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Our House Tour: Before and Afters

By Laura Baareman January 18, 2011House6 Comments

I noticed that lots of blogs have a tour of their house - so I thought it would be fun to dig up the photos from the first time we saw our house. You can tell by these pics that I didn't plan on doing "before and afters" since…

“The Big Yellow One’s the Sun!”

By Laura Baareman January 17, 2011Fun Times, Funny

Well, it definitely gets harder to make time for blogging when you get back into the real world routine and you're no longer on vacation. School has come back with a vengeance for me, and I've been battling a cold (which i just passed on to my lovely wife...sorry honey!) and…

Better Late than Never – Fun on Jesus’ Birthday

By Laura Baareman January 14, 2011Family, Jesus2 Comments

So the whole reason that I started this blog was to keep track of what we do in our day to day live - to keep the memories alive so to speak. So, with that goal in mind, here's a brief recap of the awesomely long Christmas break Jason…

New Years Resolutions

By Laura Baareman January 12, 2011Goals

Read through the Bible in a year - Chronological version Have a quiet time and pray once a day. I'm trying to do this in the morning.Pray for global missions Post 15 blog posts a month - every other day January - Done on 1-27-2011Run 400 miles in 2011 - about 8…

How to Make a Cheap Red Berry Wreath

By Laura Baareman January 12, 2011Crafts, Linky Parties, Projects6 Comments

Jason and I enjoyed a snow day yesterday, complete with no school and no work! We had lots of fun being "snowed-in" here in Augusta. We got lots of organizing done, played in the ice and snow a bit, and I even got a chance to do a long…

Blogging Challenge – Day 9 – A Picture(s) of Your Friends

By Laura Baareman January 11, 2011Blogging, Blogging Challenge

And two months later, I am back to the blogging challenge! Better late than never right?For a picture of my friends, I discovered that not one photo captured all my friends in it. Even with the many photos below, there are many great friends that are missing...:( With this…

January Cleaning and Detox – and some Technology Woes thrown in…

By Laura Baareman January 8, 2011Technology2 Comments

So like lots of other people, Jason and I have been inspired to use the beginning of 2011 to clean and organize our lives. The first spot on this tour is organizing our digital files.The story goes like this: I had a laptop that I got near the end…

Anniversary Weekend

By Laura Baareman January 6, 2011About Us3 Comments

Well, in the midst of a chaotic holiday season, we neglected to tell y'all about our anniversary trip which was a week before Christmas. By the time we got back from that trip, we were packing for the trips to visit our families for Christmas and New Years and…

Top 10 of 2010 in Photos

By Laura Baareman January 3, 2011About Us, Family, Friends, Goals

In no particular order, here's my toast to 2010 in photos. I'm really excited about next year - when I'll be able to link to other blog posts instead of racking my poor brain!1. We finished renovating the rental house - it's actually a rental house here in Augusta…

Jason’s Resolution Bucket

By Laura Baareman January 2, 2011Goals

So everyone in the blogging world is making bucket lists and New Years Resolutions and blah blah blah. And when Laura made her's, once again, I felt like I should join her in this venture as we tackle this blog thing together. I honestly think that we are all…