storage room face lift.

i recently started working as an administrative assistant for the worship pastor at four oaks community church. it's a fantastic evangelical church here in tallahassee, fl.  he wanted a place where he could go to write music, study God's word, & get away from the hustle & bustle of the office without actually leaving the church.  so, my mission was to convert a storage room into a quiet & serene place for him to do his work. there are still a few things i'd like to add, but i must say i'm very please with the result. not to mention i stayed under budget {don't tell my husband that or he'll expect me to start doing that with our budget}!

five things friday.

my parents recently came to visit evan and i for the first time in tallahassee, fl.  our apartment in utah was only one bedroom, so whenever they came to visit, they always stayed in a hotel.  we have been blessed with a little more space in our new apartment, so naturally i was excited to have guests stay in our guest room for the first time!  so here is a fun five-item craft to do for your guest bedroom!

here's what you need:

so easy. 

-spray paint the basket {let dry}

-cut out flag shapes {i used both a khaki material & burlap- - made the bows w/ extra material}

-write "welcome" on flag {i just used a sharpie}

-hot glue flags to string

-hot glue string to basket

after you've made your welcome basket, fill it with fun goodies for your guests.  i included travel sized items people might forget {mouth wash, shampoo, lotion, chapstick, etc.} 

it feels like running your own little bed & breakfast! enjoy!

my blue chair affair.

evan and i were wandering through world market the other day {my new go to place for home decor} and i saw this absolutely brilliant blue chair!  my husband, being the sweetheart that he is, let me get it as an anniversary gift {he also put it together for me! what a stud}! i am going to center my entire living room around this blue chair.  i'm obsessed. it's comfy, it's cute, the color blue is beautiful & world market sells so much stuff to match it {imagine that}.  i hope to do some major blogging damage from this blue chair. also i can't seem to ever refer to it simply as a "chair". it will always be known as the blue chair.

making our house a home.

in utah, we had a one bedroom apartment.  when evan and i were engaged and doing our first "apartment shopping" together, this one bedroom apartment seemed like more than enough for the two of us and our love :) well, that wore off after a while.  we both needed more space {me for crafts and evan for reading & drawing}.  so when we were apartment shopping for our new florida home we were determined to find a place with more space!  we found our beautiful apartment in the community of southwood.  two bed, two bath, great kitchen, huge living room, and even a loft upstairs!  before moving, we sold all of our furniture except for our bed and dining room table -- now our problem is not having anything to fill the space with! bit by bit we are adding to our new place.  it is so fun to have a blank canvas of an apartment to decorate because our tastes have changed a ton since we were first married {i mostly blame pinterest}.

we spent our sunday putting together our newest addition --  a much needed entertainment center!  we had given  "tv tray" a whole new meaning {that was all we had to put our tv on for the past few weeks}.  i cannot wait until every room in our place is decorated and "homey" feeling, but until then, i'm so thankful for our new little entertainment center & how God is providing for us.

five things friday.

evan and i just moved to tallahassee, florida leaving behind provo, utah {our amazing home for the past five years}.  moving to florida was a relatively easy decision to make.  God was making it very clear to us that this was our next chapter.  but moving away from utah was one of the hardest things i've ever had to do.

so, here are five things that i am going to miss about utah.

{krystal & jon fox and christy & jon lehman}

{the bradley family}

{the fox family}

{adam and mandi moniz}

{girlies from work-- cassie, jj, & mandi}

{softball team-- balls & dolls}

evan and i were blessed to meet some pretty amazing people in utah over the past five years.  goodbye's are hard, but we know our friends we made in utah are more like family and they will be in our lives forever!

centerpoint church has played such a pivotal role in our lives.  we met through our college group at church, met some of our dearest friends, & learned what it really means to serve in a church setting.  we will miss worshipping together on sunday mornings!

mountains are definitely something that i took for granted.  they are so beautiful, majestic, and are an amazing display of God's power.  i'm going to miss walking out my front door and having them right there. i'm excited however to find God's glory in some other way here in florida.

i vividly remember the first match of evan's i went to.  it was the byu invitational september of '08.  i had never been to a tennis match before, and i didn't expect to love it as much as i did.  being a part of the byu tennis team helped evan become the man he is.  much of his teamwork, leadership, and work ethic was developed while playing as a cougar.  some of my fondest memories are watching & cheering on evan and his team.  go cougars!

i realized as we were preparing to move that i have lived in areas where it snows at least 5-6 months out of the year since i was ten years old {mn & ut}!  I'm going to miss dressing for the cold.  i love jackets, boots, scarves, and cute beanies.  there is something so romantic and peaceful about watching snow fall.  hopefully we will live in a snowy climate again one day.

i believe that living in utah is one of the best things that ever happened to us. so much healing, growth, and maturing happened there.  utah will forever be "home" to us.  see you again soon utah! we love you.

hiatus.

well, it's officially been about 5 weeks since i last blogged. i took a bit of a hiatus because, well, life happened. let me catch you up.

here's what you missed:

best friend's wedding {we love the lehman's}

bachelorette season finale {go jef!}

job interview in florida {also referred to as stand-by trip from hell}

got the job in florida {sad to be leaving utah}

packed up our cars and a uhaul and hit the road {2,100 miles}

made a pit stop in texas with the bradley's {love that family}

got to tallahassee, fl and had a surprise waiting for us {dad and little brother drove from mn to help us move in to our new apartment, coolest family}

the past five week have been an absolute whirl wind adventure.  God really turned our lives upside down and we're excited about our future here in florida!

{most of these events will be blogged about in further detail, just wanted to get you back in the loop today!}