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the_comforts: Chicago Vacation!

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Monday, August 10, 2015. For a little summer vacation, we packed up the car and headed to Chicago for a long weekend. Heather's mom has a good friend who lives in Chicago and was gone for a week on vacation, so we coordinated to stay at their place while they were gone. So after VBS ended on Friday, we loaded up the car and hit the road! And a week of VBS makes for a sleepy boy. And a 6 hour drive makes for another sleepy boy! This Zoo is great, it's big with lots to see and the best part, it's 100% free!

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the_comforts: June 2015

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Friday, June 19, 2015. Heather found a vintage surveyors tripod at local vintage store that we love to shop at called Renovation Home. She has seen these tripods turned into lamps and called me to see if I could tackle this project.let's give it a try! The top of our tripod looks similar to this, there is a round treaded opening to attach some sort of surveyors equipment. I simply cut a piece of wood to sit in there and hold the lamp. Here is the final project. Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Trigg was really ex...

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the_comforts: September 2014

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Monday, September 22, 2014. Behind that sliding barn door was a powder bathroom that was in need of some updating, so that's what we did. Heather found an inspiration photo on Pinterest, so I ran with it! I usually get really excited at the start of projects and forget to take "before" photos, it happened again with this project, I already started pulling down the lighthouse wallpaper when Heather reminded me "did you take photos? Step 2.replace with new stuff: additional sub floor. And piece in new floor.

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the_comforts: November 2013

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Monday, November 18, 2013. I realized that I hadn't posted any pictures of the Barn Door project (thanks for the comment Elizabeth! We love the idea of a barn door and we were trying to figure out where to utilize one. We thought it would be a great addition to the main floor powder bath. Our good friends, the Phillips, have an old family farm with some old barns. We bought the hardware from them. I gave the rail a good sanding and then a fresh coat of black paint. The rail is secure and ready for a door!

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the_comforts: May 2014

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Monday, May 5, 2014. Heather grew up in Pella and, for her, this is the best time of the year! We headed to Pella on Saturday for the festivities. The dudes of the family have matching Dutch gear! Our little Dutch boy! We got to the square before the parade to participate in the street scrubbing. Buckets, yolk, brush.check! They send the street scrubbers down the street prior to the parade starting, we are ready to go! Water and brush.scrub away! Trigg did a great job and had fun scrubbing the streets.

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the_comforts: March 2014

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Sunday, March 9, 2014. Inspired by Pinterest, Heather had the idea to make a bench seat at our dinning room table. So when we made the trip to Ikea to get our bookshelves, we grabbed a few of these cubes. And turned 5 of them into our bench. We found two long bench pads that fit perfectly! Now for a back rest. I started by making two big frame with an OSB front. To hang them, I used a 45 degree angle cleat. I stretched the batting and stapled around the edges. One panel finished.one to go. One fun activi...

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the_comforts: April 2014

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Thursday, April 24, 2014. He is Risen. He is Risen indeed! Trigg showing a little brotherly love for Easter! We went to Indianola on Saturday for an Easter brunch and egg hunt! Garrett was finishing his lunch, so we played some games! Grandpa found some trains and cars at a garage sale, ran them through the dishwasher and put them into Trigg's toolbox.they were a big hit! Let the egg hunt begin. Trigg had the green eggs and he also was in charge of finding Garrett's orange eggs. What's this in the grill?

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the_comforts: October 2014

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Fall is in full swing and we are loving it! It is my favorite season, the colors, the cooler temperatures, the crunchy leaves, I love it all! Heather has our house decorated for fall, so let's take a little tour. The tree in our front yard is looking awesome right now, green to bright red! We made these pumpkins out of 4x4 posts and then some white and orange paint and added some sticks for stems. Our chalkboard sign got an orange pumpkin.and that went up on the mantel. We we...

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the_comforts: November 2014

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014. Now that Christmas and winter are almost here, I thought I would do a quick recap of fall. This is one of my favorite fall pictures and captures our boys personalities pretty well.Garrett, mister serious and Trigg giggling in the background. We did make it to the Pumpkin Ranch again this year. Trigg got to jump on the trampolines. And ride a pony! Our little pumpkin in a wheelbarrow. This was the best smile we could get out of both of the boys! Our "Thankful" chalkboard sign.

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the_comforts: January 2015

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Birthday Party - ONE. Our little man turned 1! So we had a party to celebrate! Heather did an awesome job decorating for his party. For the mantel, we built this backdrop frame (using my Kreg Jig. And covered with it fabric, hung some colorful fans, cut out a "1" from cardboard and a "Happy Birthday" chalkboard sign. Heather then cut out the banner to hang behind his highchair. There was also the "ONE" banner hanging from the front of his highchair. Close up of the "1". A few w...