Don’t you love it when messes like this…

…turn into this?

It all started when Nate asked me to organize a bookshelf he finished building, since he’d made a bit of a mess moving books and games out of the way.  While I was at it and had some extra space, other bookshelves needed re-organizing too…and the hall closet…and a few other miscellaneous things. Why not? 5 hours later, I was victorious! I may have gotten a little carried away, but I’m so happy to have tidy bookshelves and a hall closet that doesn’t explode every time it’s opened.

I mean, look at the beautifully stacked fabric!

I thought my design for keeping my knitting needles in place was pretty ingenious…

Here’s the finished bookshelf, all neat and clean!

I even had enough room to devote an entire shelf to all my horse books!

Big organizing projects take so much energy, and by the end of the day, I was ready to collapse, but it felt wonderful to have it all finished at last!

Now if I could just turn that same attention to my bedroom… that’ll be next month’s project.

~Kasie

…little feet…

…little girl smiles…

Matching skirts…

…kids who think they’re so cool…

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…piling into the 15 passenger van to go dancing together (and other various activities we did)…

…and all the pitter patter, noise, laughter and chatter of my nieces and nephews when they were here.

Come back soon, you guys!

~Kasie

As many of you know. last week was crazy for us! There’s just a lot going on, and I decided to catch up with a picture post…condensed, of course (unless you die-hards are ready for a batch of 1000+ pictures!) 

First off, we got to see friends from the Jamestown Reunion. It was awesome hanging out with you guys! Come see us soon!

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I was in my first horse show, and won 2nd and 4th place in the classes I entered!

~me and “Logan”, my friends’ horse.

A concert and baseball game;

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Last week was also Todd’s funeral. He’d requested a “celebration service”, so that’s what we did! We praised God for the life that he had, shared fond memories, cried on each other’s shoulders, and rejoiced in the fact that Todd was now in Heaven.  We played special music, and a banquet held in his honor. It was a hard day for all of us, but also really, really good. God blessed our time together!

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Last Saturday, we had another Civil War ball!

~art

Don’t worry, there were plenty of guys there! Actually this whole affair was put on particularly for a boyscout troop, and 1860′s dancing was apart of their education on Civil War history. They loved it!

That’s all for now, folks. Have a fabulous week!

-Kasie