Spring Break

We have had a relaxing Spring Break thus far! Yes, we have slept in but we haven't slept past 9:30 at all (which is a feat for us!!)

My birthday was Tuesday and we had a lovely day! We made my birthday cake together the night before and I was really excited about my cake so we had birthday cake for breakfast!!



My homemade birthday cake! Strawberry cake with cream cheese icing!! Yummy!!





Wednesday I called "Spring Cleaning" day! Since the big moving day is getting closer I wanted to have a pre-moving cleaning day! We had a very successful day cleaning out closets and drawers and I realized that we really do not own a lot of things that we do not need! It was really encouraging to see that we do not have a lot of useless clutter and that we are really living simply!!

Thursday was a relaxing yet productive day! We went to pick up a few items at the store and only bought what was on our list! (This is really exciting too!) We are trying to stay organized by not bringing in new things into our house that we can live without and to live a simple, non materialistic life! We did buy a small bottle of white paint (on our list) to finish a flag that I started in December! When we got home John David finished the flag by stamping the stars!!



This flag is made from a scrap piece of tin from my Grandpa's farm! I think it is beautiful!



I couldn't resist taking a picture of it with my rocking chair!!



We have the flag hanging on our door for now! Hopefully one day soon we can hang it on our barn or front porch!!


John David had an evening job filming for a man who goes to church with us. While he was filming, I did laundry (a week and a half worth at the laundromat!) After getting home from doing laundry I ironed John David's shirts and starched his jeans!

I also got some good news while I was doing my ironing, my cousin Katie called me and told me she was named Star Greenhand for West Tennessee!! (Star Greenhand is for Freshman FFA members, it is based on their Supervised Agriculture Experience Program as well as their involvement in FFA) I am so excited for her! She now will advance to state for the opportunity to be named Tennessee Star Greenhand!! I am so glad that Rebekah and I were able to be involved in the FFA and that Joseph, and Katelyn have become involved too! FFA really has had an impact on our lives!!

Our Little Apartment

After writing my last entry I realized that we have been living in our apartment a year and a half and I have never taken any pictures of our first home! I want everybody who has never been here (especially our grandparents) to see our cute little apartment!



Here is our living/dining room! It is not really big but it is plenty of room for us!




My favorite part of the living room (minus the television!) My beautiful rocking chair, my sewing box, and my great great grandmother's Singer Sewing machine (the machine is really in there and when we move the TV will not be on top of it!)



Our table where we eat every meal!



My tiny little kitchen! It is nothing special but I can still cook yummy meals from there! (And it is easy to keep squeaky clean!)



My stainless steel pot rack! John David and I found this at a Goodwill the summer we were married and both really like it! I love it because it is a solution for the lack of cabinet space!




Since this "The Grand Tour" of our apartment I had to include the teeny, tiny bathroom!



Our bed with my beautiful quilt my Mama gave me as a wedding gift!



John David's boots at the foot of our bed! (A great cute storage solution!)



John David's favorite part of the house! His "studio" area! He can't wait for our new home and a room for all of his technology!



My work area, where I do Co-op work, homework, and where I am writing this! (I guess you could say it doubles as a vanity because my "makeup mirror" but I don't use it for makeup. It is a beautiful mirror and makes the area very girly!!)

The Beautiful Rocking Chair

John David gave me one of my Christmas presents on Friday, December 14! It is something that he couldn't have hidden from me in a closet or a corner so he had to give it to me! He let me sleep in and went and got it and when I woke up I went in the living room and there was my beautiful rocking chair! It was so exciting!

Every time we go to antique and thrift stores, I look at rocking chairs. I always ask if I can have one but John David always tells me we don't have any room for a rocking chair! So it was a complete surprise that he actually bought me a rocking chair.

The chair is made in Woodbury Tennessee and is called the Woods of Tennessee. This particular chair has 10 different types of wood in it. White Ash, Osage Orange, Red Cedar, Black Walnut, White Hickory, Wormy Maple, Wild Cherry, Red Oak, Poplar, and White Oak. He got it from Putnam Farmers Cooperative here in Cookeville.

After our early "Christmas morning" we went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast, which was a nice breakfast date!!


My beautiful chair, I love the black walnut arms and front posts!



The best husband ever and me with my beautiful rocker!!

My Christmas Rocking Chair

This morning John David surprised me with a rocking chair! It was a great morning and a Christmas present I will always remember!

I had just gotten out of bed...that's why I have on my tractor pj's and glasses!! I am glad though because it was such a surprise to know that he caught my real reaction on film!!