Loved this one too! This concert was more of a fun, relaxing concert. We are so blessed to go to these! It's like a date for Scott and I.
Just Add Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust
Saturday, February 4, 2023
Friday, February 3, 2023
Vacation Week
January flew by - like really flew by!!! Here we are in February and I just found some pictures I took way back in December. They seem like a long time ago but I have to have them here because they make me feel so warm and cozy inside.
I took them sometime between Christmas and New Years - that blessed week with all of us home. We also went to Nantucket that week. Click HERE to see those pictures.
But this week at home was wonderful too. Most days when the girls got up they put on pajamas for their clothes and we hung out all day and evening long. We focused on food, games, and being together. I wish I took more, but I certainly do love these!
Ready for Church
Last weekend Abigail and Scott made a plan. She needed some help with her math and they decided to use the hour before we left to get it done! I know she's mine so maybe it doesn't make it totally true, but we think that there is no one in the world that works harder than Abigail. We just love her so much and are so proud of her 24 hours each day!
I've had this blog oh so long and there are like 2,000 posts - it's hard to find one post that I know is here! I do know that there are like a million pictures of Scott helping Abigail. Click Here for just one of them. If I find more I'll add them here!
Monday, January 30, 2023
Chamber Group Concert
I love the sound of a chamber group, and so this concert was lovely. Chamber groups have a much more intimate setting and sound than an orchestra. I love to be able to hear what she is playing.
Here is the video of the concert. If you're interested her chamber group, Capriccio, plays at 22:25
Sunday, January 29, 2023
Home Right Now
I've been working on our home since Christmas came down. It's taking me quite a while to figure out how I want to decorate. There are a few things I know are my core that I come back to again and again:
1. I like my kitchen to be whimsical, fun, cherry, vintage, festive for any holiday.
So in my kitchen I have been playing with a lot of ironstone lately that I've been finding in antique shops and thrifting. Here is a peek at a few places in our kitchen. I do have to explain why the photos are so grainy. I took them when the sun was almost gone and I didn't like the way it all looked with our lights on, so I cranked up the ISO and so they are really grainy - but you get the idea.
Scott built me this little shelf when I asked him (in like 30 minutes, painted and all, for scraps of wood we had around)
I love it so much!
Here is another little corner in our kitchen:
This little stool so cute for little vignettes! More ironstone and a few books. That little winter banner is the only "winter" decoration I have up this year. I just wanted plain this year.
The little pie is actually a candle! I love that it sits in a little tin pan.
1. I like our kitchen to be whimsical, fun, cherry, vintage, festive for any holiday.
2. I like our family room and living room to be traditional.
I'm still working on those two rooms but will take pictures when they are done!
Hope you're having a lovely January. It's almost February! Wow!!
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Chasing Christmas ~ Christmas Getaway Weekend to Nantucket
Oh my stars... we did it! Christmas Getaway Weekend is a special tradition in our family. It's a time when we do just that... get away to enjoy and soak in Christmas. Oh, for sure we soak in Christmas in our own home too but there is something about a new city or a small town all decorated for Christmas. We just love it. You can scroll to the end and read all about how this tradition and to read the story behind how the first Christmas Getaway Weekend started.
This year our trip was a bit longer than just the 'weekend' and it was the girls big surprise Christmas morning present. Click HERE to see their reaction to this surprise.
And here is our Christmas trip to Nantucket...
We left our home a little before 6:00 AM and drove to Cape Cod (it's about two full hours) We left our car in the overnight parking the ferry terminal had and got out tickets. Oh why didn't I take any pictures of the ferry terminal? It was out of a magazine, so charming. For sure a Hallmark Christmas movie needs to film there.
The ferry in the winter is almost empty - just a few families traveling to see relatives that live on Nantucket. We decided to sit upstairs and lounge out at a big long table. So relaxing. The girls loved buying pretzels and fun drinks at the snack bar.
We were picked up at the Ferry by our hotel -- we stayed at the Nantucket Hotel (click HERE to see more)
There is the link to 2019 "A 1773 Christmas Getaway Weekend"
Here is a link to a look back at all of them. Read this one because it tells all about how it came to be all those years ago...
Here's 2018
2017 and here
2016 and here
2015 and here and here
2014 (This one tells the whole story of them too)
2013
2012
2011
2010