Sarcasm in the Sanctuary

January 11th. This is the day my friend Haley was born. She is currently in England with her husband who is in the Airforce, and I miss her sweet laugh so much. It is also the day my precious nephew Brayson came into this world. A third birth, our adoption process, happened January 11th. It is the day we submitted our application to be adoptive parents. We have been talking about adoption since before we were even married, but we never had even considered starting the process before we had biological children-at least I hadn't. I had it in my head that we would look into adoption when our two and a half children were around six or seven years old. Kyle and I have tried (obviously unsuccessfully) to have a baby since May 2013. After a few months of unsuccessful trying, Kyle and I went on a walk for a couple of hours. We talked about how much it sucked that I still wasn't pregnant, but that we were going to trust God's timing. We talked about adoption, where we would ado...

So, let me start off by saying that I have no idea what I am doing. Any craftiness I have can be directly contributed to my friends and Pinterest. My sweet friend  Alissa  has told me recently that I have good ideas, but I think my shaky hand and lack of ability to take risks when it comes to color choices doesn't make me the most crafty person ever.  My friends Heather and Morgan lovingly refer to me as "plain," but I prefer the term "basic." Enter from stage left: a free table. I have been wanting to do something with my entryway for a long time now. We just had it painted the same color as our living room, which put me in middle of Operation De-Brown the Jackson Home. That's right, my whole house is brown. I may be exaggerating, but I feel my house is dark and brown. So when Morgan and Travis gave me their old table, I knew I had to do something with this darling.                             ...