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Raising Our Wild Things

Southern Living - Red Wine Sippin' - Wife - Mom of 3 - Jesus Follower- Mompreneur

October 11, 2018

We bought a house

Remember that time I posted about how we had spent a lot of time, energy, and money to work with an architect to draw plans for our dream home? Well God has certainly been teaching me the past two years that…

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October 4, 2017

Our Kitchen Remodel

Well friends I am sorry if I have been a little MIA lately. Friday I graduated from six rigorous weeks of off-site training for my new job. During those six weeks the job training and growing a baby were about…

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April 3, 2017

Welcoming spring with open arms

Spring.  Such a sweet word. Today was a simple but perfect Sunday. After church we spent the full day outdoors doing our annual mulching and major yard work and left enough time to play in the yard, read books, eat…

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February 21, 2017

Visitor’s Guide to Waco & Everything Fixer Upper

All of you Fixer Upper fans are going to love this post! I’m sure by now you have heard of one of my husband and I’s most favorite shows, Fixer Upper. The two stars (Chip and Joanna Gaines) live near Waco,…

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February 4, 2016

New Interior Paint Refresh

Today I am excited to share with you all that we have completed a full interior repaint of our home with SW Seasalt paint color. So long boring beige and hello new home! I love the color of this paint….

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January 28, 2016

DIY Wainscoting

You guys, my husband rocks. Today’s DIY project to show you would not be complete without a shout out to my amazing husband. He somehow managed to tackle this project in the two days I was out of town for…

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January 18, 2016

First DIY of 2016

I am SO excited to share with you all our first DIY project of 2016. This year has kicked off with a bang and been oh so busy so of course we decided it was a perfect time to kick…

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May 27, 2014

Our Home’s New Makeover & My Turquoise Door

We were STOKED to finally get the exterior of our home painted last week. When I say it looks like we have a brand new house I absolutely mean it! Getting our house painted had been on our house to-do…

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March 20, 2014

DIY Ironing Board Holder

So I got a little crafty last night and wanted to share with you all my latest DIY project for a DIY Ironing Board Holder.  This project was very easy to make and cost only $5!  As you can see…

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January 21, 2014

Nursery Tour #1: DIY Hanging Pendant Light

As you all know if you are loyal followers, we have been hard at work on our little man’s nursery. I thought I would share with you all the latest DIY project we have completed in his nursery. We got…

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July 3, 2013

DIY Firepit, Patio, and Backyard

I am SO excited to finally get to show you guys the close to final product on our HUGE DIY backyard project. If you have been following me for the last 14 weeks you will know that this is how…

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Hello! I am Chelsea. I am the homeschooling mom of 3 and lover of adventures!

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Small Shop Gift Ideas / Deals and Steals

**This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. There are so many great deals and steals going on right now. Below I am sharing a few of my…

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DIY Instagram Photo Display Board

I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving! I had a great one! I took a vacation day Friday and let me tell you…it’s amazing what you can get done when you have a four day weekend instead of two…

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#WorldofCars Disney Planes Shopping Brings Back Memories from Our Family History

With my excitement about the new Disney Planes the movie, as part of a sponsored post for Collective BiasĀ® , I had the opportunity to go shopping for Planes toys. This shop was compensated as part of a social shopper…

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The 10 Best Family Cars

We are in the market for a new family vehicle. I currently have the Lincoln MKX and while I have loved it am wanting a vehicle that has more than 5 seats. Researching vehicles can be complex and negotiating a…

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