. Easter Bunny have been busy laying eggs

all over Grandma and Grandpa's yard!

The kids have scoped out the yard....

And are ready to hunt...

Back inside, it is

time to "crack the eggs"...

But instead of candy

these bunnies lay...

$$!

Hope you each had a 

wonderful Easter weekend!

I am linking to

Metamorphosis Monday

at Between Naps on the Porch!

Easter Wishes

Just wanted to wish

each of you

a very, very

Blessed Easter!

Exciting News!

I am so excited to share with you that Wayne and I 

have entered the 

This Old House Reader Remodel Contest 2012!

To check out our entry click on the link below:

http://youroldhouse.thisoldhouse.com/thisoldhouse/submission.jsp?id=123755

If not sure if it matters but you can give our remodel a 

grade at the bottom of the entry!

Zac, my dreamer, is keeping his fingers crossed hoping for the

grand prize ... A GMC Truck!

I am just happy to have been brave enough to summit our entry!

I'm living in my dream....

so we have already won!

Thank you for sharing in my excitement!

Have a great day!

Mudroom Revisited

Our mudroom here in the Provision

is located between the front and side door entries.

This room works hard....

We built in two closets and in between...

is the filing cabinet!

We recycled and painted old kitchen cabinets to house

cleaning supplies, CD's, dog towels...etc!

Corbels, trim and some blingy glass and 

marble tile add so much to this wall!

This room also houses the washer and dryer!

I love this hidden feature!

The sink works well for soaking stains 

or filling the dogs water bowl!

However, always the dreamer,  I thought...

this wall could use alittle something!

I love batten board and we used it

in the laundry room at our old home!

(click to see)

So why not here!

 Wayne and I spent a few hours

 and added some to our wall!

Some board and paint....

and we have ourselves a "new" wall!

I could use your advise!

We are in the process of deciding what type of

hooks to add to the top bar.

Pegs?

Which could be painted white and blend in...

Double Hooks?

Which match the knobs on the cabinets....

Antique and rustic?

Which I just think are really cool!

Thanks for you thoughts!

Leave a message or simply vote

 at the poll on the top of this post!

I am linking up to

Metamorphosis Monday.