Inspiration Lately

This tutorial over at Checkout Girl. How cute would those flowers be on a pillow?

These homemade cleaning supply recipes at Plum Pudding.

This great magazine, Seeing the Everyday. No advertisements, just simple everyday life.

This post over at Are So Happy. It really is so simple, isn't it?

These fantastic house tours. I've got redecorating on my mind.
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The Outdoor Room

Seth and Ella singing "I Am a Child of God" together before bed every night. Doesn't get much better than that.

MIA

I'm going to be MIA for a while. The kids and I are headed down to Alabama to spend some time with my BFF. No idea when I'll be back.

Mom...

There are times when only a Mother's faith
Can help us on life's way
And inspire in us the confidence
We need from day to day.
For a Mother's heart and a Mother's faith
And a Mother's steadfast love
Were fashioned by the Angels
And sent from God above.
-Anonymous



Thanks mama, I love you.

Blake is HOME!

Blake got home on the 22nd! We're so proud of him and the honorable mission her served. He has forever changed people lives, including ours. He's such a worthy example. Same hilarious Blake, but incredibly mature. :) He got to meet Ella for the first time this past weekend. You'll be able to tell from the photos, but the three of them (Blake, Seth & Ella) were pretty infatuated with each other. While we were down visiting, we got to stop by the farmhouse again. Still pretty dreamy, huh?






Have you ever seen Seth's face look like this? Proof that we're making the right decision moving to the country!

My Inspiration This Week

-- The Healthiest Foods on Earth at Forbes.com

"The only thing these diets have in common is that they're all based on whole foods with minimum processing. Nuts, berries, beans, raw milk, grass-fed meat. Whole, real, unprocessed food is almost always healthy, regardless of how many grams of carbs, protein or fat it contains.

All these healthy diets have in common the fact that they are absent foods with bar codes. They are also extremely low in sugar. In fact, the number of modern or ancient societies known for health and longevity that have consumed a diet high in sugar would be ... let's see ... zero."

-- Tips for Maintaining a Simple Home

A good home must be made, not bought. -Joyce Maynard

-- Curing Autism

"Last year a very interesting study was published...They showed that the closer a pregnant mother lived to a field or farm where they were using pesticides, the higher the risk her child would develop autism"

-- Frugal and Healthy Eating While Traveling

-- This amazing video about natural birth.

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Outdoor Play Spaces

Check out these outdoor place spaces over at one of my favorite blogs, Crafty Crow. They are fantastic!

Crafty Crow

Place mats

Wouldn't these look just fabulous on our outdoor picnic table at the farm? =)

Woven Felt Place mats

Tutorial

Back to the Motherland

Buer Family Reunion

Rhett's grandparents were celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary. Isn't that fantastic? The wedding dress was worn by Rhett's grandma and great-grandma! Beautiful, isn't it?

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