In Flux!

Since we are still in  state of getting settled into this home I wanted to share some photo's of what the house currently looks like. Mind you there are rooms that haven't really been touched or they are in a state of "flux" ;) I like that word..lol..Fits me well these days!

But for today I am going to show you the front of our home!

I decided this year that I wanted to keep things simple and fresh. I love driving up to my home and seeing some of my vintage pieces sitting on the porch and my pillow that I bought from a fellow blogger Our Home Away From Home and  Etsy Shop owner. She does such an amazing job making pillow slip covers. Her home is so beautiful and her talent for sewing is outstanding!

I got a little creative with my monogram wall art. I couldn't see going out an spending a lot of money decorating the outside of the house and in all honesty we don't want to ad to what we have to move back to the lower 48 when my husbands assignment is completed here in Alaska. So I bought a monogram from Michael's that was 60% off (left it as is) went into the garage to see what scrap wood we had and built my own wall art. Total cost under 10.00 for everything! Everything else on the porch I already had with the exception of the plants in the containers...Low cost decorating is right up my alley!!

I will share the inside soon :)

Blessings,
~Donna

One year anniversary in Alaska!

Wow it's been a year since we moved here to Alaska! Time truly flies, but not always because of fun :( our move here has had it's high's and lows, but over all it's been fine. I started working again and had a little accident and had to take a month off due to healing but I have since returned and back to loving it. Our home is still in flux and I'm okay with that! Three amazing events have taken place in the year we have been here,

1. #1 Son came for his first visit

                                                        Alaskan pipeline near Fox Alaska

2. #2 son graduated from High school with 4.0

3. # 1 graduated from K-State!

We are so proud of our two oldest sons and their accomplishments. I can't wait to see what the future holds for the two of them.

#3 and # 4 are doing well. They are still adjusting to their "new normal" and that is to be expected. Life is what we make of it and I want to make it happy for as much of the time as I can.. :)

Many blessing,
~Donna