Catching Up

Dearest CAKEs,

What a delinquent I have been on our blog.

If you only knew the number of times I've wondered what fun items are on Katherine's monthly goals list, what creative projects Amanda has found online for us to tackle, what new exercise regime Emmaline would encourage us to take on ... Basically, I've missed y'all.

This post is going to be quite the hodge podge.

On the party front, I threw a baby shower for my cousin last week. She is due on Thursday! Isn't this idea from Martha Stewart for a menu amazing?

On the inspiration front, I have printed a few of these for my office and home to be good, free, daily reminders of Truth.

http://cheepideas.com/2010/11/free-thanksgiving-printable/

On the decorating front, I'm needing some feedback on my first attempt at a fall mantle. Any recommendations for additions or changes?

On the reading front, I have recently started The King's Cross by Tim Keller.

And for kicks ... Christopher and I's Halloween costume: Party + Pooper = The Party Poopers :) (yes, that is a toilet seat he is wearing...)




A and K, hope the sweet baby girls are doing well.

Much love from Tejas,
C

I Thought of It First!

So have you heard of the magazine Garden & Gun?  My cousin Leigh and her husband John were telling me about it over Christmas.  They said that they don't garden or hunt, but it is just a great Southern magazine.  And then I had a friend up here tell me about just a few weeks ago, so I went to the website today.  

It is a super cute website, and I saw an article named "Decorating with Maps."  As you know, we have been collecting maps of all the places we have lived and framing them and displaying them on a single wall, so I figured I would read to see what the article had to say.  Shock, awe, pride are just a few of the emotions I felt when I was reading this article and the author was talking about collecting maps of all the places she has lived and displaying them all together.  I wanted to comment and say that we had done it first, but I figured it would be a tacky. :)  However, if I could find her email address, I would email her a picture of our wall as an "example."  On my blog post yesterday, I have a picture of said wall, so you can see it here.  And you can read the article here.

Thanks for loving me even though I am prideful at times. :) And so thankful that our Father loves me even though I am full of sin and mess up every single day.

Favorite Christmas Craft Project

CAKES,


I was just looking around my apartment at all of the Christmas decorations, and I was curious what your favorite Christmas decoration is this year (made or bought).  Looking forward to your posts, and I will be back with mine shortly!


Happy Snow Day from The Big Apple!
A