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Weekend Recap–Revive ’15

This past weekend was AMAZING!  I went to the Revive ’15 conference with a group of ladies from my church–and my mom 🙂  I am so glad I attended this conference.  I learned so much about teaching women the Bible and was able to listen to an awesome pastor preach on two difference passages in the Bible.

We left on Thursday to make the long trek to Indianapolis.  Dustin dropped me off at church that afternoon.  He might not admit it, but I know he missed me being around while I was gone haha!
I started out as navigator and my friend Sarah took the first shift driving.  We ended up stopping in Cool Springs, TN, to eat supper at Panera.  Side note:  I had the new Autumn Squash soup.  It tasted so good!
The conference didn’t start until 2:00 on Friday so we had all morning to hang out and do whatever.  My friend Callie and I headed out to go run/walk.  Our hotel was in such a nice area and there were lots of people out an about!  The NCAA office and museum was across from our hotel, so naturally I took this picture for Dustin!
A view of the city on our run.  It was a gorgeous day with perfect weather.
This was the big park area by our hotel.  Indianapolis was a lot nicer than I had expected!
This was our schedule for the weekend.  This is a ministry of Nancy Leigh DeMoss’s (one of her books is Lies Women Believe) and so she was a main speaker along with Jen Wilkin and Dr. Eric Mason.  Lauren Chandler led worship–I don’t have words to explain how amazing worship was!  Music really helps get your heart ready for the message and I have really missed a more contemporary worship setting.  You could look around and see the sincerity in the worship of each woman–and there were 2200 there!

Lauren Chandler leading us in song.
Dr. Eric Mason teaching us the Word.  He taught Friday on Psalm 51 (which was my favorite message from him–I learned so much about that passage) and on Saturday he taught us Ephesians 4:15-20.  I didn’t get any pictures of Jen or Nancy.
On the way back Mom and I accidentally wore a similar outfit.  She’s so cute.
Our whole group Saturday morning before walking to the convention center.  These ladies really strive to glorify God in all that they do, and I am so thankful for their friendship and accountability!

Friday Favorites!

IT’S FINALLY FRIDAY!!!!!!!  Y’all, I survived my first couple of days back to school and I am so happy the weekend is in sight.  My kids this year seem to be really good–but it’s still the first few days of school, so they should be on their best behavior still, right?

As usual, I’m linking up with Andrea for Friday Favorites!

We had our open house Sunday so the students could familiarize themselves with their schedules and meet their teachers.  I love having open house before school officially starts because it’s perfectly acceptable to ask each student what his or her name is ha!  The pressure is always on when open house is in September and you’re really trying to remember each kid’s name as they come to your class with their parents!  This year I’m teaching beside a girl I graduated high school with–she just got hired and I am so thrilled!  Seventh grade English is going to be my FAVORITE this year!
Tuesday night I went to watch Dustin play softball for our church.  The weather felt great, and it was a definite FAVORITE being able to sit and talk with everyone before the craziness that is school started the next day!
First day outfit = a FAVORITE!!!  Also, I only lasted a half day standing in those wedges until I had to change to flats.  My feet will need to be re-trained to stand in heels all day.  
 Dress from Anthropologie

Probably my #1 FAVORITE this week–mailing this book back to Amazon!!!!  NEVER AGAIN WILL I EVER TAKE STATISTICS!  (I still hated statistics.)

Second day of school outfit = another FAVORITE!!!  I was a little unsure about buying this dress this past summer because even though it is sooo comfortable, I was afraid it made me look fat.  I walked into school yesterday morning and had a handful of good compliments before school even started.  I’ll definitely wear this dress more often now!
Dress from Anthropologie (and on sale now!)

Check out yesterday’s post I did for Paul Fredrick!  I think the outfit I created is a definite FAVORITE!

Another FAVORITE of mine?  My Tuesday Home Tour series!!  My first one was on my friend Kristi’s home, and it’s gorgeous!

House Tour Tuesday–August 2015

I am so excited to start this new series on my blog, House Tour Tuesday!  I absolutely love going to people’s homes and looking at how they’ve decorated, looking at house plans, and I could watch Joanna Gaines decorate homes on Fixer Upper all day long.  You would think with how much I love decorating that I would be good at it ha 🙂  Lucky for me, I have lots of friends who are really good at it!

One Tuesday a month I will bring to you a house tour where we can learn decorating tips and ideas together!

For August, I went and photographed my friend Kristi’s home.  We’ve been best friends since she moved to our small town in the 3rd grade and we were placed beside each other in class.  I don’t think we had a choice about becoming friends!  Luckily for us it worked out wonderfully and we’re still great friends today.  I remember when Kristi and her husband were building their house before they got married.  I loved everything about it then and I still love everything about it now!  The way she has decorated makes it feel extremely comfortable and inviting.

Welcome to the Long home!

 This is the view you get right when you walk in the front door.

 This is immediately to the left of the front door.  Don’t you love how she used this wall space to do a gallery wall?

 Dining room

 Kristi is getting ready to redo her kitchen island since the trend now is to do the island a different color than the kitchen cabinets.  I can’t wait to see how it turns out!

 Every nook and cranny is thoughtfully decorated!  And we have the same counter tops 🙂

 Don’t you love how she’s put such a personal touch on every space in her home?

 Hallway

 The guys will love this room!  This is the man cave, and usually man caves get a bad wrap for being decorated by men–and we all know what that looks like!  But Kristi kept this room very masculine and still was able to put her touch on things.

 This is the boys’ bathroom.  I love this idea!!  I want to do something like this whenever we have children.

 Reese’s room–he’s her oldest.  Notice his bed on a platform–so kid friendly!

Kristi painted the road with magnetic paint–such a great idea for little boys!

 Bryant’s room is in the home office–right across from the master bedroom.  At the end of this post you’ll read a little Q & A and she talks about the plans she has for this room.  Eventually this will be the home office again.

 This is directly across from Bryant’s doorway.  My heart melted when I saw this wall!  Kristi said she ordered this lettering from Etsy.
 This is the entryway from the garage.  She turned this into a mudroom with the built in cabinet (great for extra storage) and by hanging the hooks for backpacks and coats!

 The master bedroom–doesn’t this room look so comfortable?

 The master bath–Kristi’s bathroom had a lot of influence on the color I chose for my bathroom.  I love how this room feels like a spa 🙂

 Kristi’s closet

Zach’s closet

Kristi was kind enough to answer a few questions about her home!

1. What’s your favorite thing about your home? 

The open floor plan. I love this for entertaining and being together as a family. When Zach and I chose our house plan, this layout was perfect for us because we knew we wanted a tight-knit family. This open floor plan allows us to be together all the time. 


2. If you were to build again, what is something that you would do differently? 

I would extend my porches. I love living in Danville because it’s so quite. We do not hear cars on the road, my children love to play outside and I love sitting in my swing on the front porch. I honestly would love a wrap-around porch,but I think if we built again, I would like our porches to be bigger. When you have the right set up you can entertain on porches and it makes your home that more inviting.  
3. What’s your favorite memory you have made in your house? 
My favorite memory is that we have brought our babies home in this house. I dreamt of the day I would hear little feet pitter-pattering on these hardwood floors and even though I have little handprints on the walls and windows, I love making memories in this house the way we do. 
4. Any plans for your house in the future? 
Yes! We are about to knock out the back wall in the kitchen, extend our porch and add on a big sunroom and outside pavilion. I can’t wait to have a wall of windows and enjoy the beautiful scenery! This is our next big project that is about to happen and I am so excited!
5. What’s your favorite store to shop for home decor?

My all-time favorite store is Hobby Lobby. Who doesn’t love Hobby Lobby?I get all my picture frames there along with unique pieces I have added throughout the house. I love walls covered with pictures and such, and Hobby Lobby makes it affordable and easy to decorate.  



Kristi is the gorgeous blonde on the right!